Top countries DNA Matches

[Danjojo]

It's an interesting way to get a glimpse of makeup and where you might have some distant cousins. For MyHeritage they show 8cM+ lists. Factor in population size, spare money, interest in such things, etc.

569 UK
463 Germany
153 Sweden
151 France
136 Hungary
128 Finland
121 Netherlands
068 Poland
067 Austria
066 Denmark
065 Switzerland
051 Norway
044 Slovakia
043 Ukraine
038 Czechia
035 Ireland

Edit:
Will add in these
3276 USA
0139 Australia
0113 Canada

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Mine:

7717 USA
1409 UK
0370 Australia
0310 Canada
0182 New Zealand
0169 Ireland
0091 Germany
0086 Norway
0085 France
0080 Netherlands
0066 Sweden
0057 Denmark
0015 South Africa
0015 Denmark

I have mostly colonial American ancestry, which means a lot of DNA matches.

[paradox]

Where exactly on MH do I find this list?

[Selene]

USA 790
Germany 390
Sweden 150
Switzerland 122
United Kingdom 108
Austria 104
France 96
Croatia 84
Australia 80
Canada 67
Hungary 59
Netherlands 59
Norway 56
Denmark 46
Poland 44
Finland 39
Czechia 37
Italy 28
Romania 25
Bosnia & Herzegowina 24

[Jana]

Where exactly on MH do I find this list?

I wonder too.

[PaulieVanZant]

Where exactly on MH do I find this list?

When on the main screen, tap on DNA, then scroll down a little bit and you should see the list.

[lockdownboredom]

USA 344
Germany 268
Greece 178
United Kingdom 115
Sweden 104
Switzerland 91
France 71
Austria 53
Romania 42
Canada 38
Australia 36
Italy 32
Netherlands 30
Norway 27
Belgium 26
Denmark 25
Hungary 20
Poland 20
Bulgaria 18
Spain 14
Ukraine 14
Czechia 14
New Zealand 10
Türkiye 10
Albania 9
Ireland 9
Luxembourg 7
Croatia 7
Latvia 5
Finland 5
North Macedonia 4
Russia 4
Slovakia 4
Slovenia 3
Chile 3
Lithuania 3
Serbia 2
Malta 2
Belarus 2
Japan 2
Ghana 1
Monaco 1
Cyprus 1
Argentina 1
Bermuda 1
Israel 1
Armenia 1
Montenegro 1
Indonesia 1
Morocco 1
Thailand 1
Malaysia 1
Guatemala 1
Guadeloupe 1

[Grace O'Malley]

This is my list. Not all populations are accurate because some are actually ex-pats. Some countries on here have no indigenous surnames for example. The US is high because of all the Irish immigration and I have actually genuine relatives in the US as both sides of my family migrated there in the 1800s and later periods as well.

USA 9,408
United Kingdom 2,877
Ireland 1,537
Australia 1,311
Canada 619
New Zealand 396
Norway 181
France 115
Denmark 106
Sweden 99
Germany 90
Netherlands 70
Spain 32
Finland 24
Switzerland 22
South Africa 17
Austria 16
Belgium 12
Portugal 7
Brazil 7
Singapore 6
Mexico 6
Argentina 5
Thailand 5
Hong Kong 4
Italy 4
Bermuda 4
United Arab Emirates 3
Trinidad and Tobago 3
United States Virgin Islands 3
Cyprus 3
Luxembourg 3
Japan 3
Puerto Rico 3
Türkiye 3
Malta 3
Dominican Republic 2
Costa Rica 2
Zimbabwe 2
Poland 2
Qatar 2
Iceland 2
Slovakia 2
Greenland 2
Jamaica 2
India 2
Malaysia 2
Monaco 1
Latvia 1
Faroe Islands 1
British Virgin Islands 1
Guinea 1
Sri Lanka 1
Oman 1
Guam 1
Serbia 1
Saudi Arabia 1
Czechia 1
South Korea 1
El Salvador 1
Egypt 1
Colombia 1
Ukraine 1
Greece 1
Philippines 1
Macau 1

[Danjojo]

This is my list. Not all populations are accurate because some are actually ex-pats. Some countries on here have no indigenous surnames for example. The US is high because of all the Irish immigration and I have actually genuine relatives in the US as both sides of my family migrated there in the 1800s and later periods as well.

USA 9,408
United Kingdom 2,877
Ireland 1,537
Australia 1,311
Canada 619
New Zealand 396
Norway 181
France 115
Denmark 106
Sweden 99
Germany 90
Netherlands 70
Spain 32
Finland 24
Switzerland 22
South Africa 17
Austria 16
Belgium 12
Portugal 7
Brazil 7
Singapore 6
Mexico 6
Argentina 5
Thailand 5
Hong Kong 4
Italy 4
Bermuda 4
United Arab Emirates 3
Trinidad and Tobago 3
United States Virgin Islands 3
Cyprus 3
Luxembourg 3
Japan 3
Puerto Rico 3
Türkiye 3
Malta 3
Dominican Republic 2
Costa Rica 2
Zimbabwe 2
Poland 2
Qatar 2
Iceland 2
Slovakia 2
Greenland 2
Jamaica 2
India 2
Malaysia 2
Monaco 1
Latvia 1
Faroe Islands 1
British Virgin Islands 1
Guinea 1
Sri Lanka 1
Oman 1
Guam 1
Serbia 1
Saudi Arabia 1
Czechia 1
South Korea 1
El Salvador 1
Egypt 1
Colombia 1
Ukraine 1
Greece 1
Philippines 1
Macau 1

Yeah I noticed for mine starting with Spain...it was about 20 German and Slavic surnames at the top so just stopped at Ireland.

[Danjojo]

Look for Location in the Filter section of DNA Matches. How I get them on the app.

[Cernunnos]

My full list:
País Número de coincidências
Portugal
398
EUA
280
Brasil
241
França
232
Espanha
102
Reino Unido
70
Suiça
63
Alemanha
52
Países Baixos
33
Suécia
25
Canadá
21
Bélgica
16
Dinamarca
15
Noruega
14
Chile
14
Austrália
12
Irlanda
12
Argentina
12
México
10
Áustria
9
Itália
9
Luxemburgo
7
Porto Rico
7
Nova Zelândia
5
Finlândia
4
Uruguai
4
Panamá
3
Colômbia
3
República Checa
2
África do Sul
2
Macau
2
Angola
2
Venezuela
2
Turquia
2
Grécia
2
Hungria
1
Ucrânia
1
Israel
1
Koweit
1
Emirados Árabes Unidos
1
Bulgária
1
Chipre
1
Martinica
1
Polónia
1
Croácia
1
Guatemala
1

[Cernunnos]

Such a high number in the US is due to the popularity of MH in that country. I think that more than half of MH customers are americans.

[paradox]

Top 20
USA 476
Germany 153
United Kingdom 82
Greece 60
Sweden 56
France 52
Australia 49
Canada 44
Hungary 35
Netherlands 33
Austria 31
Norway 30
Denmark 28
Poland 26
Switzerland 24
Finland 19
Belgium 15
New Zealand 15
Czechia 14
Bulgaria 14
Russia 14
Romania 12
Ukraine 12
Spain 12
Ireland 10

My father's
USA 305
Germany 151
United Kingdom 62
France 44
Switzerland 36
Sweden 29
Netherlands 26
Romania 26
Greece 25
Austria 24
Hungary 21
Canada 18
Australia 16
Bulgaria 16
Norway 16
Denmark 13
Finland 12
Poland 11
Belgium 10
Italy 9
Czechia 7
Ukraine 7
Spain 7
New Zealand 6
Russia 6
Türkiye 6
Latvia 3
Slovakia 3
Serbia 3
Moldova 3

[Jana]

Such a high number in the US is due to the popularity of MH in that country. I think that more than half of MH customers are americans.

Actually myheritage is most popular in EU. 23andme and especially Ancestry are more US focused.

[Lemminkäinen]

USA 790
Germany 390
Sweden 150
Switzerland 122
United Kingdom 108
Austria 104
France 96
Croatia 84
Australia 80
Canada 67
Hungary 59
Netherlands 59
Norway 56
Denmark 46
Poland 44
Finland 39
Czechia 37
Italy 28
Romania 25
Bosnia & Herzegowina 24

Common ancestry by shared cM chunks is not reliable, basically for two reasons:

- sample size from each populations
- local inbreed amount. The more inbreed the more false chunks not corresponding to the recombination rate of a population with optimal effective size

[ZeDude]

My top 20:

USA
285
Germany
193
Romania
138
Sweden
119
France
88
United Kingdom
88
Hungary
72
Austria
51
Norway
49
Denmark
48
Switzerland
47
Netherlands
43
Poland
36
Canada
34
Czechia
28
Australia
25
Greece
24
Ukraine
21
Finland
18
Spain
16

[Selene]

Common ancestry by shared cM chunks is not reliable, basically for two reasons:

- sample size from each populations
- local inbreed amount. The more inbreed the more false chunks not corresponding to the recombination rate of a population with optimal effective size


And why are you telling ME this? I posted this just for fun. Where I said this nonsense is reliable?

[Cernunnos]

Actually myheritage is most popular in EU. 23andme and especially Ancestry are more US focused.

Hum, not normal for me being Portuguese having the US has the 2nd country with most matches, the US has an almost irrelevant Portuguese community. Americans are certainly the majority of users.

[Marsa]

Top 20

USA 1,777
France 1,128
United Kingdom 1,097
Germany 1,031
Sweden 740
Finland 521
Norway 402
Switzerland 303
Netherlands 285
Australia 276
Austria 262
Denmark 231
Croatia 172
Spain 160
Hungary 148
Ireland 139
New Zealand 122
Canada 108
Italy 76
Czechia 73

[noricum]

USA 1.061
Deutschland 371
Österreich 276
Vereinigtes Königreich 180
Schweden 103
Frankreich 100
Niederlande 81
Norwegen 72
Finnland 69
Australien 65
Schweiz 65
Kanada 60
Ungarn 47
Polen 38
Tschechische Republik 35
Dänemark 31
Russland 30
Slowenien 30
Neuseeland 24
Italien 21
Ukraine 18
Slowakische Republik 16
Irland 15
Brasilien 14
Spanien 13
Belgien 12
Kroatien 11
Island 10
Griechenland 7
Rumänien 7
Litauen 5
Lettland 5
Bulgarien 5
Luxemburg 4
Portugal 4
Estland 3
Türkei 3
Bosnien und Herzegowina 3
Südafrika 3
Kasachstan 3
Serbien 2
Mexiko 2
Montenegro 2
Weißrussland 2
Israel 2
Philippinen 2
Moldavien 1
Tunesien 1
Vereinigte Arabische Emirate 1
Hongkong 1
Kolumbien 1
Südkorea 1
Argentinien 1
Japan 1
Namibia 1

[noricum]

USA 1.061
Deutschland 371
Österreich 276
Vereinigtes Königreich 180
Schweden 103
Frankreich 100
Niederland e81
Norwegen 72
Finnland 69
Australien 65
Schweiz 65
Kanada 60
Ungarn 47
Polen 38
Tschechische Republik 35
Dänemark 31
Russland 30
Slowenien 30
Neuseeland 24
Italien 21
Ukraine 18
Slowakische Republik 16
Irland 15
Brasilien 14
Spanien 13
Belgien 12
Kroatien 11
Island 10
Griechenland 7
Rumänien 7
Litauen 5
Lettland 5
Bulgarien 5
Luxemburg 4
Portugal 4
Estland 3
Türkei 3
Bosnien und Herzegowina 3
Südafrika 3
Kasachstan 3
Serbien 2
Mexiko 2
Montenegro 2
Weißrussland 2
Israel 2
Philippinen 2
Moldavien 1
Tunesien 1
Vereinigte Arabische Emirate 1
Hongkong 1
Kolumbien 1
Südkorea 1
Argentinien 1
Japan 1
Namibia 1

[White Swan]

United States (618)
Canada (93)
United Kingdom (27)
Germany (19)
Italy (13)
Ireland (11)
Poland (8)
France (7)
Sweden (5)
Netherlands (4)
Finland (2)
Greece (2)
Colombia (2)
Lithuania (2)
Malta (2)
Norway (2)
Czech Republic (2)

[Ritz06]

Norway 2,157
USA 1,345
Sweden 832
United Kingdom 230
Finland 203
Denmark 145
Canada 79
Australia 76
Netherlands 72
Germany 57
France 45
New Zealand 34
Ireland 29
Switzerland 13
Spain 12
Russia 6
Iceland 6
Portugal 5
Belgium 5
Austria 3
Brazil 3
Hungary 2
Italy 2
Luxembourg 2
Poland 2
South Africa 2
United Arab Emirates 1
Estonia 1
Ukraine 1
Türkiye 1
Vietnam 1
Iran 1
Chile 1
South Korea 1
Malta 1
India 1

[oszkar07]

USA 2,761

United Kingdom 988

Australia 388

Germany 230

Canada 218

Finland 120

New Zealand 118

Ireland 114

Sweden 108

France 94

Netherlands 92

Hungary 76 (also many Hungarian names in my USA and Germany matches and in other West Euro countries)

Norway 63

Denmark 51

Czechia 45

Switzerland 42

Poland 36

Slovakia 33

Austria 30

Spain 12

Ukraine 12

Belgium 11

Russia 11

Romania 10

Croatia 10

Italy 9

South Africa 8

Belarus 4

Greece 4

United Arab Emirates 4

Singapore 3

Argentinia 3

Brazil 3

Slovenia 3

Hong Kong 2

Cyprus 2

Latvia 2

Estonia 2

Portugal 2

Bulgaria 2

Israel 2

[Celestia]

USA 6,058
UK 908
Australia 264
Canada 246
Norway 175
Netherlands 165
Germany 118
France 108
Sweden 86
Ireland 82
Finland 78
Switzerland 40
Denmark 40
Spain 34