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The DNA result showing John Kiriakou to be 24 per cent Cypriot — his largest single ancestry — which corrected a family belief that the line came from Crete and coincided with an invitation to address a Cypriot diaspora conference.
Kiriakou’s Cypriot ancestry came to light through a DNA test taken around the time he was invited to speak at the Cypriots of the Diaspora conference in Limassol. The result: 24 per cent Cypriot — the largest single component of his ancestry, the remainder divided between the Greek islands and the Black Sea.[1][2][3]
The finding corrected a family belief. John Kiriakou had grown up being told by his grandfather that the family was originally from Crete. He raised it with his cousin Mark Kiriakou, who told him: “Not Crete, Cyprus.” Kiriakou pushed back — “No, he didn’t say Cyprus. He said Crete” — and was wrong.[2] His Nicosia host offered the corroborating point that the surname is uncommon in Greece and very common in Cyprus.[2]
Kiriakou accepted the conclusion directly: “I’m a Cypriot.”[3] He had visited the island only once before, thirty-four years earlier, and said he was embarrassed that so many years had passed.[4]
An interview given on the island in 2026 catches him well into a stay: ten days in, he said, he had eaten nothing but Cypriot food, had had sheftalia earlier that week, and had worked through twenty different Cypriot cheeses — the basis for the comparison he then drew with Greek cooking.[5][6][7]
His Greek citizenship came separately and earlier, granted before he went to prison after the Greek ambassador telephoned to ask how he could be helpful; Kiriakou asked for citizenship, and it was extended to all five of his children.[1][8]
Sourced from John Kiriakou's on-record public statements. See his profile for the full body of his interviews, podcast appearances, and short-form video.
