MyHeritage assigned me Gypsy genetic group

**CommonSense** · 02-26-2021, 06:49 PM

How many matches with South Asian ancestry do you have? Any of them 3rd to 5th cousins?

**Jana** · 02-26-2021, 08:07 PM

Well I think most logical explanation might be that some of my Bosniak ancestors had fun with Gypsy women and thus some samples in this genetic group have south Slavic/Bosniak admixture rather than the contrary.
Gypsies were always present in Dubica and were citizens who worked as blacksmiths. Since neither I or my parents score south Asian I conclude that these Gypsies are likely part Bosniak.

Originally Posted by CommonSense

How many matches with South Asian ancestry do you have? Any of them 3rd to 5th cousins?

I didn't see any so far, but I wasn't checking that toroughly though.

**Jana** · 02-26-2021, 08:09 PM

Stears call me Gypsolina now

**CommonSense** · 02-26-2021, 09:09 PM

Originally Posted by Stearsolina

Well I think most logical explanation might be that some of my Bosniak ancestors had fun with Gypsy women and thus some samples in this genetic group have south Slavic/Bosniak admixture rather than the contrary.
Gypsies were always present in Dubica and were citizens who worked as blacksmiths. Since neither I or my parents score south Asian I conclude that these Gypsies are likely part Bosniak.

I didn't see any so far, but I wasn't checking that toroughly though.

You can filter matches by ethnicity.

**Jana** · 02-26-2021, 09:59 PM

Originally Posted by CommonSense

You can filter matches by ethnicity.

I get 11 DNA matches with south Asian ancesty (3rd to distant cousin). What does that mean?

**~~Ion Basescul~~** · 02-26-2021, 10:05 PM

Originally Posted by Stearsolina

I get 11 DNA matches with south Asian ancesty (3rd to distant cousin). What does that mean?

Check on which segments you match and if there's an overlap when you compare with multiple people at once. If this triangulation is successful then it would mean that you all share one ancestor. It doesn't mean that the ancestor is the source for Gypsy though, unless you can prove that that segment is associated with South Asian admixture.

**CommonSense** · 02-26-2021, 10:13 PM

Originally Posted by Stearsolina

I get 11 DNA matches with south Asian ancesty (3rd to distant cousin). What does that mean?

That's hardly any. I guess they assigned you the genetic group by error or due to some common Balkan ancestry those Gypsies in Bosnia share with you.

**Jana** · 02-26-2021, 10:13 PM

Originally Posted by Ion Basescul

Check on which segments you match and if there's an overlap when you compare with multiple people at once. If this triangulation is successful then it would mean that you all share one ancestor. It doesn't mean that the ancestor is the source for Gypsy though, unless you can prove that that segment is associated with South Asian admixture.

I don't know how to do that, but as I say I score 0% Indian/South Asian everywhere as well on MyHeritage. None of my parents score it either, so it's pretty clear those Gypsies have south Slav admixture.