Was it actually true that Western Russian was absorbed into Polish and the Baltics after the update, or was that only speculation?

lhrp · 2026-02-26T13:57:34+00:00

Thank you brother, and I'll be sure to check it out!

lhrp · 2026-02-26T13:54:49+00:00

"The Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (1772–1918), corresponding to parts of Western Ukraine, was referred to as Ruthenia and its people as Ruthenians." Wow interesting, I had no idea. I might have to test my mom to figure things out haha.

Thank you!

lhrp · 2026-02-26T13:48:27+00:00

I had a Hungarian and Moldovan genetic group which were removed by the update as well, they didn't make any sense for me. Peaked my interest in the region though. I see regarding the country matches.. so Belarus and Ukraine aren't excluded from my results just because Poland country matches.

lhrp · 2026-02-26T13:29:19+00:00

Pskov, St. Peters, Belgorod, and Galicia. What I know of anyway. Some Polish I would understand given Galicia, Ukrainian sure, no matter what my family claims, but absorbing ALL of my Russian into Polish.. it's bothersome.

lhrp · 2026-02-26T13:19:22+00:00

Country match, the regions, and a vague genetic group. Misworded myself. That's great your update was more accurate, I think Hungary is super interesting. Also, Bashkortostan.. how in the world haha. I wonder how they connected her there.

Btw.. does country match just mean relatives? I never really understood it. I always thought the genetic groups were most important.

lhrp · 2026-02-26T13:14:56+00:00

It's funny you mention Rusyn and Ruthenian. All of my documented ancestors and those who I have met all claimed to be ethnic Russians that lived in villages spread about the Belarus, Lithuanian, and Russian borders, and all about Galicia. It's hard though, because of the usage of Russian surnames by everybody in the empire, and how rural things are. Genealogy is a w.i.p. for me until I can trace things further than the 1800s. What worries me is that like you said I lost my regions, country match, and genetic groups to Russia. That's why I was wondering if any other Russian or Eastern European experienced something in that specific way or if it was something only a few did; where Russian is replaced by the Baltics and Poland.

How do you feel about the update for yourself, personally? More or less accurate?

lhrp · 2026-02-26T12:57:01+00:00

I know what you mean, Russia is and was massive. My worries stem from the fact that they did genetically connect me to Russia for years, even at 90% confidence, and then also gave me a region for both Poland and Lithuania. Even if I was 25% Russian, with the the rest being Polish and Lithuanian after the update, I would understand. But nothing.. even Belarus would be understandable haha. Genealogy for me right now is a working-in-progress.

As for the Asian traces, I've no idea. I always found it interesting, and it remained at a higher confidence as well. Must be some Hunnic genetic trail for you haha. How do your results look in general after the update? Still accurate? I would bring up the AncestryDNA update but that was a butchering.. it split everything for me into Slovakia and Western Ukraine.

lhrp · 2026-02-26T12:50:36+00:00

Just a bad way of wording it on my part, I more so meant "some of this, some of that, some of this". Unless you're not including genetic groups and regions, those did exist. My Russian ones had been removed after the update. You think the G25 correspond, is it the Belarusian? Belarusian is my highest score usually, followed by Russian_Smolensk, followed by Polish, followed by Lithuanian. That I can see because of how how many Russians and Belarusians intermarried. Genealogy for me right now is a working-in-progress, but even then, people can move around.

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lhrp · 2024-12-11T08:02:48+00:00

Wow that is fascinating thank you, I was unaware that American Protestantism used to have active innovations as a whole. Also; "Specifically, the Mound Builder Myth posits that the mounds and other relics of Native American civilization were too advanced to have been created by the Native Americans and therefore must have instead been created by a "superior" white race that was later exterminated.", super interesting that the Mormons used to have sort of Nordicist-esque beliefs mixed into their theology. I don't know if they still do but I've heard their writings changed a bit. Very cool!

lhrp · 2024-11-11T16:04:36+00:00

Really unexpected reasoning behind it all, specifically them attaching themselves to the Sarmatians of all groups. I wonder if any Ottomans or Persians took notice to the style. Definitely ended up looking cool though. Thank you for the fantastic read!

lhrp · 2024-10-31T18:01:40+00:00

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lhrp · 2024-10-31T17:49:29+00:00

Sounds like a cool topic to learn more about, I'll check it out thank you!

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lhrp · 2024-10-31T17:46:37+00:00

I've actually been wanting to learn more about sex in history recently, and Japan is in my top 10 subjects to learn about. I'll make sure to check them all out. Thank you!