Flamish impact in portugueses

[Sacrificed Ram]

I did a test and had an important impact of Western Europe and Scandinavia, despite I have none ancestry (according I know) in these areas, but I'm perceiving many portugueses score it too. Could it be result of flemish influence among portugueses?

[DraviXi99]

I did a test and had an important impact of Western Europe and Scandinavia, despite I have none ancestry (according I know) in these areas, but I'm perceiving many portugueses score it too. Could it be result of flemish influence among portugueses?

Yes,also from normandy,brittany,british (mostly scottish and english),dutch and german.

[Beowulf]

I've seen a lot of portuguese and brazilians who tested with my heritage and in there they got a lot of Northern European

[Brás Garcia de Mascarenhas]

Unless your Portuguese roots are Azorean, any hypothetical Flemish ancestry is unlikely.

[Grace O'Malley]

Unfortunately My Heritage is not to be relied on. There is something very wrong with their algorithm. They give everyone non-existent ancestry. You'd be better off relying on 23&Me or Ancestry.

[Sacrificed Ram]

Unless your Portuguese roots are Azorean, any hypothetical Flemish ancestry is unlikely.

Yes, Azorean were an important component to settle and populate Brazil, then their effect would be greater in Brazil than Portugal.

[Monapps]

It is possible that My Heritage uses a Basque-centric Iberian reference.

[Brás Garcia de Mascarenhas]

Yes, Azorean were an important component to settle and populate Brazil, then their effect would be greater in Brazil than Portugal.

Keep in mind that people of Flemish origin settled in the Azores about 500 years ago and were absorbed by the local population. The probability that some Azoreans have at least one remote ancestor of Flemish origin is considerable, but this does not necessarily translate into a genetic differentiation from the mainland Portuguese. MyHeritage should be interpreted as a calculator rather than the actual heritage of certain regions since almost all Portuguese people get a significant portion of heritage from Northwestern Europe on MyHeritage without necessarily having any origin from that region.

[Cernunnos]

There was some flemish stettlement from the early Portuguese kings (Sancho I), but i think it was not substantial.

[Tie red]

I would not rely too much on myheritage results.