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Can you please post a reference of/or a link to this Macedonia Study ? I am interested to read about it since Macedonia is the only Balkan country for which I get a percentage higher than 2% in FTDNA's YDNA Ancestral Origins (12 markers, exact match), while with 25 and 37 markers, I have just...

You will find a chart with R1a's main subclades per country (for Europe) on this site: http://blog.vayda.pl/en/haplogroup-r1a-statistic-02-2018-14-new/ The data used to prepare it is supposed to come from Eupedia and FTDNA R1a Project (as of March 2018/7500 samples). But I do not know whether...

If R1a came before the Slavic expansions, the Goths would be good candidates given the forming ages and TMRCA's of the various subclades. Before them, came the Cimmerians and the Scythians (during the Iron Age). On this website, I found the following summary of migration waves: "Historically...

There might have been (old) R1a in Europe (and in the Balkans) before the slavic invasions. For example, this could be the case of R1a-Z93 (found in ancient Thrace and formed about 5000 ybp, TMRCA 4700 ybp) and/or of the very ancient R-M198 M417- (forming age 14000 ybp; TMRCA: 8600 ybp) reported...

Sorry if my question bothered you. I had well understood what you wrote, but asked since nowadays minorities pop up everywhere in Albania. In any case, thank you for adding the context. Historical input is always precious. I agree with you regarding R1a's various origins and the "slav unlike"...

I agree that R1a is more frequent in South Albania (and its level increases going more South). And by the way, I2a-CTS10228 is also higher among Tosk Albanians (10,8%). But I have no knowledge of existing Bulgarian minorities in Southern Toskëria. Can you be more specific here ? Of course...

As regards the I2a/R1a relation, the proportions of I2a and R1a were perhaps different in the various tribes that invaded the Balkans during the Migrations times and settled in various areas. Although I would personally like R-YP3994 to stem from Illyrians, it seems unlikely given its forming...

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R1a-CTS1211 > CTS8816 > Y2902 > YP3994 in Albania and in the Balkans The ethnic landscape likely was very different in 400 BC, i.e. at the time YP3994 formed. Most likely the various peoples living in Central Eastern Europe had more in common than nowadays. In any case, I do not think...

However, it is difficult to draw a general conclusion and the possible "gothic" link would be limited to certain subclades. According to FTDNA's big tree, R-Y2902's "mother" clade is mainly present in: - Russia (29,12 % of R-CTS8816 carriers); and - Poland (25,59 % of R-CTS8816 carriers)...

Thanks for the Link with Ancient DNA samples. The person hiding his results could be the British gentleman, since the two other participants in the subclade did not test deep enough from what I can see in the R1a project. Yes we will see if anything changes with the BigY results. Sent...

Thank you for your insightful analysis. YP3994 is indeed basal (although quite young) and I think this is also reflected by the current geographic spread. However, there is only one Russian on R1a Project. The other gentlemen is from Bulgaria (Stara Zagora). Of course I am speculating, but he...

Thanks for the explanation about the forming age. It makes perfectly sense. The other BigY/NGS tested person is perhaps the british gentleman. In any case, the two other guys from the R1a project have not ordered such tests.

I am Albanian (my fatherline originates from South Albania). I recently discovered that my Y-Haplogroup is R1a-CTS1211> CTS8816 > Y2902 > YP3994. R1a-M417represents around 8 % of the male lineages in Albania (9 % among Tosk Albanians only). As such, it is the fourth major male lineage in...

Here is a map of R-Y2902, which has an interesting distribution in Europe:

Thanks for the information Dibran. I have read about your "Dibra Cluster" on www.gjenetika.com and I must say that it is really interesting that it also appears among Tosk Albanians. As for your bet about R1a in the Balkans, you are most likely right (given the forming ages and TMRCA of the...

I do not understand Russian so it is difficult for me to grasp the context of the maps and thé related comments. Is there any information on that forum about the younger subclades of R-Y2902 belonging to the western branch ? I assume that R-YP3994 should be part of them given its geographic spread

Thanks for the maps. The first map is very interesting as it shows pockets of R-Y2902 in the Balkans, in Italy, in Sicily and Sardinia, and South France, which partially corresponds to the Visigoths itinerary according to the second map (however I am not certain that they settled in Sicily). Do...

Yes it seems that Western and Eastern Germanic had different Y haplo-groups proportions. If you are interested on this topic, there is an interesting thread on this site. I cannot post links so I am simply sending you the title: Ancient East, West and North Germanics had different Y-DNA lineages