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Question Help with origin of Hungarian family!

Karabars

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Ethnic group
Hungarian / Transylvanian
Y-DNA haplogroup
R-CTS7822
mtDNA haplogroup
J1c
There is a Hungarian family around the Apuseni Mountains, which has the y-haplogroup R1b-PF7563. This looks like a quite specific branch, that mostly concentrates in the Southern Balkans. I'd like to know more about what kind of group would this indicate.

The oldest relative with this surname (who was born in the first half of the 20th century) made a 23&me test, which came back as mostly Balkanic (77%, waiting for the update that splits Greek&Balkan into: Serb-Croation-Bosnian, Bulgarian-Romanian-Moldovan, Montenegrin-Kosovar-NorthernAlbanian, Albanian-Macedonian, and Greek). They also have the following country matches: Romania, Croatia (Dalmatia) and Greece, but no Genetic Groups other than "Transylvanian" (Apuseni Mountains, Someș River Valley, Dobruja and Prut River Basin, Eastern Carpathians and Upper Tisza River Basin, and Székely Land).

Using the Raw Data, Gedmatch gave Serb as closest match. Which could mean a Serb, but how these work, it can also be Hungarian+Greek or "Polish"+Greek (as they also have a GG called Lower Biebrza River Basin).

This family is known to mix with Romanians, which can make things more nuanced regarding the guess based on ethnic estimates.

Is this family from Romanian origin? Serb? Albanian? Greek? Else? Thanks for the help!

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Update:

The 23&me update came. Me, my mother and her brother got traces of Albanian/Macedonian. Their aunt (my great-aunt, the oldest relative I mentioned) did not tho. I still suspect that it's from that side tho.

She also lost her Polish Genetic Group and County Matches.

I started to suspect an Aromanian origin. Would be nice to see other insights or opinions!
 
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