I hope DNA ancestry companies can soon distinguish between the Eastern European genetics as it sucks when you got (like me) 90% Eastern European and can't really relate as it covers an area between Berlin and Moscow, St.Petersburg and Turkey....which is really frustrating!

@AncestryUS

6 жыл бұрын

That might have something to do with this: kzread.info/dash/bejne/gXZ_0ruDnrushrw.html Lots of border changes, invasions, migration, and intermingling in the last 500-1000 years means the genetics all look VERY similar.

@politicusgermanicus7038

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks you for your quick answer. Do you think there will be a significant improvement in near future when it comes to distinguish better within a group? Other companies such as MyHeritageDNA have been able to split Eastern Europe for example also into a Baltic region. Furthermore, regions, which have been for more than half a millennium been part of Germany for instance and which are nowadays Poland (Silesia for instance) has not only cultural, but also due to migration and intermarriage between Slavs and Germans a mixed heritage, yet these areas are labeled as "Eastern Europe", when they are in fact Central Europe. Why?

@NataliaAnayeli

5 жыл бұрын

Exactly how I feel as I am 50% eastern european...i have ancestors who lived in pomerania as well as lithuania so ...eastern european doesnt feel very specific...i know pomerania is more narrowed down as is lithuania but idk if this is my dna or if they just lived in all of these areas a little confused.

@dbulc5171

4 жыл бұрын

Omg yesss!!! I know I have some Balkan in me but Ancestry labeled it all as Eastern European.

@globglogabgalab5876

2 жыл бұрын

@@politicusgermanicus7038 They updatet it

I am of Bulgarian ancestry and am a stand still with my research. Where would I need to go to be able to find out more about my Bulgarian ancestry?

@barb276

8 жыл бұрын

+Bulgarianroses1969 for free records try www.FamilySearch.org. There is also a Facebook group for people researching Central Europe that is very helpful.facebook.com/groups/CentralEuropeGenealogyResearchCommunity/

I did my Slovak family tree pretty far back using the website family search. u just have to become proficient at reading latin, and possibly german and Hungarian. google translate helped me a lot and you also need to be creative with name spelling

@Fankas2000

6 жыл бұрын

Lion Heart Considering that by some estimates 1/5 men raise kid that aren't their own due to infidelity or adoption, I would't put much stock on ancient texts.

@terrynstasha

5 жыл бұрын

@@Fankas2000 it is/was also custom if a married brother died and their was a single living brother the single living brother would marry the deceased brothers widow especially if there were children of that marriage. If there was not a single brother the remaining male siblings would take in the deceased brothers children to ensure the brother bloodline would continue. I have family that did this even after coming to America.

I got my DNA results yesterday and I got 23% Eastern European/Russian which wasnt expected at all haha. But it was very interesting 😍

@macinhorstemeyer1961

5 жыл бұрын

I am 68% Eastern European and 32% Balt.

@craighelphinstine3648

5 жыл бұрын

@@macinhorstemeyer1961 That's really cool! More then half haha

I was going to purchase this DNA kit for early Christmas this year, but I wondered how specific the Eastern European results are between countries. My biological father has never been in the picture and I know nothing about him. I have been told that he is Russian, but at the time that he would have begun the immigration process to America back in the 80's, that also encompassed territories and my mother had no clue what she meant when she told me he was Russian. My aunt tells me that he was Jewish and his last known place of residency in Russia would have been Odessa, but she didn't believe he was born there, only moved there. I've been told that my features more closely resemble Ukrainian or Polish, but I don't really want to take the test if all I'm going to receive is a picture of Eastern Europe with a giant translucent blue area over it. I want to know, how specific does it differentiate between the different countries? This is sort of my only shot at figuring out anything and I want to know what to expect.

@AncestryUS

6 жыл бұрын

Ancestry currently provides a breakdown of 14 different regions in Eastern Europe. When you take the AncestryDNA test, we will provide you with an overall percentage of Eastern Europe and then, if you are connected to any of these 14 regions, we would show that to you as well. Also, AncestryDNA compares your DNA to the other 6 million people who have taken the AncestryDNA test and we can tell if you are related to any of them. They will appear on your DNA Match list. If you test your mother, you will be able to sort your DNA Matches. Any match you have in common with her is on her side of the family. Any unique match you have is on your biological father's side of the family. Using the family trees of those matches, it is possible that you will be able to figure out his identity.

So your not a Central European expert (Poland, Czech Republic, Belarus, Hungary, Slovakia)

is ancestry dna test gonna tell me what country does my dna belong in, because im pretty sure that im a 80% eastern european and probably 20% nordic. However my grandfather never knew his father and he has light brown yellowy skin , black curly hair and brown eyes, his sisters and mom look(ed) completely diffrent and they had a diffrent father. Me, my mum , her sisters, and their children pretty much gotten our physical traits after him. We also have a dark tone to us. If i do the test and its gonna tell me that im 80% percent eastern european thats not gonna help, because that involves poles , ukrainians, romanians , lithuanian, slovak and all are diffrent.

@AncestryUS

7 жыл бұрын

Ethnicity does not follow political borders. That said, AncestryDNA does test for 8 different European regions and provides a breakdown of how much DNA you have in common with each region. More importantly, we compare your DNA to the other 2 million people who have taken the test and provide a match list. If you have any 2nd cousin matches that don't match what you know about your family tree, they very likely could connect you with your grandfather's biological father's family. (Crista)

Wow, you and my Aunt Sandy Smith look exactly alike. So cool it's creepy 😳 😬 😅 😐 👀 🙃