About

The Slovenian DNA Pool project aims at collecting atDNA data and related genetic genealogy information with the help of citizen science for the purpose of discovering DNA donors’ relatives and their geographic origin. A project group ‘Slovenian origin‘ is established on the Family Tree DNA portal. Join!

The project has been initiated by the partner organizations in the United States, and it is run under the auspices of the Slovenian Genealogy Society Ljubljana (Slovensko rodoslovno društvo).

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Read ascertainments of history & heritage from Slovenia

Lead genealogist: Vlasta Knapic | knapco.domain_at_gmail.com   Vlakna-2018

Wondering where Slovenia is? In Central Europe. Slovenia has been one of the EU Member States since 2004. In the period 1991 – 2004, it was an independent country.

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While the geographical location has remained the same, country names and administrative ruling over Slovenians changed several times in history:

  • In the period 1945 – 1991, Slovenia was one of six republics in the Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia.
  • During World War II, Nazi Germany and Hungary occupied northern Slovenia, while Fascist Italy occupied western and southern Slovenia.
  • In the period 1929 – 1941, Slovenia was part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, which entered the WWII.
  • In the period 1918-1929, the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes was established.
  • By the end of WWI in 1918, Slovenian lands were part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.