Is myheritage's 4.4 % middle eastern due to Sicilian ancestry?

[dosas]

What's interesting is that you're 50% Pontic Greek, yet you only score around 10% more West Asian than I do on MyHeritage

Argh, this again .

Pontics are not homogeneous, it's a geographical/cultural/linguist term not ethnic.

The majority of my Black Sea chromosomes are Crimean, and these guys were originally from the Peloponnese.

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The majority of my Black Sea chromosomes are Crimean.

Azov pride babeh

[dosas]

Azov pride babeh

The Pontic Greeks do not even, originally, identify with mainland Greece and its ancient continuity, like Southerners do. They call themselves 'Romans' (even now, especially in diaspora) and their homeland is the Greco-Roman Eastern Empire with its capital, Constantinople, or after its fall, Trebizond and/or Theodoro.

Principality of Theodoro.

Empire of Trebizond.

[Leto]

Yes, sorry, that was Eurogenes K12b.

This is Dodecad K12b:

Population
Gedrosia 9.43 Pct
Siberian 0.67 Pct
Northwest_African 1.47 Pct
Southeast_Asian 0.06 Pct
Atlantic_Med 19.21 Pct
North_European 17.77 Pct
South_Asian -
East_African 0.13 Pct
Southwest_Asian 9.86 Pct
East_Asian -
Caucasus 41.40 Pct
Sub_Saharan -

Basically 60% West Asian and Middle Eastern. However you get more North European than all Sicilians that I've seen so far. They usually get 10-15% or so.