u/sweet0pea

When I got my DNA test results, I was excited about the opportunity to expand my family tree, but most of my matches are international. I’m from the Czech Republic and both of my parents are Czech.

I was sure I would have German and maybe Hungarian or Austrian roots from my grandparents, but I expected to be mostly Czech (Eastern European). Well, I was wrong. My ethnicity results show that I have an Eastern European part (around 70%), but the only region highlighted was southern Austria, with most of my DNA matches located there. Then there’s German (around 20%), and smaller % of Baltic and Danish.

I have around 5,800 DNA matches, three of whom are cousins from Slovakia I had never heard of. Most of my matches (0.5% and higher) are German, American, Hungarian, Austrian, Swiss, French, Danish, Ukrainian, Finnish, and so on—but almost no Czech matches. Maybe three people.

Why is that? Could it be inaccurate results?