So many of us test our DNA hoping to obtain an accurate. indication of origin and end up being disappointed.   Eastern European  genetics have been influenced by war, invasions, migrations of people. Although many people have family that remained in the same villages for generations, it would be a mistake to think that this was always the case.

These snippets have as their aim to provide a brief glimpse of the larger historical forces that influenced the populations of the Carpathian mountains and Carpathian basin.

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