r/DNAAncestry

The imagine shows the genetic distance of two samples to national averages.
It is a beatiful example of the complex and diverse history of Styria/Stajerska and Slovenia. A genetic sample created from Edelschrott(at least 5 generations back and entirely german surnames) in Western Styria clusters closer to the Slovenian average than to the Austrian one. The reason for that is that the area around Edelschrott is often cited by historians as the (Austrian)-Styrian region with the strongest Carantanian Slavic substrate, the area was one of the most densely populated by Slavs, before Bavarian settlers arrived and even survived as a Slovene language exclave while 95% of (Austrian)-Styria was already German-speaking.

On the opposite is a sample 50% from Krapje north of Ljutomer and 50% from Sicheldorf/Zetince near Radkersburg/Radgona. Even though it is entrirely made up of Slovenian surnames (going back 5 generations) it clusters more closely with the Austrian average. The reason for this can be found in history again. While the Carantanian Slavs (especially the tribe of the Dulebs) settled these areas in the 6th century the later arrivals of the Magyars(Hungarians) changed the settelment structure in the region. Continuous Hungarian raids from 880-1040 wiped out almost all Carantanian (and the few Carolingian German) settlments in Eastern Styria and Stajerska especially along the Mura river and in parts of Prekmurje. To revitalize the areas in the 11th to 13th century the ruling aristocracy sent Bavarian and Lower Austrian settlers to repopulate the empty areas. This led to eastern Styria being a genetic outlier in Austria often clustering closer to Bavaria than surrounding regions. But the genetic mark was also left in Northeastern Stajerska in which these later Bavarian settlers, just like the Slovenes in Upper Styria, assimiliated into the the local population. This leaves us with a genetic sample from Prekmurje/Ljutomer/Radgona that while being made up entirely of Slovene surnames, lays genetically closer to Austria, than to the Slovene average.

(Both samples family trees were traced back at least 5 generations and are 100% from the area.)

a lot of ppl assume im irish. denied it my whole life and then apparently im 1% irish lol. great grandparents on both sides came to ellis island from puerto rico, italy, malta, syria and poland.

I’m assuming the German, Dutch, and Danish results are from trading with England.

I went back and analyzed 71 posts of Palestinians displaying their ancestry results. Of those, 41 were analyzable (ie: not deleted) by the time I went back and plugged the data into a spreadsheet. I know, it’s a controversial topic, but a lot of the accounts who originally posted were totally deleted.

I noticed we discussed this phenomenon in the comments, but I was curious to what extent the data backed it up.

Although Garinagu are not considered a primary location in Mexico—there is Garifuna located in Mexico despite not being recognized in the Mexican Census and there is proven influence and documentation of Garifuna & Afro Belizean (Kriol) migration and local musical impacts of Chetumal.

Many Garifuna and Kriol had migrated to Chetumal during Early 1900s to the 1940s, this was due to a rising very industry in Chicle and Rum which was understaffed which sought workers from British Honduras or British Yucatan (Now Belize).

Y-DNA: E1a1-M44

MtDNA: D1

This individual in particular has obviously experienced intermixing with Afro Yucataecan Populations, but this Mayan-South Caribbean-African mix is very common in Garifuna regions of Punta Gorda in Belize.

Background on the Garifuna: Free Africans who mixed with Indigenous Caribbean (Kalinago), their culture is primarily Indigenous American with a emphasis on Seafaring and Well-being: were described first as Black Caribs or Garifuna Indians who culture was Piracy combined with Warmongering.

1. Maternal & Paternal Haplogroups E-M123 & L2a1
2. Tribe: Kawahla Kamalab - more specifically Shanabla Al Gezira (not to be confused with Shanabla Kordofan)
3. Located in: Nayel, Al-Kabur, Al-Musallamiyah, Arbagi, Fiteis, Abderahman, Algoz, Al Nedeyana, Madani, Wad Biliya, Al Marabi3a, Tanoub, Wad Hussein, Al Mahas, Al-Sa3dab etc.
4. Common family names: Al-Nuwayri, Shamboul, Masaad.

A little background: My family is from the Kamalab branch of the Kawahla Tribe in central Sudan, mainly around Wad Madani, Nayel, Musallamiyah, and Arbagi. According to tribal genealogy, the Kawahla trace their lineage back to Kahil bin Amer and ultimately to Al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam, one of the Prophet Muhammad’s companions and a member of Quraysh. The tribe migrated from Arabia into Egypt and later Sudan during the early Islamic period, where they mixed with local Nubian and Arab populations and became one of the major Arab confederations in Sudan. The Kamalab (“sons of Kamal”) emerged as a respected Kawahla sub-clan known for leadership, scholarship, and governance in Gezira and the White Nile regions. Oral histories also mention a massacre of the Kamalab by a Ja’aliyyin leader in the 1700s, after which the lineage was rebuilt through a surviving child named ʿUrwa. Later, Sheikh Shamboul, a Kamalab figure, established the Shanabla of Gezira (not to be confused with the Shanabla of Kordofan), whose descendants settled around Nayel and Wad Madani. During the Mahdist wars, Madani wad Shamboul fought with Hicks Pasha’s forces and died at the Battle of Shaykan in 1883. Under British rule, Nazir Masaad from the Kamalab became a prominent tribal leader in Musallamiyah. Today, many Kamalab and Shanabla families still maintain strong roots in Gezira, while also preserving a mixed Sudanese Arab and Nubian identity shaped by centuries of migration, intermarriage, and Sudanese history.

I included some photos with/without facial hair + eye color as well.

Does my phenotype match the results?

I don’t know if I can consider myself biracial or just white, since I am almost three quarters European. I have a picture of myself too.
I feel like many people would not be able to tell that I am part Filipino/Asian without me saying it.

I know that nobody will believe me when I say that I am 6 feet tall, but that definitely highlights just how European I am.