Mitsu
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- Y-DNA haplogroup
- R1b-A260
- mtDNA haplogroup
- X2b
I am a quarter Lebanese and have always been confused about the result FTDNA gave me:
British Isles (58%)
Southeast Europe (19%)
Iberia (9%)
West Middle Eastern: (9%)
Asia Minor: (6%)
Trace: South Central Asia
I have no known Iberian or Southeast European ancestors at a time recent enough to have contributed a total 28% percent of my total admixture, unless Charente-Maritime is "Iberian" lol.
I also don't think my one Lebanese grandparent could have contributed the whole Middle Eastern admixture along with all that Mediterranean admixture; it's just too much.
Since I'm pretty solidly convinced these results are totally wrong, I was wondering if the reason why was just that FTDNA doesn't know what to do with the genetic signature of the Druze and Maronite Lebanese, and whether they are known for horribly misinterpreting the admixture of people from this region as they notoriously are with Scandinavians.
British Isles (58%)
Southeast Europe (19%)
Iberia (9%)
West Middle Eastern: (9%)
Asia Minor: (6%)
Trace: South Central Asia
I have no known Iberian or Southeast European ancestors at a time recent enough to have contributed a total 28% percent of my total admixture, unless Charente-Maritime is "Iberian" lol.
I also don't think my one Lebanese grandparent could have contributed the whole Middle Eastern admixture along with all that Mediterranean admixture; it's just too much.
Since I'm pretty solidly convinced these results are totally wrong, I was wondering if the reason why was just that FTDNA doesn't know what to do with the genetic signature of the Druze and Maronite Lebanese, and whether they are known for horribly misinterpreting the admixture of people from this region as they notoriously are with Scandinavians.