01-12-2014, 07:37 PM
I'm still not convinced from that graphic above. Saying, for example, that you are "1.5% Scandinavian" ... what does that mean? Sure, there could be markers or even haplotypes which are more commonly found in people of Scandinavian descent, but that doesn't mean you (or they) are Scandinavian. In other words, someone could have a marker or markers but not really be from that region. (This could happen simply because of migrations, etc.) It's simply not that exact, and giving the data/percentages that way is misleading.
Also... I chuckled a bit when I saw the large swath of medium blue that I'm taking them to mean "nonspecific Northern/Southern European" but which also looks to include a lot of Eastern Europe, for which you'd think they'd have more precise markers. A lot of Jews are from that part of the world, and I'd guess they have separate markers for that, but the likelihood is good that anyone who is Jewish or of non-Jewish European descent is not "pure"... if you know what I mean! (
Also... I chuckled a bit when I saw the large swath of medium blue that I'm taking them to mean "nonspecific Northern/Southern European" but which also looks to include a lot of Eastern Europe, for which you'd think they'd have more precise markers. A lot of Jews are from that part of the world, and I'd guess they have separate markers for that, but the likelihood is good that anyone who is Jewish or of non-Jewish European descent is not "pure"... if you know what I mean! (