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[Dibran]

The Italian component is very high among the Mycenaean and Minoan samples.

Could explain me and my fathers atypical values. Perhaps preserved autosomes.

My Father: 35%

Me: 31%

[Leto]

My results from 23AndMe:

Spoiler!

Population
Amerindian 6.06
Arabian 0.37
Armenian 1.25
Basque 5.58
Central_African -
Central_Euro 2.60
East_African 0.54
East_Asian -
East_Balkan 4.79
East_Central_Asian -
East_Central_Euro -
East_Med 7.18
Eastern_Euro 3.11
Fennoscandian 2.42
French 4.25
Iberian 18.87
Indo-Chinese -
Italian 14.52
Malayan -
Near_Eastern 1.98
North_African 5.14
North_Atlantic 4.31
North_Caucasian -
North_Sea 8.36
Northeast_African -
Oceanian -
Omotic -
Pygmy 0.17
Siberian -
South_Asian -
South_Central_Asian -
South_Chinese -
Volga-Ural -
West_African 4.13
West_Caucasian 0.95
West_Med 3.36

My results from Ancestry DNA:

Spoiler!

Population
Amerindian 5.99
Arabian 0.47
Armenian 1.56
Basque 6.18
Central_African -
Central_Euro 2.73
East_African 0.85
East_Asian -
East_Balkan 4.56
East_Central_Asian -
East_Central_Euro -
East_Med 7.67
Eastern_Euro 2.35
Fennoscandian 1.90
French 5.19
Iberian 19.80
Indo-Chinese -
Italian 12.80
Malayan -
Near_Eastern 1.63
North_African 4.47
North_Atlantic 4.01
North_Caucasian -
North_Sea 8.20
Northeast_African -
Oceanian -
Omotic -
Pygmy -
Siberian 0.32
South_Asian -
South_Central_Asian -
South_Chinese -
Volga-Ural -
West_African 4.12
West_Caucasian 1.60
West_Med 3.61

Why is the difference so immense? Do you have the fucked up V5 chip? I would advise you not to use it then. Stick to Ancestry and FTDNA.

[Leto]

0% Italian, sorry.

[Aodhan]

60%

[Ritz06]

Italian 12.40

[AK-47]

Could explain me and my fathers atypical values. Perhaps preserved autosomes.

My Father: 35%

Me: 31%

We have archaic Italian ancestry.
It got passed into our genome from ancient times and is part of the fabric of our modern genetics.
Ashkenazim Italian lines date back to the Roman empire.

[waam]

Italian 6.79

[Astarte]

19.16

[Ylla]

23.02

[Jana]

Stears scores very high Italian for a Central European, 18% ! (rounded)

I score 13%. (rounded)