Vacationing in late-Soviet Estonia, I sensed—as a child—that Estonians were different from us. I never had this sense about Ukrainians.
. @VeliParkkulaine I recently found out that I have 2% Finnish ancestry. I think that means I have some dibs on Finno-Ugric culture. ;)))
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@NinaByzantina Haha, maybe! I did a DNA-test that told I have blood of Kazaks, Baltics, Russian - but 0% western Europ.My fam. from Karelia. -
@NinaByzantina Of course mostly Finnish blood, but besides that I have all those in my genes. Pretty typical for Eastern Finns. -
@VeliParkkulaine Interesting, my test had me as mostly European w/ subcategories of E. European, Finnish, Balkan, etc.
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@NinaByzantina You're from western Russia? That could explain it. You and us (Eastern Finns) share pretty much when it comes to genetics. -
@VeliParkkulaine Correct. My E. Slavic family ancestry is from Minsk, Bryansk, etc. Some family is from Arkhangelsk—probably linked to Finns
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@NinaByzantina I think this haplogroup N is what we share with you: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/Haplogrupo_N_(ADN-Y).PNG … -
@VeliParkkulaine I think so, though it's unlisted in the results. Whoa, I've just been updated to 4.3% Finnish. The dibs are growing. :)))
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@NinaByzantina What company did you use for the test? I had mine done in FamilyTree DNa. It was cheapest there.
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@NinaByzantina @VeliParkkulaine Lol. I've been to Mari El and Udmurtia. Wonderful kind people and great saunas. -
@pavelnikulin1 I'd sure like to try those saunas there! :)@NinaByzantina -
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@NinaByzantina Oh they are wonderful. Staggering landscape- rolling hills, and log-cabin villages that straddle them... -
@pavelnikulin1 Maybe you know actor Ville Haapasalo from Russian movies? He did a TV-doc about Mari-people &other "relatives"@NinaByzantina -
@VeliParkkulaine We know Ville since he did Peculiarities of the National Hunt in the 1990s. :)))
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@NinaByzantina I've seen that movie like 10 yrs. ago and I liked it. That's a pretty big movie in Russia, right?@pavelnikulin1 -
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@NinaByzantina I enjoyed it very much :))
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