u/Acceptable_Clerk_649

Hello. My two great-great-grandfathers on different sides of the family were Pontic Greeks. Therefore, I am one-eighth Greek, my grandfather is half Greek, and he looks completely full-blooded (I don’t yet know who his paternal grandmother was, as both of her parents died young, but they could also be Greek). On one side, the surname is Karatzis (or Karatzas), and on the other, Koba (not entirely Greek, but I know for sure there were Greeks on that side—this was already researched by my great-great-uncle in the archives). My question is: can I repatriate to Greece and obtain citizenship if my ancestors moved to Taganrog, and I find documents that clearly state “Greek”?

Good afternoon! I want to take a DNA test for ethnicity, but I live in Russia. Many companies have left the market, and I think Russian ones will give inaccurate results because I have a very interesting background, including Mediterranean (Greeks, Arabs, Jews, even Spaniards), Baltic (Estonians), and I even know there’s an Ethiopian far back in my family tree. Russian labs mostly specialize in the ethnic groups of Russia and the CIS — that is, Tatars, Caucasian peoples, Ukrainians, Belarusians, etc. — so their reference database is too narrow for my roots. Could you recommend foreign companies like FamilyTreeDNA that I could somehow access using international cards (I have relatives living in the US)? Or should I give the Russian alternatives a try?