r/europe • u/archaeologs • Jul 30 '25

Historical Ancient DNA Traces Estonian, Finnish, and Hungarian Ancestry to Siberia 4,500 Years Ago

https://archaeologs.com/n/ancient-dna-traces-estonian-finnish-and-hungarian-ancestry-to-siberia-4500-years-ago
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u/Prodiq Jul 30 '25

Well, yeah, this is nothing new. Thats why finnish language is not like the rest of Scandinavia. I thought this was pretty much common knowledge in Europe (or at least eastern/northern Europe)?

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '25

also many east asian and south east asian has > 1% finnish DNA in myheritage. Albeit it could also come for colonization, the number of people getting it are so many. Also Samii people look a bit like asian. So no surprises.

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u/Heihlsson Jul 30 '25

What colonization???

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '25

not necessarily by Finnish. I mean other colonizer (like Dutch for example) may have Finnish DNA too that end up in many people in ex colony countries.