ve98
01-01-2024, 02:38 PM
Hello everyone,
I was following The Apricity forum for 1-2 years but I just registered. I have a question related to my My Heritage DNA results.
My family history:
My paternal side is from Brandenburg and Saxony. My father arrived in Hamburg when he was 8. My maternal side is all from Hamburg and therefore my mother was born there. I can also trace my ancestry to Brandenburg, Saxony and Hamburg via Church records.
I purchased a My Heritage DNA test some time ago and a week ago I got:
42.1% Eastern European
33.2% West Asian
11.2% Balkan
10.0% North and West European
3.5% Scandinavian
Does it mean that I am just about 10% German? I am really confused because I have no known foreign ancestry. In the DNA matches tab of My Heritage, most people I matched with were from Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Serbia, Albania, Russia, Turkey, Bulgaria.
I also have G25 coordinates and when I put them in Vahaduo, I got this results:
Distance to: Result
0.02819588 Moldovan
0.03174298 Turkish_Deliorman
0.03300624 Gagauz
0.03417734 Bulgarian
0.03492065 Romanian
0.03577135 Serbian
0.03726781 Montenegrin
0.03793516 Bosnian
0.03830015 Macedonian
0.04284951 Greek_East_Macedonia_and_Thrace
0.04388586 Croatian
0.04731809 Hungarian
0.04881025 Slovenian
0.04899900 Austrian
0.05098733 Ukrainian_Zakarpattia
0.05146033 Rumelia_East
0.05246183 Turkish_Rumeli
0.05335905 Italian_Northeast
0.05380843 Greek_Macedonia
0.05445713 Greek_Central_Macedonia
0.05520854 Moldovan_o
0.05552277 German_Erlangen
0.05726619 French_Alsace
0.05758664 French_Seine-Maritime
0.05827462 Greek_West_Taygetos
Target: Result
Distance: 0.0032% / 0.00003180
5.0 Belarusian
2.8 Bulgarian
2.8 Russian_Belgorod
2.4 Lithuanian_PZ
2.4 Moldovan_o
2.2 Lithuanian_PA
2.2 Lithuanian_VZ
2.2 Ukrainian_Dnipro
2.0 Russian_Smolensk
1.8 Cossack_Ukrainian
1.8 Georgian_Samtckhe
1.8 Polish_Kashubian
1.8 Sorb_Niederlausitz
1.6 Azerbaijani_Republic
1.6 Greek_Arcadia
1.6 Moldovan
1.6 Ukrainian_Zhytomyr_o
1.4 Assyrian
1.4 Iranian_Mazandarani
1.4 Kurdish
1.2 Armenian_Gurin
1.2 French_Paris
1.2 German_East
1.2 Iranian_Lor
1.2 Lithuanian_RA
1.2 Ukrainian_Chernihiv
1.0 Armenian_Aintab
1.0 Bosnian
1.0 French_Seine-Maritime
1.0 German_Erlangen
1.0 German_Hamburg
1.0 Greek_Crete_Heraklion
1.0 Hungarian
1.0 Latvian
1.0 Polish
1.0 Ukrainian_Lviv
0.8 Balkar
0.8 Greek_Cappadocia
0.8 Greek_Crete_Chania
0.8 Greek_Kos
0.8 Hunzib
0.8 Italian_Lombardy
0.8 Lezgin
0.8 Moksha
0.8 Russian_Kursk
0.8 Russian_Orel
0.6 Armenian_Ararat
0.6 Austrian
0.6 Azerbaijani_Turkey
0.6 Basque_Biscay
0.6 Czech
0.6 Dutch
0.6 Georgian_Imer
0.6 Greek_Crete
0.6 Greek_East_Taygetos
0.6 Greek_Macedonia
0.6 Italian_Liguria
0.6 Karata
0.6 Macedonian
0.6 Montenegrin
0.6 Russian_Tver
0.6 Slovakian
0.6 Talysh_Azerbaijan
0.6 Ukrainian_Zhytomyr
0.4 Afrikaner
0.4 Akhvakh
0.4 Albanian
0.4 Andian_B
0.4 Armenian_Syunik
0.4 Armenian_Urfa
0.4 Azerbaijani_Republic_Gabala
0.4 BelgianA
0.4 Chamalin
0.4 Cossack_Kuban
0.4 Finnish_Central
0.4 Georgian_Guria
0.4 Greek_Cyclades_Milos
0.4 Iranian_Bandari
0.4 Iranian_Fars
0.4 Iranian_Zoroastrian
0.4 Italian_Apulia
0.4 Italian_Molise
0.4 Italian_Trentino_Alto_Adige
0.4 Makrani
0.4 Mountain_Jew_Chechnya
0.4 Orcadian
0.4 Romanian
0.4 Spanish_Navarra
0.4 Swedish
0.4 Tajik_Yaghnobi
0.4 Tat_Dagestan_Nyugdi
0.4 Tatar_Lipka
0.4 Turkish_Balikesir
0.4 Turkish_Deliorman
0.4 Turkish_Konya
0.2 Abkhasian
0.2 Ahiska
0.2 Alevi_Dersim
0.2 Armenian_Artsakh
0.2 Armenian_Hemsheni
0.2 Ashkenazi_Poland
0.2 Basque_Araba
0.2 BelgianB
0.2 Burusho
0.2 Cherkes
0.2 Cypriot
0.2 Ezid
0.2 Finnish_Southwest
0.2 French_Provence
0.2 Georgian_Javakheti
0.2 Georgian_Lechkhumi
0.2 Georgian_Meskheti
0.2 Georgian_Tush
0.2 Greek_Cyclades_Tinos
0.2 Greek_Messenia
0.2 Italian_Basilicata
0.2 Italian_Emilia
0.2 Italian_Northeast
0.2 Jat_Punjab_Muslim
0.2 Kumyk
0.2 Lak
0.2 Lithuanian_SZ
0.2 Pamiri_Rushan
0.2 Pamiri_Sarikoli_China
0.2 Pashtun_North_Afghanistan
0.2 Pashtun_Northeast_Afghanistan
0.2 Pashtun_Tarkalani
0.2 Russian_Kostroma
0.2 Russian_Pinega
0.2 Russian_Yaroslavl
0.2 Serbian
0.2 Shetlandic
0.2 Slovenian
0.2 Spanish_Baleares
0.2 Spanish_Eivissa
0.2 Spanish_Menorca
0.2 Spanish_Pais_Vasco
0.2 Tat_Dagestan_Dzhalgan
0.2 Tatar_Crimean_steppe
0.2 Turkish_Rumeli
0.2 Turkish_Sivas
0.2 Turkish_Trabzon
0.2 Turkmen_Uzbekistan
0.2 Ukrainian_Sumy
How do you interpret these results?
I was following The Apricity forum for 1-2 years but I just registered. I have a question related to my My Heritage DNA results.
My family history:
My paternal side is from Brandenburg and Saxony. My father arrived in Hamburg when he was 8. My maternal side is all from Hamburg and therefore my mother was born there. I can also trace my ancestry to Brandenburg, Saxony and Hamburg via Church records.
I purchased a My Heritage DNA test some time ago and a week ago I got:
42.1% Eastern European
33.2% West Asian
11.2% Balkan
10.0% North and West European
3.5% Scandinavian
Does it mean that I am just about 10% German? I am really confused because I have no known foreign ancestry. In the DNA matches tab of My Heritage, most people I matched with were from Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Serbia, Albania, Russia, Turkey, Bulgaria.
I also have G25 coordinates and when I put them in Vahaduo, I got this results:
Distance to: Result
0.02819588 Moldovan
0.03174298 Turkish_Deliorman
0.03300624 Gagauz
0.03417734 Bulgarian
0.03492065 Romanian
0.03577135 Serbian
0.03726781 Montenegrin
0.03793516 Bosnian
0.03830015 Macedonian
0.04284951 Greek_East_Macedonia_and_Thrace
0.04388586 Croatian
0.04731809 Hungarian
0.04881025 Slovenian
0.04899900 Austrian
0.05098733 Ukrainian_Zakarpattia
0.05146033 Rumelia_East
0.05246183 Turkish_Rumeli
0.05335905 Italian_Northeast
0.05380843 Greek_Macedonia
0.05445713 Greek_Central_Macedonia
0.05520854 Moldovan_o
0.05552277 German_Erlangen
0.05726619 French_Alsace
0.05758664 French_Seine-Maritime
0.05827462 Greek_West_Taygetos
Target: Result
Distance: 0.0032% / 0.00003180
5.0 Belarusian
2.8 Bulgarian
2.8 Russian_Belgorod
2.4 Lithuanian_PZ
2.4 Moldovan_o
2.2 Lithuanian_PA
2.2 Lithuanian_VZ
2.2 Ukrainian_Dnipro
2.0 Russian_Smolensk
1.8 Cossack_Ukrainian
1.8 Georgian_Samtckhe
1.8 Polish_Kashubian
1.8 Sorb_Niederlausitz
1.6 Azerbaijani_Republic
1.6 Greek_Arcadia
1.6 Moldovan
1.6 Ukrainian_Zhytomyr_o
1.4 Assyrian
1.4 Iranian_Mazandarani
1.4 Kurdish
1.2 Armenian_Gurin
1.2 French_Paris
1.2 German_East
1.2 Iranian_Lor
1.2 Lithuanian_RA
1.2 Ukrainian_Chernihiv
1.0 Armenian_Aintab
1.0 Bosnian
1.0 French_Seine-Maritime
1.0 German_Erlangen
1.0 German_Hamburg
1.0 Greek_Crete_Heraklion
1.0 Hungarian
1.0 Latvian
1.0 Polish
1.0 Ukrainian_Lviv
0.8 Balkar
0.8 Greek_Cappadocia
0.8 Greek_Crete_Chania
0.8 Greek_Kos
0.8 Hunzib
0.8 Italian_Lombardy
0.8 Lezgin
0.8 Moksha
0.8 Russian_Kursk
0.8 Russian_Orel
0.6 Armenian_Ararat
0.6 Austrian
0.6 Azerbaijani_Turkey
0.6 Basque_Biscay
0.6 Czech
0.6 Dutch
0.6 Georgian_Imer
0.6 Greek_Crete
0.6 Greek_East_Taygetos
0.6 Greek_Macedonia
0.6 Italian_Liguria
0.6 Karata
0.6 Macedonian
0.6 Montenegrin
0.6 Russian_Tver
0.6 Slovakian
0.6 Talysh_Azerbaijan
0.6 Ukrainian_Zhytomyr
0.4 Afrikaner
0.4 Akhvakh
0.4 Albanian
0.4 Andian_B
0.4 Armenian_Syunik
0.4 Armenian_Urfa
0.4 Azerbaijani_Republic_Gabala
0.4 BelgianA
0.4 Chamalin
0.4 Cossack_Kuban
0.4 Finnish_Central
0.4 Georgian_Guria
0.4 Greek_Cyclades_Milos
0.4 Iranian_Bandari
0.4 Iranian_Fars
0.4 Iranian_Zoroastrian
0.4 Italian_Apulia
0.4 Italian_Molise
0.4 Italian_Trentino_Alto_Adige
0.4 Makrani
0.4 Mountain_Jew_Chechnya
0.4 Orcadian
0.4 Romanian
0.4 Spanish_Navarra
0.4 Swedish
0.4 Tajik_Yaghnobi
0.4 Tat_Dagestan_Nyugdi
0.4 Tatar_Lipka
0.4 Turkish_Balikesir
0.4 Turkish_Deliorman
0.4 Turkish_Konya
0.2 Abkhasian
0.2 Ahiska
0.2 Alevi_Dersim
0.2 Armenian_Artsakh
0.2 Armenian_Hemsheni
0.2 Ashkenazi_Poland
0.2 Basque_Araba
0.2 BelgianB
0.2 Burusho
0.2 Cherkes
0.2 Cypriot
0.2 Ezid
0.2 Finnish_Southwest
0.2 French_Provence
0.2 Georgian_Javakheti
0.2 Georgian_Lechkhumi
0.2 Georgian_Meskheti
0.2 Georgian_Tush
0.2 Greek_Cyclades_Tinos
0.2 Greek_Messenia
0.2 Italian_Basilicata
0.2 Italian_Emilia
0.2 Italian_Northeast
0.2 Jat_Punjab_Muslim
0.2 Kumyk
0.2 Lak
0.2 Lithuanian_SZ
0.2 Pamiri_Rushan
0.2 Pamiri_Sarikoli_China
0.2 Pashtun_North_Afghanistan
0.2 Pashtun_Northeast_Afghanistan
0.2 Pashtun_Tarkalani
0.2 Russian_Kostroma
0.2 Russian_Pinega
0.2 Russian_Yaroslavl
0.2 Serbian
0.2 Shetlandic
0.2 Slovenian
0.2 Spanish_Baleares
0.2 Spanish_Eivissa
0.2 Spanish_Menorca
0.2 Spanish_Pais_Vasco
0.2 Tat_Dagestan_Dzhalgan
0.2 Tatar_Crimean_steppe
0.2 Turkish_Rumeli
0.2 Turkish_Sivas
0.2 Turkish_Trabzon
0.2 Turkmen_Uzbekistan
0.2 Ukrainian_Sumy
How do you interpret these results?