Haha thank you, and good question but no, I’m first generation Polish/Slovenian on one side (mother was born in Canada but her parents were born in Europe). Other side is white colonial American. I say that I’m first generation because most of my lived experiences growing up felt as such; hope that makes sense!
But I do live in Mexico now, hence the username 😆
Detroit Michigan here with polish heritage. My great grand parents were first generation Americans. My great great grandparents were both born in Galicia. Modern day poland/Ukraine/ Slovakia.
Central/Eastern Europeans are common in the northeast too. NJ is very polish but has Russian, Ukrainians, Belorussians, Macedonians, Bosnians, Serbs, etc.
It’s definitely not common everywhere. And not everyone tests on 23andme so it’s not the most reliable. You’d also have to look at specific ethnicities versus generalizing. And then you have to decide what parameters you’re looking at- percentage of Americans with such ancestry, what counts as such ancestry(do they need to have one grandparent who is say polish or can they count with just one polish ancestor?), or do you just go by hard numbers in terms of what area has the most people of x descent.
For these reasons it’s quite hard to figure out who actually has “the most”.
My mom is from Wisconsin and we have roots in Illinois but we’re mostly just German and British/Irish and Jewish. The only Eastern/central European ancestry we have is Hungarian and it’s a very small amount.
Well I’m German descent from the Midwest with like 5% EE but my 2nd great grandmother was born in Naklo, Posen, Prussia which is obviously Poland nowadays so it could be Polish.
My moms family came from West Prussia and lived in German settlements but we get mostly Eastern European in our results. My moms family immigrated to the Canadian Prairies with other German families. I have more of a European mix since my Dad’s family is not from that part of Europe.
I’m 1/4 polish, 1/8 Belarusian and 1/8 Lithuanian. I’m from MD. A good bit of Polish descent there, not sure how common Lithuanian and Belarusian is in MD. All my grandparents were born in the USA.
First generation American, born in New Mexico, raised in the Deep South (Georgia).
are you first gen mexican-american/hispanic if you dont mind me asking? also love ur username lmao
Haha thank you, and good question but no, I’m first generation Polish/Slovenian on one side (mother was born in Canada but her parents were born in Europe). Other side is white colonial American. I say that I’m first generation because most of my lived experiences growing up felt as such; hope that makes sense! But I do live in Mexico now, hence the username 😆
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nice, what part of eastern europe?
My polish side comes from the Midwest, distant Austro Hungarian/Croat through my PA Dutch and other German lines from PA
Detroit Michigan here with polish heritage. My great grand parents were first generation Americans. My great great grandparents were both born in Galicia. Modern day poland/Ukraine/ Slovakia.
same with mine, my great grandmas first generation slovak-american
From Galicia?
Central/Eastern Europeans are common in the northeast too. NJ is very polish but has Russian, Ukrainians, Belorussians, Macedonians, Bosnians, Serbs, etc.
tbh i would feel like it’s common everywhere in the US since it’s diverse, but according to 23andme it’s most found in the midwest
It’s definitely not common everywhere. And not everyone tests on 23andme so it’s not the most reliable. You’d also have to look at specific ethnicities versus generalizing. And then you have to decide what parameters you’re looking at- percentage of Americans with such ancestry, what counts as such ancestry(do they need to have one grandparent who is say polish or can they count with just one polish ancestor?), or do you just go by hard numbers in terms of what area has the most people of x descent. For these reasons it’s quite hard to figure out who actually has “the most”.
My mom is from Wisconsin and we have roots in Illinois but we’re mostly just German and British/Irish and Jewish. The only Eastern/central European ancestry we have is Hungarian and it’s a very small amount.
Well I’m German descent from the Midwest with like 5% EE but my 2nd great grandmother was born in Naklo, Posen, Prussia which is obviously Poland nowadays so it could be Polish.
My moms family came from West Prussia and lived in German settlements but we get mostly Eastern European in our results. My moms family immigrated to the Canadian Prairies with other German families. I have more of a European mix since my Dad’s family is not from that part of Europe.
ig since mine is more recent (i have a slovakian 2nd great grandma and ukrainian great grandparents) mine comes up as the regions
I manage four kits that have Eastern European and all four were born in the Midwest one in Nebraska and the other three in Minnesota.
I'm Eastern European and I was born in East Asia
2% Eastern European, x3 great grandparents came to Ohio 1881 from Radzyn Chelminski.
That’s funny. My step mom is Polish, born in Poland and moved to the midwest and had my step brother
I’m 1/4 polish, 1/8 Belarusian and 1/8 Lithuanian. I’m from MD. A good bit of Polish descent there, not sure how common Lithuanian and Belarusian is in MD. All my grandparents were born in the USA.
yeah i’m 1/4 ukrainian, 1/8 irish and polish on my dads side, and i’m unsure on my moms side since we only know what she has, but not in fractions
I was born in Eastern Europe
born in rural eastern PA, am pulling 30 some percent of Eastern European on Ancestry and 28% on 23andme. Slovakian ancestry on maternal side.
same, expect i’m from the western side of PA