My Brother's DNA test results are different than mine! | MyHeritage

[@peterdoe2617]

Hi Antoinette, back when you posted your results I bought a kit for my brother. And he recieved his results just last week and we where talking about that maybe I should make a test, too. Just ordered it. The most stunning in his results was when it came to naming peoples last names that may be related to you. (you have to pay myHeritage to learn more, but: 1 last name is the last name of a family, living in our street here in Germany. They may or may not be related to a family that myHeritage has in mind. But that a quite rare family name from our region is already great. The 2nd family name was almost scary close: the girls name of our granny from our father's side.

[@AntoinetteEmily]

Yay I'm so pleased to hear you ordered a kit for yourself. I would love to hear your results when you receive them if you feel like sharing them with me. The DNA matches are so fascinating and very accurate!

[@peterdoe2617]

@@AntoinetteEmily Without giving away my mail-addy, here: (I don't have a channel,here. And no insta... face...) If you google for a recipe: "General Tsos Hühnchen", you will find me. And I can shoot you my mail-addy when you drop me a note and block anyone else.

[@peterdoe2617]

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[@pamelavl2523]

Its interesting when you do siblings and other members of your family. There is also differences in maternal and paternal line when you trace then back along the lines. Really neat. You mentioned your results were different then what you were told as you grew up? Elaborate on that please.

[@riverael1]

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[@jeffpagan1517]

You only share 50% with a sibling. 100% with a twin.

[@davedrewett2196]

Lebanon was a cultural and ethnic mixing pot. I think every test I’ve seen of people of Lebanese background had a considerable % of Italian and Greek genetics.

[@JoseEduardoRodney]

Yes, Lebanon people descend from Greeks, Italians, Phoenicians, Jews and Circassians, They don't descents from Arab at all, they only speak the Arabic language.

[@Akei51]

@@JoseEduardoRodney pheonician are originally from eastern arabia

[@penus7639]

@@JoseEduardoRodney phonecians were not originally greek, they were related to greeks

[@JoseEduardoRodney]

@@penus7639 True

[@JoseEduardoRodney]

@@Akei51 Yes, you are right

[@WILTALK]

I have to give you many props for your explanation as to why siblings DNA might differ. I have seen quite a few video posters who could not or would not give an explanation. You are a very detail oriented person who actually would make a good teacher. Your video's leave very few questions left on the table.

[@celinesleiman6001]

nothing called israehell... it is Palestine. britain offered Palestine 1917 "balfour deceleration" to shoes.

[@sim3390]

Thank you god give you all what you wish

[@glennthfc9346]

Céline Sleiman look up history, there is no such thing as Palestine

[@wakeupmrye6908]

@@glennthfc9346 Fuck you bitch

[@MichelCantigneaux]

Antoinette, André ... Those french first names must come from your father's side too, since Lebanon has been a French colony or protectorate in the past. I had always been astonished that an English-language-country girl had a French fist name...

[@AntoinetteEmily]

My parents have always just loved French names. My sister's name is Simone which I'm pretty sure is also a French name originally.

[@vilpekkos]

I read wikipedia that there is ancient old Italian (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italians_in_Lebanon) and Greek communities in Lebanon (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greeks_in_Lebanon). I also read about the Italians who lived in Syria, but but they were able to move to Italy because their grandfather was from there. (www.unhcr.org/news/stories/2015/8/56ec1ea51f/sicily-to-syria-and-back-again.html)

[@AntoinetteEmily]

Thanks so much, I will check out the articles!

[@ulrichlehnhardt4293]

2:18 what an attractive family! I think that many europeans have italian dna because of the Roman Empire. I am German but have 15 % italian, 20 % iberian and 5 % middle-eastern. Plus I think that Lebanese have a lot of Roman, Greek and Phoenician (?) ancestry.

[@longinusukenta1086]

For them to get Italian majority DNA means that their Lebanese father is super majority Italian

[@flawlessasfxck2338]

My heritage dna goes only 200 years back 😂 and I think that your middle eastern part comes from italian part

[@taha3508]

Aus welchem Bundesland kommst du? Süddeutschland?

[@WILTALK]

Northern Europeans west of the Rhine probably have far less Italian DNA due to the defeat of the Romans and total their loss of 3 legions in the Teutoburg forest. They ceased their expansion at the Rhine. It also created the Rhine as the dividing point between the Latin based languages and the Germanic-influenced ones.

[@median6588]

Unknownz Lerky lebanese get full southern european and westasian

[@slothbros7607]

You could find out more about your dad's male line by having your brother's Y dna tested. I had my dad's done on familytreedna. This will show your brother's and father's direct male line. There are different levels you can test to and prices vary.

[@billfaint6736]

My late wife's first child had Black hair, dark skin, and Brown eyes. His parents were white with fair hair and blue eyes. After her death I got an update on her DNA, which showed she had 30% native north American . Problem solved???

[@sue195423]

Lovely to find a Kiwi lass on KZbin. Interesting results for sure. One say I hope to do one of these to learn how accurate my Hungarian heritage may be. Cheers, from Auckland NZ

[@AnnacamillaCuddumanu]

You look exactly like my mother 😮 And I’m Italian so I think is very accurated…😂

[@reginahornung]

Hi Antoinette! I am a first-time commenter, although I follow your channel for quite some time. Your and your brother's results are really interesting so I would like to see your sister's results, too. In regard to your paternal heritage, this might be an explanation: The near east and its countries is a construct since the 40s of the last century only. It has been a cultural melting pot for centuries, due to the exchange of goods between Europe and the far east. Therefore, it doesn't come to me as a surprise that you and your brother have ancestors from Italy and Greece. These countries - or better regions - were the main origin of merchants. Quite a lot of them found their new home in the near east region, not only the Libanon. ;-)

[@manub.3847]

Not to forget the Romans expansion around nearly all of the mentioned countries, the mass migrations Goths, Vandals, Saxons, Huns, and all the others who passed through Europe in the days after the fall of the Roman Empire.

[@reginahornung]

@@manub.3847 Exactly, Manu!

[@AntoinetteEmily]

Thanks for sharing this information with me, I find it all so fascinating!

[@Mamaki1987]

Yeah, it was funny to see the difference between my mother's and my test. I was always told that we have east european roots, and I had zero percent. I was completely surprised. My mother had east european DNA, she just didn't pass it on to me.

[@appa3614]

If you took my heritage its most likely not accurate... like at all

[@Mamaki1987]

@@appa3614 I mean it was about 12 % or something. It might well be that this part didn't get to me

[@ver_idem]

@@Mamaki1987 It can´t be if you are a W,you inherite your Mom haplos or the database is to weak for the region from your Mom originated.

[@NorthLoftier]

How much East European was your mother? Me and mother are also about to take this test, and her father is like 100% Indian, whilist her mother is said to be 100% European, so it would be interesting to see from which side I could inherit more.

[@sukie584]

Very interesting ! we take 50% from each parent but siblings don't take the exact same 50% that's why there are differences in results. I wasn't surprised by the Ashkenazi JEwish because of your dad thinking he was 100% Lebanese.. probably during the migrations out of the Levant to Europe there was some mingling! it would be interesting for your brother to find out the Y dna info..only males carry that information all the way back..

[@ВалентинКусков-р6т]

sukie584 ashkenazi - hazar turk

[@IamDeathwatch]

@@ВалентинКусков-р6т Ashkenazi = Levatine + Greco-Roman mix

[@odaenathus7825]

IamDeathwatch Levantine + Greco-Roman = myth/propaganda

[@IamDeathwatch]

@@odaenathus7825 That's what genetic testing has shown. Some 80%-90% of Ashkenazi ancestry is Levantine+Southern European. The remainder is often Eastern European/Western European. Take me for example. One result I have gotten is: 50.8% MENA 40.4% Southern Europe 7.8% Eastern Europe 1% Asia

[@odaenathus7825]

IamDeathwatch I'm familiar with those claims and "studies". Surprisingly, they fit the narrative.

[@cuzz63]

By testing 2 siblings in same family seems to give a more accurate picture of your family.

[@Muralidharan001]

Or you can directly test parents.

[@briananderson5634]

I did MYHeritage test and also Ancestry. The Ancestry test results are much more accurate and relate more accurately to known information . Ancestry's data base is much bigger so their results are that much more accurate. Also a Kiwi from Dunedin!

[@daliddleOne]

Hi Antoinette! This heritage stuff is so fun and mind boggling! I'm just starting to work on mine. I will be sending my sample out in a couple of days. I for one would love to see more of your family members results. It's interesting in how they compare. I'm going to talk to my large family and see who else wants to do this. Thanks for the very interesting videos! Looking forward to more! Happy New year!

[@trax-3987]

My Heritage can get confused when confronted with "unusual" mixed backgrounds. Here the probably interpret substatial part of the Northwest Euro and Levantine mix as Italian for some reason.

[@jackieblue1267]

That's exactly what happened. Good explanation.

[@mastertechsales]

Roman presence in Lebanon for close to 7 centuries possibly explains Italian ancestry? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenicia_under_Roman_rule

[@nnoonan9514]

My Heritage are known for being very inaccurate with ethnicities percentages. Im also from NZ sent raw dna from family members to this website got totally different results for all. Surprisingly Ancestry.com is reasonably accurate of our family tree. Ancestry.com has a data base in the millions with a large reference panel. I would recommend to try but also keeping in mind none of these companies are 100% accurate.

[@dzdz6102]

N Noonan exactly ancestry or 23andMe are the best

[@mariahx9428]

I got a DNA discovery ad before watching

[@peter_meyer]

SHE'S GOT HER HAIR CUT! SHE'S GOT HER HAIR CUT! Looking good!

[@AntoinetteEmily]

Thank you! xx

[@peterhannah2184]

I know she's my aunty

[@AntoinetteEmily]

Love you Peter xx

[@VickiBee]

It's ALSO rare for SON'S to have the same DNA as their FATHERS/MOTHERS. I know this bc I knew a microbiologist with a Ph.D who did DNA research and he said the possibility of it actually happening was "more than a billion to 1." I don't even KNOW my family. I've never known them even though I lived with some of them until I was 7. I'm adopted. All this DNA stuff has almost zero fascination with me. The only thing I care about it for is to find a murderer. Sorry but that's how I feel abt it. I was told I was German and, gee, that's what came out when my biological brother took the test. Our biological father was BORN in Germany. That makes him German even if he's not German. But we also have German in our DNA.

[@jasminekaram880]

These test show what you have inherited, you brother may have inherent different genes from your parents and that give different results. :)

[@HIMzone666returns]

my cousin and me did myheritage, without knowing the other did. When my result was there, she got email that she got new matches. and she got me as match, and the result also suggested cousin.

[@XGARXS]

Can I use this to verify if my half brother is actually my dads son?

[@HIMzone666returns]

@@XGARXS i think that you work. at least the result should be a close to your result.

[@uglysweaterful2119]

Thank you so much for the coupon! Just ordered.

[@iciyaboo8245]

Great video u explain n presented very well!! i had my dna tested along with my only full blood Sister n our results,were very,very similar😊 we are mixed with 3 different ethnicities..I was very pleased with our results..thanks for sharing Antoinette

[@АндрейДенисов-т6к]

Try Ancestry and 23 & me. I'm sure their results will be different from MH.

[@michelnassarofficial]

If your dad is Lebanese, then there are high chances that you have origins from Iran/turkey/Greece/italy Lebanon was under occupation of all those countries in the last 2000 years. I did it too, I'm born and raised in lebanon, and barely got 20% from the Levant region xD

[@AntoinetteEmily]

That is very interesting! I was really expecting to receive a much higher percentage from the Levant region but after learning about the history, my results actually make sense. Do you still live in Lebanon? My Lebanese family all come from a small town called Bsharri (Bcharre) I dream of visiting one day.

[@michelnassarofficial]

@@AntoinetteEmily No I left 4 years ago and living/working in france now, but I very often go back for holidays/family. Bcharre is amazing!! You should definitely visit some day, it really is the most welcoming and friendly country :D and you'll probably gain some weight - I lost 6 KG when i moved to france without even trying xD If you still have family there, then it will be even better :D

[@AntoinetteEmily]

@@michelnassarofficial I can totally understand how you lost 6kgs, nothing can beat Lebanese food!! France is a beautiful country though. You're not living far from me, I'm in Germany.

[@michelnassarofficial]

@@AntoinetteEmily That's really cool! Yes I saw other videos of yours :D If you ever go to Lebanon or need any info, just hit me up on any of my social media :D Where in Germany are you based?

[@AntoinetteEmily]

@@michelnassarofficial Thanks, that's so kind of you! I live in the Würzburg region.

[@merwen33]

you know its totally normal because you only share 50% of the dna of your brother. i dont see anything wrong here actually your pretty close to him it looks like more than 50% close so

[@theelite9275]

I saw the Lebanese flag.. so let's see

[@francissquire9910]

I uploaded my 23andme taxes dna to My Heritage and there were serious differences. I'd also uploaded my dna to Gedmatch, and although there were differences from programme to programme the basics corresponded to what 23andme showed but that was not true of My Heritage. I trust 23andme more, but some of the results were vague eg. 33 percent broadly north european. I like the Kiwi accent; used to have one myself ! If you go to Italy, if you don't speak, they'll think you're one of them : you look so Italian!

[@demetrishadjiyerou1587]

Great results As a Greek Cypriot I feel a deep kinship with Lebanese people..appearance, cuisine and culture

[@1Jasmin]

I always thought that you look a bit italian 😂

[@magdalenaszaturska2272]

No she look like Lebanon

[@median6588]

Magdalena Szaturska Lebanon was 3000 years under ottomans, roman and greek controll and you can see this in the video

[@median6588]

Magdalena Szaturska a „lebenase look“ doesnt exist

[@JoseEduardoRodney]

@ Lebanese people don't look arab at all. Lebanon people descend from Greeks, Italians, Phoenicians, Jews and Circassians, They don't descents from Arab at all, they only speak the Arabic language.

[@lizzyw8]

Hi Antoinette , I’ve noticed the many people who have one Middle Eastern parent and one European parent show a very high percentage of Italian . I think , because the Italian population sample most closely illustrate a mixture of middle Eastern dna, and European - like yourself and your brother. I don’t think it’s because you are Italian but that your ethnic combination is mostly found in the Italian population sample. Not forgetting the centuries of trade and travel between the Roman Empire and the middle eastern Mediterranean . Most people that are “west Asian “ are a mixture of Turkish, Greek and Persian , Lebanese ... This will I hope explain some of your results ....

[@zzzr6765]

I don’t think that’s how the dna kits work tho ? Not sure .

[@zzzr6765]

lizzyw8 It’s most likely she inherited more from one side of her family’s dna .

[@niccolomedici4482]

In other words, this test reveals *not your ancestry* but what you happened to *inherit* from your two parents. Thanks for this video. It would be nice to see your sister's results (no need for a new video: just type them here), to drive the point further.

[@mattihp]

Unless your dad also has ancestry from UK & Ireland both of your parents must have had italian heritage. The greek can be from either parent as they have had a huge influence in Italy and some influence in the Levant also. If your dad has a living brother, try to make him take the test.

[@AlxzAlec]

yeah they only take some of your dna and tell you what is most likely you could literally have ancestry from timbaktu while they don't show you it's probably fun to take multiple tests to see the differences.

[@moshesierra6849]

Heritage DNA is different , including the mitochondrial DNA that men exclusively inherit from the mothers and it isn’t pass to the guys kid Therefore Girls and boys ( siblings) get different DNAs However, ancestry DNA is about the genes we share with some population groups for ancestors way back 10 or more thousands of years ago Not of our great-great grand parents

[@farawla9465]

Hi, Lebanese people tend to get Middle Eastern (Levant, Jewish and Arab mixed) in addition to Southern Europe and West Asia. This is absolutely normal. Syrians get a similar result too but tend to get a bit higher when it comes to the Greek side of things. If you watch DNA results for both of the above on KZbin you'll see this trend :) the same applies to Palestinians.

[@عليياسر-ذ5ب]

The Philistines from Canaan are sorry

[@farawla9465]

@@عليياسر-ذ5ب excuse me? Why are you directing that at me 7mar

[@Alex.Kaleipahula]

DNA kits can ruin some families if there’s been adultery

[@mediterraneanchick1]

Your brother is very good looking

[@mariannoasassi9093]

NW-European, Irish/scottish/welsh, English and Iberian is definetly from your mother. The Anglo-Saxons were of german heritage, that‘s your NW-Euro in combination with your english. Irish and Welsh is obvious in your case. The Celts went southwards to the iberian Peninsular and dominated nothern and western parts. Your dad is from the Levant, that’s why you’re so mixed. You father could have an Roman Ancestor because of your high italian Percentage. The Rest is quite logical: Phoenicians/Lebanese (West Asia), Greeks from the mediterranean Route, Middle Eastern from Arabian Peninsular Arabs.Your italian surprises me since i‘m italian myself but i got only 14% (But 60,9% GREEK AND SOUTH ITALIAN)

[@NorthLoftier]

Awesome, straight to point and the results were fascinating! Me and my siblings are mixed as well so I'm interested to see who will be more Asian and more European LOL

[@daviddiani5825]

Yes, because mixture of Autosomial DNA can be different for Two eterozigote Brothers.

[@artistchristos]

When you showed yourself as a young girl with your siblings I said to myself, they are Italian. And this is the first time I have watched your channel!

[@alessandrom7181]

Not really, at most South Italian, not Central or North Italy.

[@jimmycarmo2210]

The result can be different as you are not twins. But it’s the same countries. So he’s your brother.

[@heatherygraine5836]

It seems that we women only get our female line of descent

[@mattiakhansa507]

No you dont

[@philipmcluskey6805]

these differences are much more down to test 'differences'- which will also change as the database is added to, and a part in relation to you being female, your brother male. The smaller percentages are just noise more often than not. the Ashkenazic Jewish is ridiculous- if you did not get any of this?

[@Nevilen1]

Yes, more DNA test´s ! This is very interesting :-)

[@jpdj2715]

Italian and Greek - Imagine an Italian from Naples. Naples was founded by Greek and for considerable time was under Spanish rule, before Italy became Italy. Italy was a melting pot, genetically, from the moment the Romans arrived (from central Turkey, long before Turks marauded, occupied the place, and put their name on it). Trade routes, overseas, around the Mediterranean are thousands years old and went to England and Ireland, even. Middle East and West Asia are almost the same. As North Africa once was part of the Roman empire, Romans and Greek traveled the world, they left their genetic markers there. Considering Spain/Portugal (=Iberia) and Middle East are in the report and North Africa is part of the family story, I would not be surprised if there were a couple Jewish genes as well (I know, the latter is actually a religion.) I think the breakdown will still change over time, based on the analysis that was done back then because they will have more and better data. So, you may get different numbers when the test is, say, two years old.

[@USASPORTSCARDS]

MyHeritage is a bit weird for some groups. I noticed it tells all middle easterners that they’re like 20-40% Jewish. I think it’s less accurate than 23andMe, as I’ve used both and found 23andMe to be pretty across family members, different populations, etc.

[@عليياسر-ذ5ب]

Jesus, the original Jews are similar to the inhabitants of the Middle East, but the European Jews are similar to the Europeans. This is natural

[@MrDaveSchmidt]

Cool 😊😊...and the music is funny 😎😎😅😅

[@valentinabernardi3673]

Where did you order all the stuff for the test and how can you tell whether it's reliable or not?

[@KristinaUSA-x5n]

I have a lot in common with my brother. We look similar. On the other hand his two sons look completely different. One nephew received our and his wife's European genes and my other nephew looks more Central Asian like their mom is half of.

[@عليياسر-ذ5ب]

According to science and religion, the Persians and the modern Europeans are his brother

[@NaturaBreeze]

I did both myheritage and Ancestry DNA....both had similarities but were also different, so, hmm.....inaccurate at best....I'm half Italian and half Irish, nothing else...but the % were all o0ver the place....some Iberian, some west Europe, some Mid East, Greek, Scandinavian etc etc....

[@m.m.4311]

How could be possible that u have 40% italian blood but u don't have an Italian member of your family??

[@SereniaSaissa]

I would love to see your comparison to your Sisters DNA results. I did my test through FT DNA (Family Tree DNA - another testing company) but I uploaded my results to My Heritage. My mother also did a My Heritage DNA test. She has irish/scottish/welsh DNA, as do I. But she also has English and Ashkenazi jewish and I dont have any English or Ashkenazi Jewish DNA. LOL My family is also from New Zealand, although I currently live in Canada. I would also like to suggest, if you are wanting to look for new relatives, that you also upload yours and Andres DNA results to GEDmatch. This will allow people who have tested with other companies (Ancestry, 23 & me, My Heritage, FT DNA) to see what matches you might have outside of My Heritage.

[@Alfadrottning86]

I wish i had so many places in my DNA .. my sisters said something like 40% South Iceland, 20% West Iceland and 20% North Iceland. The rest was mostly skandinavian with a tiny bit UK and oddly some Italian. I never did my own .. always assumed that siblings were pretty much the same... provided they have the same father. But now that you said this .. maybe its worth doing my own DNA test .. although i doubt it is any less boring than my sisters. Its a very "tight knit" country here (nicely phrased .. to avoid saying that people tend to make sure they do not sleep with their cousins)

[@AntoinetteEmily]

You’re sisters results don’t sound boring at all to me! ❤️

[@Alfadrottning86]

well, 80% Iceland heritage is kind of boring. When it says 40% south Iceland - it means just a few thousand people. But when i do my own test .. maybe it turns out that at least i have maybe Inuit DNA or who knows .. something from central or south Europe there. =) ... kind of doubt it though.

[@AntoinetteEmily]

Well you never know what you will find out. If my brother wasn’t tested I wouldn’t know about the Jewish heritage in our family and if I wasn’t tested he he wouldn’t know about the Iberian and English heritage.

[@jackieblue1267]

I've never seen a test that would specify Iceland. It would most likely give a Scandinavian percentage and some other breakdown. If it was MyHeritage some Irish, Scottish & Welsh, and some other Northwest European.

[@Alfadrottning86]

@@jackieblue1267 It was a DNA test run by our government to map the population. So it was focusing very much on the regions of Iceland edit: cant find the official site right now - but a huge amount of people here were donating DNA material to be analyzed for scientific purpose since .. pretty much since i was born or before, dont know. With most of our population DNA mapped, it was quite possible to determine a more detailed look at the genes, especially since the Icelandic genepool is somewhat uniform (i mean, there are not too many people who voluntarily want to live here . unless they are born here) Its tests like these that made the country eradicate Down Syndrome for the most part and map out cancerous danger patients. (yes, it is Orwellian .. a bit)

[@ajrwilde14]

Ancestry is supposed to be the best for heritage. 23andMe for checking for health conditions. So I heard.

[@iciyaboo8245]

My ex husband did ancestry(which I think is great for finding family n relations)I did 23andme..which is great especially the chromosome palette (which shows ur 23 pair one from dad one from mom n its ethnicities locations) the health n genes part is also very interesting..

[@KrissiCreates]

I did both 23nMe and Ancestry when searching for my biological parents. Through Ancestry DNA I found both sides. In finding them I learned that both of my Grandparents on Father's side came from Norway. On Ancestry I have 48.5% Norwegian and 1.5% Sweden. Spot on from family history. Downloaded raw DNA to My Heritage... Small percentage of either of these regions ! 23nMe different as well but great health and habit info !!

[@joshuaamitai]

The best thing for checking ur healt conditions now and what you might develop in the future is Iridology, perfect ,just.perfect diagnosis 3on 3 i did it with 4 friends 4 on 4

[@TheRippleFamily225Family]

I always wondered, What is the difference between a Australian accent, and a New Zealand accent, I used to be able difference but i forgot in the end.

[@ulasbynature1992]

If you are from the same parents you're meant to have the same DNA, so, why do you have different DNAs?

[@danielkaethner5994]

Why are you so suprised? "Italian" might be "roman" and they had occupied Britain. And as far as i know (arte theme day) there´s no british male after anglo an saxon immigration.

[@christophergrillo5099]

MyHeritage is the least accurate of all the commercial testing companies. I'm mostly Italian and only got 8% on MyHeritage with more Greek and Iberian. I've watched many DNA results videos and the results on MyHeritage just don't make sense more often than not. If you are truly interested in a more accurate "estimate" you should try AncestryDNA or 23andMe. AncestryDNA can actually pinpoint regions you had ancestors in within last 200 years. It could be that your Dad may have some Italian DNA since he's Lebanese but for you and your brother to have such high percentages just does not make sense.

[@christophergrillo5099]

@Jizldiedizl B Yes, I agree. My family was from Calabria which is the southernmost tip near Greece and also has a lot of Albanian villages so I understand having some Greek. Also had about 20% Greek on my updated AncestryDNA results but I still consider it part of my Italian heritage since I don't have any known Greek relatives.

[@mischa676]

going back only 200 years is not enough.200 years ago all the people in italy is considered as italian but if you go back 1500-2000 years ago all of sud italy will be greek from magna grecia and not italian.the italian antic populations as romani latini siculi umbri etruschi were not in sicilia calabria puglia campania abruzzo they never lived there..in that regions all the original populations is greek and the greek language was spoken until 1000 years ago and you can find also today some villiges who speak grecano an old greek dialect.

[@christophergrillo5099]

@@mischa676 I agree with you on your point about the historic influence of Greeks in Southern Italy, however that was many centuries ago. Yes Calabria was colonized by Greeks 2500 years ago (but they also mixed with local native Italian tribes) and also some Greeks (Byzantines) inhabited localized areas of Calabria through the middle ages. I've learned that Albanians typically have a high percentage of Greek so the Albanian influence in Calabria may be what's showing up in my results.

[@trax-3987]

South Italians cluster with Greeks. Italians are not a genetically unified people. There's almost as much variety there as in half of Europe put together. North Italians are as close to South Italians as Romanians are to Swedes. Sardinians are as far from South Italians as South Italians are from Armenians.

[@toofastforyall8590]

@@christophergrillo5099 It's insane that they would give a Lebanese person more Italian/Greek than a actual Italian that's not accurate at all. GED match did the same with me my Mum was born in Lebanon they placed her in the Near East/Cypriot spectrum and said she was like mainly South Europeans and Anatolians? Like Hittite I guess and they said I was conpletely like Italians and Greeks seeing as I am also half English but my heritage said my Mum was 40 percent North African 40 percent Middle Eastern and the rest is Caucasian West Asian and they said she was only 12 percent European. Don't they think that people would notice if someone was only 12 percent European?

[@DanicaChristin]

wow! I had no clue DNA results could be so different for siblings.

[@Muralidharan001]

Afro-European mixed couple can have white kid(not 100%) and black kid, but it's very rare.

[@Starsk25]

What's surprising is that your dad thought he was Lebanese, but actually he was Italian and Greek?

[@jackieblue1267]

He is Lebanese. The test is obviously having difficulties breaking down the dna accurately. 23andMe does it better for Middle Eastern people.

[@ember1794]

But wow, that is pretty similar!! That's great ❤️❤️!!

[@lindseygreen6510]

My sister is just way different than mine too.. I didn’t really understand mine and I don’t really think it’s correct. I know they change the algorithms on the ancestry DNA. They have me is 89% British/ Northwest European. My sister is 56% British/ Northwest European and cheese 35% Irish Scottish Something like that, I am 7% Irish Scottish and 4% Norwegian. The thing is I trace this back and I have never heard of any of her family being from great Britain and our family originated from Spain none of the Native American popped up and I have over 62 documents of tribal information. There is several generations in Ireland which makes sense for my sister but If this is Northwest European and it says that consist of Ireland Scottish how am I only 7%. The whole thing is really contradicting. I don’t really trust it every since they updated the algorithms. I just hear that everyone had a very large estimate under Great Britain under the change. I guess you have to take it with a grain of salt anyways.

[@sbg7262]

Hi, I studied about Genealogy in college a-bit. My understanding is we have to sets of Gens one set us recessive and one set is dominant. The one is dominant makes our personality how we act and how people see us! and the recessive one is the part that we'll pass on as a dominant in our children. Now I have my own theory with knowing about consious and subconsious level of our mind , I think the recessive one should have a big role in our subconsious level to attractct the similar enetgy to our life(I might be right or wrong but I experienced this in my own life. for example my DNA showed 3% Jwish 0% Africsn abd 17% Indian 80% west Asian( Turkey, Greece, Georgia& Iran) and my sisiter has 24% Jwish and North Africsn and 15% Greek 7% Italian and 53% West Asian. And I draw more Jwish and African people to me as freind. And my sister draw more West Asian(Turk, Iranian,Greek)

[@philipmcluskey6805]

all this proves- is the legitimacy of these tests are dubious to say the least. That you had no knowledge of Italian ancestry and it was the largest percentage is BIZARRE

[@Florinepn]

Very cool! Thanks for sharing, I think I might give it a try! 😇

[@lizvlx]

Thats totally acceptable and expectable results for siblings - whats the problem???

[@morningmidnight9398]

Lebanese does not mean pure. It actually means mixed since Lebanon is one of those overlap places

[@tonyjew7479]

Lebanese=phoenician but mixed with arabs kurds assyrian european kaukasians balkans but more phoenician

[@paulshealthfitness7922]

Do you know if your dad was Greek Orthodox, Greek Catholic or Maronite?

[@helfgott1]

Dear Antoinette Identical twins DO have the same DNA, its true,even though they sure are different persons, different charakters, BUT yes they do have the identical DNA, its surprising isnt it. So that leads to another question. Why can identical twins be so different in behaviour, fashion style,sports, even charakter? To me it prooves that DNA does NOT form a person, but the way we grow up, the influences we faced,the way we learn about the world at a very young age. THAT leads me to the conclusion how important parents are, how sometimes the same influences form in a different way. Isnt that interesting? And to me it makes sence.Each human beeing is different, we might share some values and experiances BUT each human beeing is unique.That doesnt mean everone is good. I do think its wonderfull. Because it prooves to me that we all should respect each other. What i can do someone can do it better, what i cannt do someone can do it. So it is so stupid to think that we do not complement each other. Everone has his Pro's and Con's working in respect together is the way. I am very thankfull for your clip and i could write about this subject much more,but This is youtube

[@jpdj2715]

(Tease) so, AE, your brother has an X and a Y chromosome and you have two X? Seriously, he has the Y from his father, not the X from father. (Let's add a label to the X chromosomes to indicate individual origin.) You have Xf from father and Xm1 (one of the two from mother). Your brother could have Xm2 from mother and that way, in the XX/XY chromosome pairs, you have no overlap - you could be strangers, not related. Except you might both have a crossover thing from one parent that likely is not taken as a family relation. There is an incredibly small chance that you got completely different chromosomes passed on, in all the other pairs as well. By the way, if you start life as identical twins, by the time you are both 50 years old, you are not identical anymore to the point it is hard to decide you ever were.

[@futurez12]

Wait though, if you don't have any trace of a certain ethnicity but your sibling does, doesn't that mean that whatever that ethnicity is you can't claim it since you don't have it, despite your sibling having it? That person may be in your family lineage but you don't have any genes from them. Is that right?

[@SereniaSaissa]

You can still claim to be what ethnicity your parents have, but just because they didnt show up on your DNA test, may means that you did not inherit those genes, Remember - you only inherit half of your mothers genes and half of your fathers genes, you do not inherit everything they have. So naturally you may have some ethnic DNA missing. For me, my mother has English and Ashkenazi jewish DNA while I dont have any of those at all. I did not inherit those genes. But I do know that I have english ancestry - from both side of my family. I have no idea where the Jewish DNA comes from.

[@serenabacha3909]

Hi I’m Lebanese too

[@بنيالارز]

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[@a.j.marcantonio153]

Can identical twins’ DNA test results be different?

[@miasjobert8928]

Hey how much dna you and your sibling have me and my brother have 35.2 and we are full sibling. I dont get ting this should full sibling dont have 50% 😕😕😕

[@orkhanahmadov9963]

does this mean that MyHeritageDna is not accurate? I have done the test got the results btw

[@MsCathy42]

I did Ancestry and 23 and Me and they were similar.

[@trancemadmaz]

The most typical NZ accent of typical NZ accents 😂

[@remaalawi]

I've heard that many Lebanese Christians Dna is mixed with crusader blood... that would explain the majority European mix?

[@jehannemarie9289]

Portuguese, italian or greek?

[@youtubefans510]

of course if you are let's say 80 percent mediterranean and 20 percent viking for example your own sister may be more viking than you because she inherited more genes from her paternal or maternal side it's like the lottery even when you know you all inherit green and blue balls so to speak who inherits the blue balls the most you never know

[@shami5enwow]

Lol does it really play that goofy music when you get your results? I wanna do MyHeritage now!

[@AntoinetteEmily]

Yes it does, the music is hilarious but I love it!

[@jbaron8120]

@@AntoinetteEmily @Kathy B Upload your raw dna data results to my heritage family tree dna and 23& me for FREE. You will get haplogroups in 23& me which will tell you your maternal ancient lineage.

[@hettyherz]

@@jbaron8120 Uploads to FTDNA are not completely free: to unlock your ethnicity estimate you pay around 20 dollars. Uploads to MyHeritage are free only till the 1st of December. And 23&Me doesn't accept uploads at all. Anyway, you can find out your haplogroup only if the company tests for it, you won't get this information after doing an upload.

[@toofastforyall8590]

@@AntoinetteEmily Nonsense your Dad looks very Middle Eastern

[@iciyaboo8245]

@@toofastforyall8590 "Lookin like a certain ethnicity doesn't matter👀!ur dna origins does..she and her brother got very similar Middle Eastern results so I'll say it's pretty accurate!!

[@ArmandoBellagio]

This DNA tests are not accurate though I heard. It's more like assumptions that you probably have ancestries from certain areas. Is that right? P.S. Were the different types of music included ? ;)

[@lidiia_s]

So interesting!

[@derriegel5705]

I think this obsession with dna-tests in new zealand and the us is really fascinating. For my part, i never cared and i do not care where my „true“ heritage lies. It does not affect who i am and what i do. But i mean i am european and i totally understand why other people are fascinated by these things 👍

[@ReneeORourke]

corni wo I think it’s because the people in us and nz a good part of the population isn’t native so they would like to see where they are from??

[@z-mackdos6echo311]

It’s been great to watch people discover who they are and where there from. So it’s been said women dna is mainly from their mom’s coding, but reduced by half. The male’s Y chromosome gives a whole side that women can’t see until the brother or father has their dna tested. So it sounds like your dad isn’t Lebanese’s, but Italian. Or as ancestry’s dna test would say because of your Greek and Iberian background you’re Southern European since that is the largest percentage in both your genetic background. If you would like more in-depth information on your genealogy take your raw data and head over to GEDmatch and they can provide you with a greater detailed of your genealogy. I’m sure it a great gift, but being from the U.S. I’m a bit distrusting with what the information we so willing provide could be sold to big money businesses to used by those devising a way who wish to use it in an unethical manner. I lack trust in any large corporation. Cheers.

[@jackieblue1267]

MyHeritage is an autosomal test so your will receive an ancestry profile from both parents. The Lebanese is obviously been confused for Italian, Greek and Middle Eastern. MyHeritage need to improve as they get very odd breakdowns for some people.

[@wichardbeenken1173]

Forget these tests. They say very few about your geographic heritage.

[@dowzerw]

Would definitely be interested to see where your sisters stats fall. So you are primarily Italian and hardly Lebanese!

[@mahdiazizi9320]

Hi how can test guy is he my real brother or no

[@petrakhaldoun-schweiker6763]

I did do the my heritage test. Surprise as a "biological german" I was very surprised that I am 17.3% Italian and Gaelic. Who went aside from my ancestors?🤣🤣

[@lizvlx]

Gaelic heisst auch einfach keltisch, dh kann genauso aus süddeutschland/oberösterreich sein, due kelten sind aus hallstatt :)

[@steveabitante8220]

WELL YOU HAVE SOUTHERN EUROPE PRETTY MUCH COVERED!

[@HOWMUSICTV]

Did your brother find out his Y chromosome Haplogroup?

[@danahaldeman3400]

How do you record your computer screen like that?

[@AntoinetteEmily]

I used a feature in quicktime player, it's really easy.

[@zanguiza]

You look very Italian!