Super high Carpathian results:
N1 is my grandpas sister half from
Bremen half Bavaria, closest population on G25 is Central German
Second one is me, my closest pops on G25 are south/central German
And last my grandma closest to south German on G25 yet pretty much 90% eastern now
The darker the green on the paper trail map the more recent the ancestors.
Out of ~1000 surnames:
~97% German
~3% Slavic
Also added: illustrative closest population, my closest slavic match is Slovenian on number 20! Yet from my myheritage resutls youd think I am two thirds eastern European. Please be super careful with myheraitge results! They do not show anything close to reality
I see so many people on here "confused" by their results, and sadly most of that is explainable by myheritages "problematic" DNA test results: Example I am fully Austrian and Bavarian, I have one great great grandparent from lower Styria in todays slovenia and one great great grandparent from the Sudenteland.
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Source: Statistics | Eurostat
I am Austrian, and lately I spent some time on the most south-eastern part of Austria and made some observatoins. When you see a new super expensive car on the road, (new fancy BMW, Mercedes, Audi, Porsche...) it has almost always, either a Slovenian, Hungarian, or Croatian licence plate. Now car culture and status here are extremely important, but I feel it is a whole other dimension in the Balkans. Like my mums worker, he is from Bosnia, he lives in a small tiny apartment, always complains that he doesnt have enough money to go on holidays etc. Yet he recently bought a new Mercedes for 65.000€ He literally saved all his money for years and years, while living in a tiny apartment, not going on holiday, having no luxury, just to buy one expensive car as a stupid status symbole.
Or my Grandmas gardener, he is Slovenian and drives over to work, he gardens for my grandma and one other woman, that is his whole income, it isnt great, yet he saved money for almost ten years just to buy a Porsche, while living in a small hosue that is missing plaster on two sides, and looks like it could collapse any second.
Its simliar in Vienna, just with a differnt group of people. If you see a really posh car in Vienna, its A drivin by a shady russian or B by some Arab phone or kebab shop owner.
Why is this need for validiation and status so crazy that people will literally live in semi poverty for years just to drive a fancy car so widespread?
Just thought I might share this, these are very small n early eastern German regional averages I produced foem a few samples. So the values here might still change quite siginficantly, but i jus tthought id share. regional samples for ex east german regions are "obviously" hard to find lol
Rergional Accuracy:
Extremely High: Standard Deviation: +-2
Very High: Standard Deviation: +-4
High: Standard Deviation: +-7
Moderate: Standard Deviation: +-11
(Standard Deviation is per Category)
Germany:
Schleswig-Holstein: Very High in West. High in East.
Niedersachsen: Extremely High in West. High in East.
NRW: Extremely High in West. Very High in East.
MeckPom: High in West. Moderate in East.
Brandenburg: High in West. Moderate in East.
Sachsen-Anhalt: High in West. Moderate in East.
Sachsen: Very High in West. High in East.
Thüringen: Very High in West. Very High in East.
Rheinland Pfalz: Extremely High in West. Very High in East.
Saarland: Extremely High
Hessen: Very High in West. Very High in East.
Bavaria: Very High in West. Very High in East.
BaWü: Very High in West. Very High in East.
Austria:
West Very High, (except for North Tyrol which is High). East: High
Slovenia:
All High, except for Istria and Koper which are Moderate.
Cause people asked for it: an updated version
Scientific Terms:
Blue: “Central-Northern European”, following Gretzinger et al. 2022.
Green: “Transalpine”, following Silva et al. 2026, expanded by me for Central Europe.
Red: “Early Slavic Period”, following Gretzinger, J., Biermann, F., Mager, H. et al. 2025.
“Central-Northern European” includes, among others: Danish Iron Age, Early Medieval Frisian, Early Medieval Saxon, Baiiuvari, Alemanni, as well as other Germanic tribes.
“Transalpine” includes, among others: French Iron Age, Helvetii, Belgae, Gaulish, La Tène, Hallstatt, and pre-Celtic Alpine sources.
“Early Slavic Period” includes, among others: Grodko Early Medieval Polish.
All modern reference samples used, were thoroughly vetted, and it was ensured that each individual has at least five generations of ancestry from the same microregion.
Map is still experimental and will change in future with more samples