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A surprising categorization by 23andMe certainly, but not one which detracts from my post: very few people would place Scandinavia in north-western Europe since
by Myrmornis 9y ago
A 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.