"Between the eighteenth and twentieth centuries, Eastern Europe was heavily influenced by Imperial (and then Soviet) Russia, but the genetic heritage of Eastern Europe traces back to peoples living southeast of the Baltic Sea as well as to a more recent influx of Slavic-speaking peoples from...
"The Balkan Peninsula is nestled in the southeastern corner of Europe and serves as the geographic and genetic crossroads between Europe and western Asia. Despite broad cultural and religious diversity, the people of the Balkans are genetically similar to one another, descending from early...
I had tested with LivingDNA and the result was a I-M223 haplogroup with a I-701 subclade.
Today I got my 23andMe results, and my Y-DNA haplogroup got refined to I-S12195.
My father, grandfather, grand-grandfather (and most probably many generations back) were born in Thessaly, Greece.
It...
My father comes from Thessaly (Greece) and my mother from Central Greece.
In Eurogenes K13 Single Population Sharing, Greek_Thessaly comes 1st, while Central_Greek comes 4th, behind Bulgarian and Romanian.
1 Greek_Thessaly 5.45
2 Bulgarian 7.08
3 Romanian 9.63
4...
Since we are at the Iberian thing, and as per Eurogenes K36, some of my chromosomes are plurality Iberian... :)
Chromosome 18: 27.7%
Chromosome 11: 24.6%
Chromosome 13: 17.9%
Also: Chromosome 8: 21.1% Basque (!)
Yes, indeed; I was surprised by this one too!
Actually what makes it even more interesting is that even in the Cautious mode of Living DNA the 6.8% for Iberian Peninsula persists.
I've got four (4) theories already:
1) Parts of Greece, and more importantly in my case, parts of Central Greece...
Me: Greek_Thessaly (5.4) [my father is from Thessaly - K13 is right on spot here]
Best Single Population Matching for each of 40 closest GEDMatch Kits (Eurogenes K13):
Kit 1: Greek_Thessaly (4.3)
Kit 2: Austrian (8.34)
Kit 3: West_German (7.53)
Kit 4: West_German (5.16)
Kit 5: Central_Greek...
These results are just fine: you've got a strong Mediterranean component (32.54%), West Asian one (24.02% - Asia Minor is part of West Asia, right?) and East European one (13.40% - Greece is part of the Balkans, right?) - all these add up to ~70% (69.96%) of your autosomal DNA.
Let's take my...
Y-DNA doesn't have anything to do with your phenotype (how you look). This is very ancient heritage and your eye color is not determined by that male ancestor of whom however you are a direct descendant.
"Haplogroup H-M82 is a major lineage cluster in the Romani, especially Balkan Romani, among...
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