Eastern European and Balkans genetic ethnicities per country according to MyHeritage

**~~Dunai~~** · 02-24-2021, 02:58 PM

I was browsing through various data that MyHeritage is providing and I found this rather interesting, how much various countries score for regional genetic ethnicities. In this thread I will focus on mostly the eastern part of Europe.

East European (mostly Slavic group):
1. Poland 92.3%
2. Slovakia 91.1%
3. Belarus 88.7%
4. Czechia 87.5%
5. Moldova 85%
6. Russia 83.1%
7. Slovenia 82.1%
8. Ukraine 81.3%
9. Hungary 77%
10. Croatia 63.5%
11. Lithuania 62.6%
12. Bosnia & Herzegowina 43.2%
13. Romania 41.9%
14. Serbia 41.6%
15. Bulgaria 39.9%
16. Latvia 38.4%
17. Estonia 36.8%
18. North Macedonia 14.8%
19. Greece 10.2%
20. Albania 0%

Balkan:
1. Serbia 95.7%
2. North Macedonia 95.1%
3. Bosnia & Herzegowina 92.6%
4. Croatia 92.3%
5. Slovenia 91.3%
6. Moldova 90%
7. Romania 89.4%
8. Slovakia 83.9%
9. Hungary 82.6%
10. Bulgaria 81.7%
11. Czechia 74.5%
12. Albania 72.7%
13. Ukraine 67.8%
14. Belarus 64.6%
15. Poland 63.5%
16. Russia 52.8%
17. Lithuania 40.4%
18. Greece 35.4%
19. Latvia 28.1%
20. Estonia 26.7%

Baltic (Balto-Slavic group):
1. Lithuania 95.5%
2. Latvia 91.6%
3. Belarus 90.6%
4. Estonia 84%
5. Russia 83.5%
6. Ukraine 70.2%
7. Poland 69.5%
8. Moldova 45%
9. Czechia 34%
10. Slovakia 33.1%
11. Slovenia 27.4%
12. Hungary 24.1%
13. Croatia 23.5%
14. Bosnia & Herzegowina 18.9%
15. Bulgaria 16%
16. Romania 14.3%
17. Serbia 13.7%
18. North Macedonia 6.6%
19. Greece 4.2%
20. Albania 1.8%

North and West European (mostly West Germanic group):
1. Czechia 42.8%
2. Hungary 42%
3. Slovenia 41%
4. Slovakia 32.1%
5. Croatia 24.4%
6. Romania 20.1%
7. Poland 15.3%
8. Bulgaria 14%
9. Greece 13.7%
9. Bosnia & Herzegowina 13.7%
11. Albania 12.7%
12. Serbia 12.4%
13. North Macedonia 11.5%
14. Moldova 10%
15. Estonia 7.8%
16. Ukraine 5.1%
17. Russia 3.8%
18. Lithuania 3.1%
18. Belarus 3.1%
20. Latvia 3%

Greek and South Italian:
1. Greece 89%
2. Albania 83.6%
3. North Macedonia 80.3%
4. Bulgaria 64.8%
5. Romania 47%
6. Serbia 26.7%
7. Bosnia & Herzegowina 21.1%
8. Moldova 20%
9. Croatia 14.3%
10. Slovenia 9.7%
11. Hungary 9.6%
12. Estonia 5.6%
13. Slovakia 4.7%
14. Czechia 4.2%
15. Latvia 3.8%
16. Russia 3.3%
17. Ukraine 3.2%
18. Lithuania 3%
19. Belarus 2.8%
20. Poland 1.4%

**~~Dunai~~** · 02-24-2021, 03:04 PM

Scandinavian (North Germanic group):
1. Czechia 37.6%
2. Estonia 32.6%
3. Slovenia 32.1%
4. Hungary 31.1%
5. Slovakia 29.4%
6. Poland 22.7%
7. Croatia 17.1%
8. Bosnia & Herzegowina 12.6%
9. Romania 11.5%
10. Moldova 10%
11. Serbia 9.3%
12. Bulgaria 8.4%
13. Russia 8%
14. Albania 7.3%
15. Ukraine 6.7%
16. Lithuania 6.3%
17. Latvia 5.5%
17. Greece 5.5%
19. Belarus 4.1%
20. North Macedonia 3.3%

Finnish:
1. Estonia 63.2%
2. Russia 32.5%
3. Ukraine 9.5%
4. Latvia 8.4%
5. Hungary 5.6%
6. Belarus 5.3%
6. Bosnia & Herzegowina 5.3%
8. Slovenia 4.8%
9. Slovakia 4.5%
9. Czechia 4.5%
9. Bulgaria 4.5%
12. Romania 4.4%
13. Croatia 4%
14. Poland 3.5%
15. Moldova 3.3%
16. Lithuania 3.1%
17. Serbia 2.5%
18. Albania 1.8%
19. North Macedonia 1.6%
20. Greece 1.5%

Italian:
1. Greece 33.8%
2. Albania 18.2%
3. Bulgaria 16.5%
4. Romania 16.2%
5. North Macedonia 14.8%
6. Hungary 12.1%
7. Serbia 7.5%
7. Croatia 7.5%
9. Slovenia 7.4%
10. Moldova 6.7%
11. Bosnia & Herzegowina 5.3%
12. Czechia 4.7%
13. Slovakia 4.4%
14. Ukraine 2.2%
15. Estonia 1.9%
16. Russia 1.4%
17. Poland 1.1%
17. Latvia 1.1%
19. Belarus 0%
19. Lithuania 0%

English:
1. Czechia 11.1%
2. Hungary 9.2%
3. Slovenia 8.4%
4. Slovakia 7.3%
4. Albania 7.3%
6. North Macedonia 4.9%
7. Croatia 4.8%
8. Poland 4.3%
9. Bosnia & Herzegowina 4.2%
10. Romania 3.5%
11. Bulgaria 3.1%
12. Greece 3%
12. Estonia 3%
14. Serbia 2.5%
15. Moldova 1.7%
16. Ukraine 1.2%
17. Russia 0%
17. Belarus 0%
17. Latvia 0%
17. Lithuania 0%

Iberian:
1. North Macedonia 14.8%
2. Albania 12.7%
3. Greece 11.6%
4. Romania 10.2%
5. Hungary 9.3%
6. Slovenia 7.6%
7. Croatia 7.5%
8. Bosnia & Herzegowina 6.3%
9. Czechia 5.3%
10. Bulgaria 5.1%
11. Serbia 5%
12. Slovakia 4.9%
13. Estonia 2.3%
14. Poland 1.8%
15. Ukraine 1.3%
16. Russia 1.1%
17. Latvia 0%
17. Belarus 0%
17. Lithuania 0%
17. Moldova 0%

**~~Dunai~~** · 02-24-2021, 03:43 PM

A few more groups that could be interesting for this region of Europe:

West Asian:
1. Greece 37.8%
2. Bulgaria 19.3%
3. Romania 15.1%
4. Moldova 8.3%
5. Russia 7.5%
6. Hungary 6.5%
7. Ukraine 5.3%
8. North Macedonia 4.9%
9. Bosnia & Herzegowina 4.2%
10. Albania 3.6%
11. Estonia 3.5%
12. Slovakia 2.9%
13. Czechia 2.7%
14. Serbia 2.5%
15. Latvia 2.4%
16. Croatia 2.2%
17. Belarus 2.2%
18. Lithuania 2.1%
19. Slovenia 1.8%
20. Poland 1.4%

Central Asian:
1. Russia 15%
2. Belarus 4.1%
3. Estonia 4%
4. Ukraine 3.7%
5. Moldova 3.3%
6. Lithuania 1.6%
7. Bulgaria 1.6%
8. Romania 1.3%
9. Latvia 1.1%
10. Czechia 1%
11. Greece 0%
11. Croatia 0%
11. Slovakia 0%
11. Poland 0%
11. Hungary 0%
11. Albania 0%
11. Serbia 0%
11. Croatia 0%
11. North Macedonia 0%
11. Bosnia & Herzegowina 0%
11. Slovenia

Ashkenazi Jewish:
1. Hungary 18.3%
2. Russia 14.2%
3. Romania 10.3%
4. Ukraine 9.8%
5. Bulgaria 9.1%
6. Albania 7.3%
7. Belarus 7.2%
8. Slovakia 7.1%
9. Moldova 6.6%
10. Latvia 6.2%
11. Czechia 5.6%
12. Croatia 5.5%
13. Poland 4.8%
14. Serbia 4.3%
15. Greece 4.2%
15. Estonia 4.2%
17. Lithuania 3.5%
18. Slovenia 2.2%
19. North Macedonia 1.6%
20. Bosnia & Herzegowina 0%

Middle Eastern:
1. Greece 18.5%
2. Bulgaria 7.4%
3. North Macedonia 4.9%
4. Ukraine 4.4%
5. Albania 3.6%
6. Romania 3.4%
7. Moldova 3.3%
8. Serbia 2.5%
9. Estonia 1.2%
10. Slovakia 1.1%
10. Hungary 1.1%
10. Bosnia & Herzegowina 1.1%
13. Czechia 1%
14. Russia 0%
14. Belarus 0%
14. Latvia 0%
14. Poland 0%
14. Slovenia 0%
14. Lithuania 0%

South Asian:
1. Romania 2.7%
2. Hungary 2.3%
3. Greece 1.7%
4. North Macedonia 1.6%
4. Bulgaria 1.6%
6. Slovakia 1.4%
7. Czechia 1.3%
8. Estonia 1%
9. Serbia 0%
9. Bosnia & Herzegowina 0%
9. Latvia 0%
9. Slovenia 0%
9. Croatia 0%
9. Russia 0%
9. Latvia 0%
9. Ukraine 0%
9. Lithuania 0%
9. Albania 0%

**Blondie** · 02-24-2021, 03:47 PM

So are hungarians more slavic than any balkan slavs?

**~~Dunai~~** · 02-24-2021, 03:54 PM

Originally Posted by Blondie

So are hungarians more slavic than any balkan slavs?

If we combine East European and Baltic groups then Hungarians are quite more Slavic than any Balkan Slavs with the exception of Slovenians, who score somewhat higher.

**Blondie** · 02-24-2021, 03:56 PM

Originally Posted by Dunai

If we combine East European and Baltic groups then Hungarians are quite more Slavic than any Balkan Slavs with the exception of Slovenians, who score somewhat higher.

That's lol

**~~Dunai~~** · 02-24-2021, 04:02 PM

What is very interesting about Hungarians is that right after Czechs they are the most Germanic population in Eastern Europe (if we combine Western and Northern European, Scandinavian and English), but also seem to have by far the largest Ashkenazi Jewish admixture. This is most probably because mixed Jewish-Hungarians tend to be from the middle and upper class in Hungary, and such genetic tests are mostly affordable to people with higher income, but also people of Jewish ancestry seem to be more curious than other groups of people to test themselves. Another very interesting thing is that in Hungary there seems to be almost no Central Asian admixture present.