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If you look at the image in the article, 23andMe includes Scandinavia in northwestern Europe.
by unclenoriega 9y ago
If you look at the image in the article, 23andMe includes Scandinavia in northwestern Europe.
- Myrmornis 9y agoA surprising categorization by 23andMe certainly, but not one which detracts from my post: very few people would place Scandinavia in north-western Europe since that category implies that north-eastern Europe is an option.
- klmr 9y ago> very few people would place Scandinavia in north-western Europe Not really. I don’t presume to claim to know what “most” people think, but placing Scandinavia in north-western Europe is hardly eccentric [1, 2]. Furthermore, its history, politics and certainly its genetics are fairly intertwined with north-western Europe so it’s a sensible categorisation. [1]: https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/Scandinavia https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/Scandinavia [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwestern_Europe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwestern_Europe
- Myrmornis 9y agoI see, I wasn't aware that it is normal. Agree about history, politics and human genetics (not Finland though!). I was thinking more about geography and non-human biogeography, which support north-eastern.