u/Indigenous7

I think in real life, people have a different interpretation usually thinking Italian or Greek, even Lebanese, other Arab ethnicities which are more adjacent to what I am. Online people go as far as to guess mixed Romani, Indian, Pakistani, Central Asian, and even mixed African Latino. Also, of course my name is very Latin influenced, it passes anywhere from Portugal to France to Italy, so anyone who knows my name maybe has the bias to see me as European-passing once they know I’m Portuguese. if I’m around family, it’s more obvious my parents are both quite a bit paler than myself, similar features overall though. It’s very interesting to see how phenotype can differ so much in a population, that holds true in my family, where my brother and I are a bit darker, but most others are somewhere in the middle, some are lighter as well.

On another topic, I hope my results improve with the next update they seem all over the place.

At one point I was roughly 96% Iberian (Portuguese + Spanish) and 4% Irish, probably my best result I’ve had over the years.

Family is from the coastal south of Portugal.

using davidski’s g25 coordinates. Im southern Portuguese not sure if that explains it?

My family is from the southern coastal Algarve region.

Expectations/Findings:

The Berber was expected considering the history with the Moors, the Celtic % was higher than I would expect, I would have expected more Mediterranean populations like Italy, Greece, and Arabs considering I’m from the coast where lots of trade would have happened.

Paternal haplogroup: R1b-Z225

Maternal haplogroup: H1c3

Wife’s result — the mix makes every ancient population very distant it seems. Typical Mestizo result seeing as she matches Mexico as her first and closest modern region?

MtDNA lineage: C1b

Buenos Aires born, but genetically half north/central Argentinian + Paraguay genetically. Culturally completely from Buenos Aires with porteño accent, fits very easily despite being ”mestiza”