I'm more interested in how I have 51% Middle Eastern/Persian DNA from my family's small villages than why. Ancestry.com’s original analysis was almost spot on, then when the revisions came out, that went to 5% with most of my DNA on my mother’s eastern European side. When someone like you who has direct NW European and Middle Eastern DNA, you look like an Italian to the genetic analyst. Mine is 11 percent, and I'm trying to figure out whether it's recent or ancient. gineen cooper 8 December 2018 / 6:03 … In Europe the sea and mountains was a great barrier for people in the past. Southern Italians have the most if I remember correctly from reading about the subject. Ancient DNA confirms Native Americans’ deep roots in North and South America. Why would the mainland Greeks have gained such strong genetic affiliation with the Balkans? 23andMe, Familytreedna AND National Geographic GENO2 all correctly have mearound 25% West Asian/Middle East. Haplogroup J1: “This haplogroup is found today in significant frequencies in many areas in or near the Middle East, and parts of the Caucasus, Sudan and Ethiopia. People with Italian ancestry are being summarily reduced to much smaller percentages of Italian DNA (approx 50% on paternal side).
They have very little North African ancestry as the Mediterranean Sea was a great barrier in the past. I have a question about the Iberian. Post by mtoth1982 » 14 … Yes Italians have a large amount of Middle Eastern dna from the past. Thousands perished outside the gates of Vilna. Irish DNA originated in Middle East and eastern Europe This article is more than 4 years old. People in this DNA ethnicity group may identify as: Syrian, Iraqi, Saudi Arabian, Jordanian, Persian, Arab, Omani, Yemeni, Emirati (from United Arab Emirates), Lebanese, Israeli . Southern Italian DNA. I believe other Italian(French and Spanish) soldiers may have also been taken in in Vilna. Sounds like they made a HUGE mistake with the Italian algorithm. The story of your ethnicity lives in your DNA. I'm guessing there was some migration en mass to these areas after which the village residents intermarried without much native Italian mixing. However, it should be stressed that the estimates are less accurate for pairs involving a population with a small sample size. When I complained to Ancestry they pushed back and said “perhaps there are things that you … By Lizzie Wade Nov. 8, 2018 , 2:00 PM. I'd be interested in more of the backstory which leads to the Middle East and Persia. I am 1/4 Italian and 1/4 Iranian, the new release took my Middle East and moved it all to Italian.

Geography and human history have kept this region perpetually in the spotlight. Trace Caucasus (Southern Russia/Georgia/Armenia). Genetic genealogy is the application of genetics to traditional genealogy. All Europeans have some to a certain extent. Southern Italians showed a genetic affinity with Middle East populations, such as Palestinian and Druze; and Northern Italian populations were genetically closer to the French and CEU populations. Southern Italians have the most if I remember correctly from reading about the subject. An analysis of 10 autosomal allele frequencies in Southern Europeans (including Italians, Sicilians and Sardinians) and various Middle Eastern/North African populations revealed a "line of sharp genetic change [that] runs from Gibraltar to Lebanon," which has divided the Mediterranean into distinct northern and southern clusters since at least the Neolithic period. 6 posts • Page 1 of 1. mtoth1982 Rookie Posts: 35 Joined: 21 Aug 2013, 01:47 Location: Trenton, NJ. Genetic genealogy involves the use of genealogical DNA testing to determine the level and type of the genetic relationship between individuals. Middle Eastern Ethnicity. Reply. I had one Italian grandparent and now tells me I am 68% Italian! DNA samples were obtained from 49 unrelated volunteers from four different Italian macro-areas (Tuscany, Sicily, Piedmont and Sardinia).
They have very little North African ancestry as the Mediterranean Sea was a great barrier in the past. The ease with which you might be able to trace your Europe South ancestry depends on how recent your Europe South ancestor came into your family line, and whether or not you are interested in building a …

For my DNA to have this much Middle Eastern/Persian background means that there was a large percentage of DNA in my 64 greatx4 grandparents from the Middle East/Persia, all of whom originated from these villages, and all of whom have Italian sounding names. Mass graves have been found.