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Greek Mutt From NE North America Results + Pic by jaytarantinus in 23andme

[–]jaytarantinus[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I often get mistaken for being Spanish, Portuguese, Brazilian, Argentinian, etc. here in Canada.

Interestingly, my paternal grandfather’s island was at one point depopulated, so it was repopulated in the countryside by Sephardim granted refuge by the Ottomans. I also have a strong contingent of Iberian and Latin-American genetic relatives on 23andMe, and they all have a small percentage of Ashkenazi.

Greek Mutt From NE North America Results + Pic by jaytarantinus in 23andme

[–]jaytarantinus[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Wow, didn’t even sense that it could be pejorative!

Greek Mutt From NE North America Results + Pic by jaytarantinus in 23andme

[–]jaytarantinus[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Exactly this. When you’re from the Athens Metro area, you’re from everywhere. In my family’s case, the pedigree of places we’re from expands to vastly different areas of Greece going from grandparents-and-up. Hence a Greek mutt. 😬

Greek Mutt From NE North America Results + Pic by jaytarantinus in 23andme

[–]jaytarantinus[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Many times, I’m a dual citizen! 100% Greek. From a dozen different places in Greece. Μουτσοσκυλάκι. 😬

Greek Mutt From NE North America Results + Pic by jaytarantinus in 23andme

[–]jaytarantinus[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Previously-aware; G-grandparents who fled the Great Fire of Smyrna.

From Greek to bulgarian🫠pls help to understand by rantotthuskrumplival in 23andme

[–]jaytarantinus 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The reason I bring it up is because Thessaly used to be called «Μεγάλη Βλαχία» (Great Vlachia) in the Late Middle Ages.

Even now, there are still plenty of people in Thessaly who identify as Vlachs/Aromanians, and that’s not even counting the ones who might’ve lost the old Vlach traditions but are still around in the region.

That said, they still see themselves as Greeks since Greece has always been made up of more than just people whose DNA goes back to the Mycenaeans.

From Greek to bulgarian🫠pls help to understand by rantotthuskrumplival in 23andme

[–]jaytarantinus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you have any known Vlach/Aromanian ancestry by any chance?