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And there are now 2 more samples of K1a1b1 from the Neolithic community of Gurgy, Central Northern France from 6500 YBP . They are samples GLN 201 and GLN 229 from new research on 100 neolithic genomes published 26/7/23 in Nature magazine titled - Extensive pedigrees reveal the social...

Yes it is confusing because researchers in this area have segmented a split of Norse from North sea /West Germanic in the Y tree. We know this oversimplifies the situation as most likely all Z140 originated in modern day Denmark which has had speakers of both Norse & West germanic dialects...

Great to hear from an Aussie Canadian Dutch German! I am a fellow Z140+guy (diff branch A196) via my dad from Czechia to Australia post war. My recommendation would be to go for the Z140+ snp panel at ftdna or fork out that bit extra for Big Y (when on sale) which will get you right to the...

Hi there. As much as there are still many mysteries yet to solve for I1, the Z140 clades are generally showing themselves to be North Sea-centric in origin since at least the Iron Age. Distinctly possible that they all did originate in Southern Scandinavia during the Nordic Bronze Age. With...

Hi there , I am a fellow I-Y7140+ person. I have been following Y6900+ subclades for several years now and from what I have discerned is that Y6900+ subclades emanate from North German territory (Anglo Saxon heartlands) around 2000+ years ago and from there have spread in all directions via sea...