Recent content by Leo Achaicus

I made a couple of maps pinpointing my ancestry:

Ya, I've been to RSA recently too. The way I see it, people speak a little accented English but clear and easily understandable, and then they would switch to Dutch, frequently within a single discussion, and all understanding would be lost for me. Though I can understand some written Dutch and...

I recently took a 23andme test. My results: Balkan - Greece: 86.2% Italian: 9.4% Broadly Southern European: 3.6% West Asian & North African: 0.6% Unassigned: 0.2% My ancestry is wholly from the Peloponnesus regions of Arcadia, Achaea and Elis in S Greece. I also have a single Italian...

My paternal haplogroup is E-M5021 too. My ancestry breakup is: Balkan - Greece: 86.2% Italian: 9.4% Broadly Southern European: 3.6% West Asian & North African: 0.6% Unassigned: 0.2% My ancestry is wholly from the Peloponnesus regions of Arcadia, Achaea and Elis in S Greece. I also have a...

I didn't know, but apparently Al Pacino comes from San Fratello in Sicily. So apparently I am related to a family (Grassa) that comes from the same village with Al Pacino. Now THAT is cool. It made me smile. So, using the website you gave me, I traced the ancestry of my "5th Cousin" surnames...

Sile, many thanks for contributing. I had a look at the website you quoted me. Indeed it is uncanny, but all four 4th Cousin surnames appear to be most common in S Italy and Sicily, i.e. ancient Magna Graecia. I asked a friend who is a linguist, and he suggested that my...

I am not quite sure what to make of 5th Cousins? Is this legit or just genetic noise? "You and X share 3rd-great-grandparents. You could also be from different generations (removed cousins) or share only one ancestor (half cousins)." There's more Italian surnames: Terrano, Teani, Fontana...

I have found so far four 4th cousins from Italy with surnames Cerra, Pierro, Giordano and Fabiano. There is also one Spanish 4th cousin who leads to two more Spanish fifth cousins . All the rest of my relatives are Greek and some US citizens with Western Euro names who have got documented Greek...

Honestly, I was surprised myself but then again all my ancestors (except 1 who was Italian) came specifically from the Peloponnesus and more specifically from the Central Peloponnese Highlands (Arcadia) and Achaean Highlands (Mt. Panachaikon vicinity) though they lived for sometime in a village...

After a bit of web searching, I learned that the correct Italian spelling of my ancestor's surname is "Giolfino" and this family comes from Verona. Ironically enough, my brother's wife (surnamed Fouskarini) is descended from the Venetian Foscarini family, which means that my brother's baby who...

Hello guys, My name is Leo and I come from Patras, province of Achaea, North-West Peloponnesus. The Peloponnesus is the hand-shaped peninsula in S Greece home of the ancient city-states Patrae, Aegion, Corinthos, Mycynae, Sparta, Pylos and Argos and also home of the ancient Achaean Confederacy...