Post autosomal DNA results of people from Romania and Republic of Moldova

[Ion Basescul]

As the title states, let's post autosomal DNA results of our countrymen here. Feel free to post the regions the samples come from, but please don't share their personal identifeable data such as surnames and photos.

I'll start with 23andme results of Romanians from the region of Moldavia.

The results will be on the right half of each image. On the left you will see mine, as I can't hide them.

1) Romania (Moldavia, Suceava County), Y-DNA: R1b (R-Y5587), mtDNA: V


2) Romania (Moldavia, Suceava County), Y-DNA: J2a (J-L243), mtDNA: H1a


3) Romania (Moldavia, 3/4 Suceava, 1/4 Botosani County), Y-DNA: I2a1 (I-S17250), mtDNA: HV0


4) Romania - 3/4 Jewish, 1/4 Romanian (Moldavia, Iasi County), Y-DNA: R1a (R-M417), mtDNA: N1b2


5) Romania (Moldavia, Galati County), Y-DNA: N/A, mtDNA: H5'36

[Benyzero]

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[Ion Basescul]

Next batch of results from the region of Moldavia in Romania

5) Romania (Moldavia, Neamt County), Y-DNA: R1a (R-Z93), mtDNA: H


6) Romania (Moldavia, Botosani County), Y-DNA: N/A, mtDNA: N/A


7) Romania (Moldavia, Vaslui County), Y-DNA: N/A, mtDNA: N/A


8) Romania (Moldavia, Neamt County), Y-DNA: N/A, mtDNA: N/A


9) Romania (Moldavia, Suceava County), Y-DNA: N/A, mtDNA: X2

[Ion Basescul]

To finish off the Moldavia region, I'm moving to Eastern Moldavia in Republic of Moldova.

9) Republic of Moldova (Centre, Telenesti District), Y-DNA: N/A, mtDNA: D4j


10) Republic of Moldova (Centre, Telenesti District), Y-DNA: N/A, mtDNA: D4j (sister of no. 9)


11) Republic of Moldova (Centre, Orhei District), Y-DNA: E-V13, mtDNA: H2a1


12) Republic of Moldova (North, Riscani District), Y-DNA: N/A, mtDNA: J1c4


13) Republic of Moldova (North, Drochia District), Y-DNA: J2b (J-L283), mtDNA: H7


14) Republic of Moldova - Romanian majority villages for grandparents, but Ukrainian surnames for 2/4 (Centre, Orhei District), Y-DNA: E-V13, mtDNA: J1

[Ion Basescul]

Another batch from Republic of Moldova

15) Republic of Moldova (North, Floresti District), Y-DNA: N/A, mtDNA: H


16) Republic of Moldova (Centre, Straseni District), Y-DNA: N/A, mtDNA: T2c1b


17) Republic of Moldova (Centre/North, 1/2 Causeni and 1/2 Edinet District), Y-DNA: N/A, mtDNA: H


18) Republic of Moldova - 3/4 Straseni, 1/4 Russia Oryol (Centre/Russia), Y-DNA: J2a (J-L25), mtDNA: U5a1b1


19) Republic of Moldova - grandparents from Moldova, but Other ancestors' birthplace Ukraine, Poland (Centre, Ungheni District), Y-DNA: E-V13, mtDNA: U5a1a1


20) Republic of Moldova (North, Edinet District), Y-DNA: N/A, mtDNA: U1a1

[Ion Basescul]

This is the last batch that I have for now from Republic of Moldova. The next post will begin to cover another Romanian region - Wallachia, but that's not planned for today.

21) Republic of Moldova (Centre, 1/2 Chisinau, 1/2 Rezina District), Y-DNA: N/A, mtDNA: HV0


22) Republic of Moldova - 1/4 Ukrainian (North, 3/4 Ocnita District, 1/4 Ukraine), Y-DNA: J2a (J-L26), mtDNA: H5a1


23) Republic of Moldova (North, Balti), Y-DNA: N/A, mtDNA: N/A


24) Republic of Moldova (Centre/North, 3/4 Straseni, 1/4 Soroca District), Y-DNA: N/A, mtDNA: N/A


25) Republic of Moldova (South, Taraclia District), Y-DNA: N/A, mtDNA: N/A

[WeirdLookingFellow]

Hi Dorky, this is a great thread, thanks. The last one scores 11.4% Italian, and lots of these score minor percentages (0.1-1.5%). Any idea why? rRoma colonists did not spread into Rep. Of Moldova and mtdna and Ydna studies of Romanians show a very clear locality to us, so not even the Transylvanians should necessarily show it

Is there an option on 23andme to check the average category in a country, like on MyHeritage? Like 15% of Romanians score Italian while 12% score NW European etc.

[Ion Basescul]

Hi Dorky, this is a great thread, thanks. The last one scores 11.4% Italian, and lots of these score minor percentages (0.1-1.5%). Any idea why? rRoma colonists did not spread into Rep. Of Moldova and mtdna and Ydna studies of Romanians show a very clear locality to us, so not even the Transylvanians should necessarily show it

Is there an option on 23andme to check the average category in a country, like on MyHeritage? Like 15% of Romanians score Italian while 12% score NW European etc.

Hi, no, unfortunately 23andme doesn't have that feature. But neither does MyHeritage. On MyHeritage, when choosing a country, they are showing us the rate of people from that country who receive that admixture. That can mean either 0.1%, 100% and anything in-between. Those are not averages.
When you are seeing for example 70% Balkan for Romania (I'm making that number up), that means that 70% of people from Romania scored some Balkan, in varying proportions. It doesn't mean that on average Romanians scored 70% Balkan.

With regards to the last person from Moldova with 11.4% Italian, they are from Taraclia. Taraclia is an ethnic Bulgarian district in Moldova. Hence that person is likely Bulgarian. Just like Greeks, Bulgarians can score an exaggerated amount of Italian on 23andme, because it's probably confused for a more Southern-like Balkan ancestry.

[Dick]

He is mixed


I1
HV6a

Maternal grandmother's birthplace
Orașul Petrila, Județul Hunedoara, Romania
Maternal grandfather's birthplace
Orașul Petrila, Județul Hunedoara, Romania
Paternal grandmother's birthplace
Bălcaciu, Comuna Jidvei, Județul Alba, Romania
Paternal grandfather's birthplace
Vama Buzăului, Comuna Vama Buzăului, Județul Brașov, Romania

[Ion Basescul]

Moving on to Wallachia

26) Romania (Wallachia, Dobrogea, Constanta County), Y-DNA: N/A, mtDNA: U5a1


27) Romania (Wallachia, Dobrogea, Constanta County), Y-DNA: N/A, mtDNA: H


28) Romania (Wallachia, Dobrogea, Constanta County), Y-DNA: R1b (R-U152), mtDNA: H


29) Romania (Wallachia, Teleorman County), Y-DNA: R1a (R-CTS1211), mtDNA: H11a


30) Romania (Wallachia, Buzau County), Y-DNA: N/A, mtDNA: K1a4a1