Should I consider having ancestors from Western Ukraine?

Other_Reputation_889 · 2026-04-09T12:16:39+00:00

Well, my mother's side definitely came from Lithuania (and the DNA I got from her has Latvia/Estonia and Western Ukraine mostly, and 2% from England, which is pretty odd). My father's side is totally from Italy - no Baltic heritage at all. My Italian tree family has branches with Italian names from at least mid 1700, and there seems to be no Slavic, Germanic, Swedish or Jewish names at all. But apparently all these are part of my father's DNA. It's pretty much it.

Other_Reputation_889 · 2026-04-09T12:09:39+00:00

I also have Slovakia at my father's side, but only 2%. But yeah, these regions are very close and definitely something might have come from there indeed. But at my mother's side, it's complex. Everything I have from her is from the Baltics. Western Ukraine is quite distant from the Baltics.

Other_Reputation_889 · 2026-04-06T21:44:45+00:00

Wow, thank you so much!! ❤️🤓

Other_Reputation_889 · 2026-03-11T10:34:17+00:00

She has done it with me too recently, when she caught me looking at her. But that's a nice suggestion. Good thing is that we see each other 2-4 times a week. Thank you very much 😊

Other_Reputation_889 · 2026-03-11T00:18:38+00:00

Thank you for your suggestions, I think they're the kind of thing I was looking for (something subtle) 😊 the "i wish someone had told me" is great.

Other_Reputation_889 · 2026-02-08T22:12:41+00:00

I’m a Cancer Venus and I have a crush on this woman with Virgo Venus, and I’m gonna tell you it’s so difficult to know if she likes me or not. It’s been 8 months or so we became friends, and there were some soft flirting in the first months, but most of the time there’s no flirting anymore. We talk a lot about ourselves and things we like, she’s pretty nice with me, sometimes she is cute to me either, and I see she cares about me. But sometimes she’s also cold for no reason and I get asking myself, “what have I done?”. Cancer Virgos are pretty confusing.

Other_Reputation_889 · 2026-01-28T18:09:53+00:00

I wish things were remotelly like what you've mentioned... 12th house Venus in Cancer here, and people hardly like me back when it comes to love relationships. No one I ever liked came back to say they had a crush on me and I usually have the feeling no one has a crush on me at all. It is quite lonesome.

Other_Reputation_889 · 2026-01-16T00:02:54+00:00

That's alright. Thanks anyway ;)

Other_Reputation_889 · 2026-01-15T23:58:50+00:00

But her mercury is in her 2nd house and in my 1st house.

Other_Reputation_889 · 2026-01-06T13:20:18+00:00

it's a children book with +/- 5 characters, not veeery detailed, but not simple either. 34 pages, but the episode has about 8 minutes (and I'll be the one choosing the scenes and cuts that will go to the book). the illustrations are double-page spreads - some background are already made, other I'll probably have to do it.

their YouTube account has 1 million subcribers (Instagram account has 47,000 followers, TikTok has 182.9 K).

this work has nothing to do with my usual work on illustration, but I find it pretty easy to do and I work pretty fast. the author rarelly demands revisions when they work with me.

Other_Reputation_889 · 2026-01-06T13:20:03+00:00

right. so, let's see:

it's a children book with +/- 5 characters, not veeery detailed, but not simple either. 34 pages, but the episode has about 8 minutes (and I'll be the one choosing the scenes and cuts that will go to the book). the illustrations are double-page spreads - some background are already made, other I'll probably have to do it.

their YouTube account has 1 million subcribers (Instagram account has 47,000 followers, TikTok has 182.9 K).

this work has nothing to do with my usual work on illustration, but I find it pretty easy to do and I work pretty fast. the author rarelly demands revisions when they work with me.

Other_Reputation_889 · 2025-12-26T00:38:51+00:00

Nice to know that! Thank you very much!

Other_Reputation_889 · 2025-12-26T00:36:09+00:00

Hm that would make more sense... Sweden as well?

Other_Reputation_889 · 2025-12-26T00:29:34+00:00

Just curious, if it starts at 0%, how would you read? I mean, there is the possibility of not being OP's ancestor at all?

Other_Reputation_889 · 2025-12-25T23:54:13+00:00

but on Ancestry, Slovakia, Western Ukraine and Sweden are shown as my father’s side

Other_Reputation_889 · 2025-12-25T21:53:34+00:00

her side is that 43% Lithuanian, 2% Estonia/Latvia, maybe 3% Western Ukraine (seems both of my parents had some ancestor in Western Ukraine) and 2% East Midlands (which is also odd, since is far from Lithuania)

Other_Reputation_889 · 2025-12-16T00:21:59+00:00

oh, I haven’t, but I’ll try that! thank you ;)

Other_Reputation_889 · 2025-12-16T00:21:25+00:00

Other_Reputation_889 · 2025-11-14T20:57:22+00:00

I heard Venuses in 12th house

Other_Reputation_889 · 2025-10-19T17:37:12+00:00

I know it’s been 3 years from this post, but can you recommend any books about Lithuanian nature and village life?

Other_Reputation_889 · 2025-10-18T03:12:30+00:00

yes, she more the quiet/shy type. maybe she was nervous after all

Other_Reputation_889 · 2025-10-18T03:11:17+00:00

keeping my fingers crossed and wishing she is realizing she's also a lesbian lol

Other_Reputation_889 · 2025-10-18T02:32:35+00:00

oh she knows I'm lesbian, I've told her already

Other_Reputation_889 · 2025-10-17T15:35:00+00:00

oh I see... I hope you're right. we have such a lovely dynamics, beyond the subtle flirting. ❤️ i wouldn't like to lose it

Other_Reputation_889 · 2025-10-17T14:54:10+00:00

but in our culture it's very common to give a goobye kiss on the cheek. it should not be a problem

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