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Thank you!
I know because @twinner told me. The delegated SP you have, is what you get from Steemit when you join. This is done so you votes have some value (even if its not much) before you get some SP of your own. It will be taken back once you have 50 SP (I think it was 50).

Thank you for the info :) I had around 270 sp delegated for a while. I didn't know where it came from and now it's down to 2 or 3 I think. In talking to others on steemit, the number didn't seem normal for a new user so I've been trying to figure out where it came from. Your post made me wonder if someone delegated it to me to help me. If this is the case, I would like to thank them for allowing me to use their steem :)

I agree, 270 SP didn't come from Steemit, it must have been someone else. When I joined in May, I got 50 SP from Steemit, and it was taken back once I had 50 of my own. Now they delegate much less to newbies, since there are much more people joining.
You still have 11 SP delegated, thats from Steemit I guess. Yes, its a pity that we cant see where the delegated SP is coming from.