Balcanik ethnicity is common in the following countries, according to MyHeritage DNA users' data: https://www.myheritage.ro/ethnicities/balkan/ethnicity-worldwide-distribution
Serbia
95.9%
Croaţia
89.4%
Slovenia
87.1%
România
86.1%
Bulgaria
81.3%
Slovacia
78.6%
Ungaria
74.1%
Republica Cehă
67.2%
Ucraina
65.9%
Belarus
56.6%
Austria
54.8%
Polonia
47.6%
Rusia
43.4%
Kazahstan
41.1%
Germania
30.6%
Lituania
30.2%
Grecia
29.2%
Letonia
23.7%
Elveţia
21.6%
Turcia
20%
Estonia
19.8%
Luxemburg
18.5%
Italia
13.1%
Canada
12.6%
Panama
12.5%
Thailanda
11.4%
Brazilia
11.1%
Cipru
10.7%
Franţa
10.6%
Statele Unite ale Americii
10.4%
Belgia
9.9%
Chile
8.6%
Malta
8.2%
Islanda
7.9%
Argentina
7.8%
Australia
7.6%
Emiratele Arabe Unite
7.6%
Japonia
7.1%
Suedia
6.7%
Portugalia
6.5%
Africa de Sud
6.3%
Spania
5.9%
Singapore
5.4%
Danemarca
5.4%
Marea Britanie
5.3%
Olanda
5.1%
Israel
5.1%
Irlanda
4.6%
Peru
4.3%
Mexic
4.1%
Noua Zeelandă
4%
Norvegia
3.9%
Columbia
3.5%
Hong Kong
3.2%
Puerto Rico
2.9%
Costa Rica
2.9%
Bahrain
2.6%
Finlanda
2.5%
China
2.5%
Arabia Saudită
2.4%
Bermuda
2.4%
Malaysia
2.1%
Filipine
1.4%
India
0.7%
I see that the MyHeritage's Balkan "ethnicity" is very widespread, although the Balkan populations are not known as invaders or conquerors of other far remote ethnicities, as the former colonial powers of Western Europe. It is strange that the frequency of Balkan genes in countries such as Thailand or Japan is similar to or exceeds that from countries closer to Balkans like: Denmark, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Israel, France, Belgium, Cyprus ... Italy barely exceeds Thailand. That's weird. Between the Balkans and the eastern boundaries of Asia there are great geographical and populational barriers.
Serbia
95.9%
Croaţia
89.4%
Slovenia
87.1%
România
86.1%
Bulgaria
81.3%
Slovacia
78.6%
Ungaria
74.1%
Republica Cehă
67.2%
Ucraina
65.9%
Belarus
56.6%
Austria
54.8%
Polonia
47.6%
Rusia
43.4%
Kazahstan
41.1%
Germania
30.6%
Lituania
30.2%
Grecia
29.2%
Letonia
23.7%
Elveţia
21.6%
Turcia
20%
Estonia
19.8%
Luxemburg
18.5%
Italia
13.1%
Canada
12.6%
Panama
12.5%
Thailanda
11.4%
Brazilia
11.1%
Cipru
10.7%
Franţa
10.6%
Statele Unite ale Americii
10.4%
Belgia
9.9%
Chile
8.6%
Malta
8.2%
Islanda
7.9%
Argentina
7.8%
Australia
7.6%
Emiratele Arabe Unite
7.6%
Japonia
7.1%
Suedia
6.7%
Portugalia
6.5%
Africa de Sud
6.3%
Spania
5.9%
Singapore
5.4%
Danemarca
5.4%
Marea Britanie
5.3%
Olanda
5.1%
Israel
5.1%
Irlanda
4.6%
Peru
4.3%
Mexic
4.1%
Noua Zeelandă
4%
Norvegia
3.9%
Columbia
3.5%
Hong Kong
3.2%
Puerto Rico
2.9%
Costa Rica
2.9%
Bahrain
2.6%
Finlanda
2.5%
China
2.5%
Arabia Saudită
2.4%
Bermuda
2.4%
Malaysia
2.1%
Filipine
1.4%
India
0.7%
I see that the MyHeritage's Balkan "ethnicity" is very widespread, although the Balkan populations are not known as invaders or conquerors of other far remote ethnicities, as the former colonial powers of Western Europe. It is strange that the frequency of Balkan genes in countries such as Thailand or Japan is similar to or exceeds that from countries closer to Balkans like: Denmark, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Israel, France, Belgium, Cyprus ... Italy barely exceeds Thailand. That's weird. Between the Balkans and the eastern boundaries of Asia there are great geographical and populational barriers.