In 2017, I did a DNA test for genealogy. I didn’t use a test that told you the names of the countries of origin or who your relatives might be. Instead, I used a test that tells one about the ethnic groups where one’s DNA is found in concentration. My largest group turned out to be at 22.3% Fennoscandia. Its origin: Iceland and Norway and declines in Finland, England, and France—in other words, broadly speaking, the Vikings. Others in the top five are Southern France, the Orkney Islands, Basque Country, and Western Siberia. More interesting are the other seven, in declining order: Southeastern India; Tuva (South Siberia); Sardinia; Northern India, the Sonora (Native Americans); the Southern Levant (Israel & Syria); and finally, Western South America.
Read more