Scandinavian Ancestry

[darkerhorse]

I just got a correction from my cousin.

He thinks his father (my blood relative) came to Sicily from Turkey, not from Spain which was his mother's family (not my blood relative).

Do DNA tests identify Turkey separately, or is it included in a larger category like Eurasian?

[MarcuccioV]

I just got a correction from my cousin.

He thinks his father (my blood relative) came to Sicily from Turkey, not from Spain which was his mother's family (not my blood relative).

Do DNA tests identify Turkey separately, or is it included in a larger category like Eurasian?

It varies. Some separate, some include it in Anatolian, some in west Asian. I have Turkish on the Italian side also. I think many Italians/Sicilians probably do as well. Roman Empire at work...

[joetucciarone]

I thought you guys might enjoy this 1927 article from the Item-Tribune, a New Orleans newspaper - It's about a Sicilian named Asparo Pizzuto who invented a device that keeps film from burning in movie projectors. Maybe he's one of your relatives?

[darkerhorse]

I just got a correction from my cousin.

He thinks his father (my blood relative) came to Sicily from Turkey, not from Spain which was his mother's family (not my blood relative).

Do DNA tests identify Turkey separately, or is it included in a larger category like Eurasian?

It varies. Some separate, some include it in Anatolian, some in west Asian. I have Turkish on the Italian side also. I think many Italians/Sicilians probably do as well. Roman Empire at work...

Or, the Ottoman Empire at work.

[MarcuccioV]

Yes, I suppose it could go either way...