Lothar Matthäus discovers his roots with MyHeritage DNA

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Lothar Matthäus uncovered his real ethnic origins. What's your ethnic breakdown?

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Lothar's Story

Watch his amazed reaction to his DNA results. Could he have played for the wrong national team??

Lothar's ethnicity breakdown

Lothar Matthäus and John Barnes remember their countries’ famous rivalry

Lothar swabs his cheek to collect his sample for his MyHeritage DNA test

Marriage certificate of Lothar’s paternal grandparents, Reidrich Wilhelm Ernst Matthäus and Berta Pauline Emma Scholz

Lothar Matthaus family tree

Record of Lothar’s maternal great-grandfather, Johan Georg Lohmeimer’s, military service in World War I (1915)

Lothar hangs out on the pitch before taking a DNA test to reveal his ethnicity breakdown

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Your MyHeritage DNA test will help you discover what makes you unique and learn where your ancestors came from. You’ll get a detailed breakdown of your ethnic makeup and a list of new relatives you might not have known about. MyHeritage DNA supports 42 ethnicities with percentages — more than any other DNA test.

The MyHeritage DNA test is a simple cheek swab (no spit or blood) that takes only two minutes. You simply mail your sample to the MyHeritage lab and receive results securely online in about four weeks.

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Lothar's Story

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