Balkan + East Europe is most common and frequent in results from Hungary.
The percentages represent the portion of MyHeritage DNA users in Hungary who have that ethnicity.
Balkan
82.6%
East European
77%
North and West European
42%
Scandinavian
31.1%
Baltic
24.1%
Balkan is the most present and frequent component along with Slavic East European so when you count in Balkan you are really predominately population of Slavic origin and I agree you are typical (East)-Central Europeans.
Now I know it makes most of Hungarians very sad to have Balkan origin but DEAL WITH IT.
You ruled over Bosnia and Croatia for centuries and you wonder why you have so high Balkan DNA....People and goods moved freely and especially Hungarians in and around Budapest are very close genetically to Croats and Bosnians as well as those living close to Border with Croatia. I have matches in Hungary with 0.5% shared dna and largest segments being 30-33 CM and I am Bosnian Serb of mixed Montenegrin&Croat background. Those Hungarians I see in my matches and find on Facebook all live near and around Budapest and have typical Hungarian family names and in family trees I can't find any Slavic surnames even for 4-5 generations and yet they are genetically more related to me than a girl who has the same family name as I do and is my distant cousin from my city and we share only 0.3% DNA.
PS
My great-grandfather was in Bosnisch-hercegovinisches Infanterie Regiment Nr. 2 and after being severely wounded in battle on Monte Meletti he was transfered to Budapest for medical treatment, he had a shrapnel lodged 2 cm away from his heart, it was inoperable back then and so it's not excluded that he banged and knocked up some Hungarian babe while he was recovering from his wounds and thus such close relatives in Hungary and more Slavic genes added to Hungarian gene pool
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