Angela
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If your idea is that Saamis are originally East Asian or over 20% East Asian, you are with all probability mistaken. Saamis probably have a portion of Motala like admixture and a high Mesolithic Karelian (cf. Oleni Ostrov man) like admixture which explain their high ANE and WHG. Their Siberian portion comes mainly via Arctic contacts and has continued from prehistoric times till historic times. Saamis are a nice example of what Western Eurasians + Arctic with the lowest percentage of Near East look like.
Those people who brought their Uralic type language to Saamis were probably closest to modern Karelians whose East Asian portion may be in 10% range. MtDNA’s V7 and U5b were probably brought by them as both are frequent in Karelians.
As regards Siberian/Native American admixture in Finland, this figure is very interesting: http://www.fi.id.au/2014/11/clovis-anzick-ethnic-makeup-in-ftdna.html
I'm sorry if I seemed to imply that I have any certainty about these percentages. My only point was that if the Sami experience is like that of Amerindians there has probably been continuous inflow of genetic material from surrounding populations of Swedes, Finns, etc. depending on the location. Therefore, the percentages of East Asian/Siberian, depending on the calculator, would probably have been somewhat higher in the past. Without some medieval or even older dna from them I don't see how the amount could be quantified.