LaSentinelle
05-03-2023, 10:31 AM
So, recently I uploaded my DNA sample onto MyHeritage and got my results. My genetic makeup is pretty much what I expected (89% East European, 8% Baltic, 1.5% Balkan and 1.5% Inuit for some reason, but that's fine) however there's a feature I'm not entirely sure about. So, when you're looking through your Ethnicity Estimates tab, there's a thing called 'Genetic Groups'. Apparently, these are populational clusters which are of the same or similar DNA makeup (correct me if I'm wrong). So, in that tab if you click on any of your genetic groups there's an option to view this genetic group's 'Timeline'. And here's when the fun starts.
In the 'East European' group I have 5 Genetic Groups, 3 medium confidence groups and 2 low confidence groups. When I started looking through each of those groups' Timelines and scrolled all the way back to 1600s and 1700s, almost none of my Genetic Groups had ancestry that came from Russia. All of it was either Poland, Norway, Germany, England, or even the United States (???). I've attached a couple of examples.
Additionally, most of my DNA matches come from the US, Finland, Germany and Sweden for some reason despite my not having any recent family there (tbf all of those results say that those matches are my parents' 3rd of 4th cousins or something of that sort. So that's not my immediate family, but someone who is related to me).
So my question is, what does all that mean and how could I interpret these results and have a better understanding of where I come from? I mean, if I was 100% Russian wouldn't it just say that straight away and not match me with anyone from the US, Germany, Finland or Sweden and not show that I, apparently, have some ancestry from Norway, Germany and England?
I've also posted a lot of G25 calculator results if you're interested to see my results. I can also run whatever G25 calculator you want if that would help you interpret my results.
Thanks!
In the 'East European' group I have 5 Genetic Groups, 3 medium confidence groups and 2 low confidence groups. When I started looking through each of those groups' Timelines and scrolled all the way back to 1600s and 1700s, almost none of my Genetic Groups had ancestry that came from Russia. All of it was either Poland, Norway, Germany, England, or even the United States (???). I've attached a couple of examples.
Additionally, most of my DNA matches come from the US, Finland, Germany and Sweden for some reason despite my not having any recent family there (tbf all of those results say that those matches are my parents' 3rd of 4th cousins or something of that sort. So that's not my immediate family, but someone who is related to me).
So my question is, what does all that mean and how could I interpret these results and have a better understanding of where I come from? I mean, if I was 100% Russian wouldn't it just say that straight away and not match me with anyone from the US, Germany, Finland or Sweden and not show that I, apparently, have some ancestry from Norway, Germany and England?
I've also posted a lot of G25 calculator results if you're interested to see my results. I can also run whatever G25 calculator you want if that would help you interpret my results.
Thanks!