Living DNA

[Vyacheslav]

I had to order a separate kit for Living DNA. When I uploaded my other data to them, it was never processed. That was May of last year lol

Yes, the data from FTDNA that I uploaded in March, they didn’t process, I uploaded again in November, wrote that they would be ready soon, and showed a piece of ethnomap)

[Kaspias]

My all ancestry from Eastern Balkans except Central Asian Turkic roots but i couldn't get any Eastern Balkans in this test. Questions to it's accurateness.

[Phenix]

This is the only test I've ever taken that shows it, but I did find out that my mtDNA haplogroup traces back to that region; it's very prevalent in a place called Dagestan. But it did throw me off; Asia doesn't factor into any of my other DNA test results.

Interesting, Dagestan and Chuvachia are in European part of Russia by the way.

[Bostonia]

Yes, the data from FTDNA that I uploaded in March, they didn’t process, I uploaded again in November, wrote that they would be ready soon, and showed a piece of ethnomap)

Oh nice, good luck then. I've heard mixed reviews about them online with a lot of people saying if you email them, you'll get the results sooner. It seems like some people's data or tests fall through the cracks for some reason. Seems like organizational failure to some degree. But my results fell in line with everything else I had already learned, so for me it was worth it to have the detailed regional results.

[Bostonia]

Interesting, Dagestan and Chuvachia are in European part of Russia by the way.

Ah, I see okay. I haven't found any ancestors that I can tell came from there, but someone obviously did. My mom's maternal line dies out too soon for me to ascertain country of origin, and since the haplogroup is so prominent there (at least according to LivingDNA) I think it must be along that line.

[Vyacheslav]

Interesting, Dagestan and Chuvachia are in European part of Russia by the way.

Perhaps they mean the Turkic component of the peoples of Russia

[Phenix]

Ah, I see okay. I haven't found any ancestors that I can tell came from there, but someone obviously did. My mom's maternal line dies out too soon for me to ascertain country of origin, and since the haplogroup is so prominent there (at least according to LivingDNA) I think it must be along that line.

Genetic studies are fascinating.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplog...mtDNA)#Origins

[Phenix]

Perhaps they mean the Turkic component of the peoples of Russia

Chuvach are Turkic and Dagestan is Caucasian with Turkic minorities.

[Leto]

Interesting, Dagestan and Chuvachia are in European part of Russia by the way.

I it debatable whether the North Caucasus is Europe or West Asia. Genetically Caucasians do not cluster with any European region. Needless to say the culture is completely different from European cultures.

[Phenix]

I it debatable whether the North Caucasus is Europe or West Asia. Genetically Caucasians do not cluster with any European region. Needless to say the culture is completely different from European cultures.

I was writing about geography not ethnicity nor genetics.