Eleni Foureira made history last year when she placed second in the Eurovision Song Contest with her addictive number “Fuego,” achieving Cyprus’s highest-ever Eurovision placement. Eleni was born in Albania but fled to Greece with her family at a young age due to the civil war.
Eleni's MyHeritage DNA results, however, reveal that she can honestly and proudly claim both identities: she is 68.9% Greek and South Italian, 29.8% Balkan, and 1.3%.
Eleni's MyHeritage DNA results, however, reveal that she can honestly and proudly claim both identities: she is 68.9% Greek and South Italian, 29.8% Balkan, and 1.3%.
68.9%
Greek and South Italian
29.8%
Balkan
1.3%
Ashkenazi Jewish!
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