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MyHeritage DNA Test

MyHeritage DNA onderzoek

A few years ago, I did a MyHeritage DNA test. Just for fun, but it turned out to be quite interesting.

My Ethnicity Results 

Europe

  • English 70.5%
  • Scandinavian 27.7%
  • Ashkenazi Jewish 1.8%

Locations of DNA Matches

See where my DNA matches live. Country & number of matches.

Nederland 3.712

Verenigde Staten 2.155

Verenigd Koninkrijk 820

Duitsland 683

Denemarken 332

Zweden 316

Australië 279

Frankrijk 269

Canada 237

Noorwegen 163

België 150

Nieuw-Zeeland 134

Finland 89

Zwitserland 86

Zuid-Afrika 60

Ierland 43

Spanje 40

Polen 25

Oostenrijk 23

Hongarije 20

Tsjechische Republiek 19

Brazilië 16

Italië 16

Portugal 13

Oekraïne 10

Slowakije 8

Island 6

Roemenië 5

Luxemburg 5

Turkije 5

Letland 5

Hongkong 4

Litouwen 4

Belarus 4

Slovenië 4

Estland 4

Namibië 3

Malta 3

Rusland 3

Venezuela 3

Thailand 2

Argentinië 2

Japan 2

Indonesië 2

Mauritius 2

Nederlandse Antillen 2

Groenland 2

Suriname 2

Bulgarije 2

Cyprus 2

Trinidad en Tobago 1

Aruba 1

Mexico 1

Verenigde Arabische Emiraten 1

Georgië 1

Filippijnen 1

Colombia 1

Faeroer 1

Zimbabwe 1

Singapore 1

Saoedi-Arabië 1

Monaco 1

Kenia 1

Puerto Rico 1

Guadeloupe 1

Liechtenstein 1

Israël 1

My Health Report 

You are likely not a carrier of the following 27 conditions:

  • Ataxia telangiectasia
  • Bardet-Biedl syndrome 2
  • Congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia (CAMT)
  • Canavan disease
  • Carnitine palmitoyltransferase II deficiency
  • Cystic fibrosis
  • Dermatosparaxis Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (dEDS)
  • Familial dysautonomia
  • Familial Mediterranean fever
  • Fanconi anemia
  • Galactosemia
  • Gaucher disease
  • Glycogen storage disease type 1A
  • GRACILE syndrome
  • Hereditary fructose intolerance
  • Joubert syndrome 2
  • Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2D
  • Mucolipidosis type IV (ML4)
  • Niemann-Pick disease
  • Non-syndromic hearing loss (connexin 26)
  • PMM2-congenital disorder of glycosylation
  • Rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata type 1
  • Sickle cell anemia
  • Tay-Sachs disease
  • Tyrosinemia type I
  • Usher syndrome IIA
  • Usher syndrome type 3

You have a slightly increased risk of developing the following 2 conditions:

  • Breast cancer in women
  • Heart disease

You have an average risk of developing the following 15 conditions:

  • Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency
  • Type 2 diabetes
  • Hereditary BRCA cancers
  • Hereditary hemochromatosis
  • Hereditary thrombophilia
  • G6PD deficiency
  • Age-related macular degeneration
  • MUTYH-associated colorectal cancer
  • Susceptibility to HIV-1 infection
  • Susceptibility to malignant hyperthermia
  • PALB2-associated breast cancer
  • Late-onset Alzheimer’s disease
  • Crohn’s disease
  • Late-onset Parkinson’s disease
  • Obesity and high BMI

You have a slightly decreased risk of developing the following condition:

  • High blood pressure

You have a decreased risk of developing the following condition:

  • Glaucoma

You have a significantly decreased risk of developing the following condition:

  • Celiac disease

Conclusion 

I found the MyHeritage DNA test quite interesting. Not only to see where my roots lie, but also the health risks.