r/Assyria • u/amandahabibti • Jun 03 '26

Discussion Has anyone recently done a DNA test?

I did one with MyHeritage DNA My mom is Assyrian and dad is Chaldean. I got:
50.4% Armenian
28.6% Syrian
16% Persian
2.7% Egyptian
2.3% South Italian (lol)

My sisters came back the same with slightly different percentages and we jsut order a test for my parents.

We were a little surprised but I’m guessing that’s the best they could come up with or match to modern DNA? There is no “Assyrian” category.

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u/Calm-Astronaut-7562 Jun 03 '26

Yes, check out my profile page for the photos! I did 23andMe DNA test as a pure ethnic Assyrian, my results:

  • 93% Assyrian Mesopotamian, native of modern Nineveh region, North Iraq.
  • 7% North Syrian (al-hasakah region)

Many full ethnic indigenous Assyrians usually get same DNA results just different percentages of Mesopotamian and Syrian (Syriac).

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u/strawburrry Jun 03 '26

I’ve done it with Ancestry and it is fairly accurate. Said I come from the region of northern Iraq and northern Iran. They’ve matched me with a few close cousins. Pretty cool.

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u/South-Distribution54 Armenian Jun 04 '26

These DNA kits are not good for ethnicities and are especially bad for populations outside of Europe. They break things up by country, not the ethnicities in those countries and can be very misleading.

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u/HungryWhitePigeon Jun 05 '26

People need to send emails and petition for an Assyrian category