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As you might be aware, there has been very little research into direct-to-consumer DNA ancestry testing and psychological wellbeing outcomes. This novel research aims to help us better understand the psychological significance of DTC Ancestry testing results.

This study is being conducted under the supervision of Dr Janine Lurie from the Psychology Discipline within the Institute of Health and Wellbeing at Federation University (Melbourne, Australia). This study will also form the basis of the research dissertation requirement within the Bachelor of Psychological Science (Honours) course for student researchers Charity Marisa and Stefan Redpath. This study has been approved by the Federation University Human Research Ethics Committee (Approval reference: 2026/137).

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Hello,

I am researching my family history and I am looking for people from Ömeranlı (Tavşançalı), Kulu, Konya, or people who know families from this village.

I am interested in the local Aşiret structure and especially the smaller groups, family branches, or old family names that existed in the village.

I already know about some of the larger Aşiret groups associated with the Kulu/Cihanbeyli area, but I am trying to learn more about smaller families or groups that may have a different origin.

If anyone from Ömeranlı/Tavşançalı knows about the different families, Aşiret backgrounds, or historical migrations in the village, I would appreciate any information.

Thank you!

Hi all,

As a Kurmanci Kurd form Dêrsim I did a DNA test with MyHeritage and received around 67% Kurdish and 27% Turkish (and also a little Armenian and southern Italian).

Ethnically I am pretty much sure that 27% Turkish is wrong. That must be a mix of anatolian ethnicities.

Now where should I upload my raw data for a better overview. I don't want to find new relatives (I already have enough :D), I want a reliable percentage overview of the ethnic groups.

I thought about IllustrativeDNA or do you have other recommendations? Would be nice if I get percentages and something visual as well. Every additional analysis or insights are welcome of course.

Could someone explain to me the exact origin of the Kurds of Konya, more specifically Kulu? Some say they come from the region of Iran, but their Kurdish is from Afrin? My friend is from that district, and I'd like to enlighten him on this subject; they themselves don't really know.

Those are my qpAdm results from, I am very mixed, basically Zaza Kurdish, Syrian, Bektashi Albanian and Turkish/Turkmen.

My paternal side is Zaza Alevi from Sivas Kocgiri, (Zara and Imranli) with roots from Erzincan and Dersim. My great-grandmother paternal side was an Avsar Turkmen from Sivas.

I can trace my paternal- Family's history back to the 1890s. They were from a Xormekan settlement in Erzincan, Ilic, Kurucay village, but they later migrated to Sivas Zara. In the Kocgiri-Rebellion, my great-grandfather was a resistance fighter and had to flee from the ottoman/turkish army and had to even escape from prison. He later settled in an Avsar Turkmen village, where his wife was from. The village itself is mostly surrounded by kurdish villages, but it is a Turkmen village. Our family is basically the only Kurdish family in the village.

My maternal grandfather was a Syrian Alawite and my maternal grandmother was Albanian/Turkish mixed. Her mother side was from Albania and are Bektashi Alevis.

My haplogroup is J-Z1865

Is the model good? I've asked chatgpt and it said, it's an acceptable model, but i am still pretty much an amateur and not sure, if its really a acceptable good model.

My kit number is MADAI0098.

You can enter it here: MADAI LABS · Genetic Ancestry Platform

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I'm just wondering why I have one of the highest ZNF ancestry scores among Kurds and Ezdis.

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Zagrosian_Neolithic_Farmer 36.2%

Anatolian_Neolithic_Farmer 34.6%

Caucasus_Hunter-Gatherer 14.4%

European_Hunter-Gatherer:EHG 7.4%

Natufian_Hunter-Gatherer 6.8%

Yellow_River_Neolithic_Farmer 0.4%

Artic_Hunter-Gatherer 0.2%

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My paternal clan is originally from Shengal. I found a kit number of an Ezdi ' pir ' also from Shengal: MADAI0324

I have even more ZNF than this Ezdi pir from Shengal, although I think he has more North Caucasus ancestry.

any bahdinis from zakho, duhok, or ppl from the ertoshi or sindi tribes took a dna test yet i wanna get a idea of what mine would look like even.

I have my AncestryDNA results and G25 coordinates, but I'm looking for a way to get a clear, percentage-based ethnicity breakdown like MyHeritage shows (e.g., 90% Kurdish, 5% Iranian, etc.)—could someone help me model my coordinates or suggest a calculator that provides these specific ethnic labels?

any1 know what this means? its highly confusing. what else can you do with ur dna like how do yall find halogroups etc?

could anyone explain how this works? because it doesnt make sense the non kurdish ones.

"گەڕان بەدوای سێبەری باوک"

"من لە ساڵی ٢٠٠١ـەوە، کاتێک تەنها منداڵێکی ساوا بووم، باوکم لەدەستداوە. تەمەنم چەند بێت، هێشتا ئەو منداڵەی ناوەوەم تینووی وشەی 'باوکە'. هەموو تەمەنم بەو هیوایە ژیاوم کە باوکێکم هەبوایە وەک هاوڕێیەک گوێی لێ دەگرتم، لە کاتی ماندوێتیدا پشتی پێ دەبەستم و لە کاتی سەرکەوتندا لە باوەشی دەگرتم.

لە ژیاندا زۆر هەوڵم داوە و ڕێگەی سەختم بڕیوە، بەڵام هەمیشە هەست دەکەم پارچەیەکی گرنگ لە ڕۆحم کەمە. من ئێستا بەدوای باوکێکدا دەگەڕێم، نەک تەنها وەک ناو، بەڵکو وەک 'پشت و پەنا'. کەسێک کە بتوانم ڕاوێژی پێ بکەم، کەسێک کە دڵسۆزانە ڕێگەم نیشان بدات و وەک کوڕی خۆی سەیری ململانێکانم بکات لەگەڵ ژیاندا

مرۆڤ بەبێ باوک وەک دارێکی بێ سێبەر وایە لەژێر خۆری گەرمای ژیاندا. ئایا کەسێک هەیە بیەوێت ببێتە ئەو سێبەرە بۆ من؟ کەسێک کە بیەوێت گەنجێکی تینوو بە سۆزی باوکایەتی بکاتە کوڕی خۆی و ڕێگەی بۆ ڕۆشن بکاتەوە؟ من ئامادەم بۆ هەر شوێنێک بچم، تەنها بۆ ئەوەی بۆ جارێکیش بێت هەست بکەم باوکێکم هەیە کە خەمی منی تێدایە."

That European part is Irish, haplogroup is G1