Original sentence: Numbering close to 35 million, the group includes the Bulgarians and Macedonians in the east, and the Serbs, Croats, Bosniaks, Slovenes and Montenegrins in the west.The South Slavs are a southern branch of the Slavic peoples that live in the Balkans mainly in former Yugoslavia (meaning "Land of the South Slavs"); in the southern Pannonian Plain and the eastern Alps
Edited sentence: It should be noted that South Slavs may not necessarily originate from traditionally Slavic lands, for example Bosniaks and Dalmatians in Croatia share the same Haplogroup I (Y-DNA) family (Gene pool) as Norwegians, Swedes and Germans.Numbering close to 35 million, the group includes the Bulgarians and Macedonians in the east, and the Serbs,  Croats, Bosniaks, Slovenes and Montenegrins in the west.The South Slavs are a southern branch of the Slavic peoples that live in the Balkans mainly in former Yugoslavia which actually translates Yugo: South - Slavia: Slavs (Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovens), which is situated in the southern Pannonian Plain and the eastern Alps