For anyone interested, this is just MyHeritage bunching up Cypriot with the broader Greek genetic group (which is quite diverse). The actual genetically closest populations to Golifa as expected are around the neighbourhood:
On a different site like AncestryDNA or 23andme with a distinct “Cypriot” category, he’d score that instead at around 85-90%.
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When I did my 23&me test I came up as 77.6% Cypriot. My grandma is German so I have 21% European including French & German and Eastern European.
But what really surprised me was the fact that 23&me could pin-point that my dna was relatively similar to many people from the Nicosia disctrict specifically! I found that hilarious. In my head I thought “Wow, people had children with their fellow villagers so much that even dictricts in Cyprus created their own blend of Cypriot” Loved that.
Other geneology categories included “Arab, Egyptian & Levantine” 0.7% and “Greek & Balkan” at just 0.5%.
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They put three digits precision. How accurate they are?
https://preview.redd.it/gnjuw70ggmhd1.png?width=1003&format=png&auto=webp&s=4f153074ac8b7ed07fff49cfc35f3fa9c809f8c5
[https://xkcd.com/2696/](https://xkcd.com/2696/)
For anyone interested, this is just MyHeritage bunching up Cypriot with the broader Greek genetic group (which is quite diverse). The actual genetically closest populations to Golifa as expected are around the neighbourhood:
https://preview.redd.it/8x8opi79imhd1.png?width=495&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4c6d7f74e3d6cce35402c01cd2c75a6c9c150b12
On a different site like AncestryDNA or 23andme with a distinct “Cypriot” category, he’d score that instead at around 85-90%.
When I did my 23&me test I came up as 77.6% Cypriot. My grandma is German so I have 21% European including French & German and Eastern European.
But what really surprised me was the fact that 23&me could pin-point that my dna was relatively similar to many people from the Nicosia disctrict specifically! I found that hilarious. In my head I thought “Wow, people had children with their fellow villagers so much that even dictricts in Cyprus created their own blend of Cypriot” Loved that.
Other geneology categories included “Arab, Egyptian & Levantine” 0.7% and “Greek & Balkan” at just 0.5%.