Recent content by Emi

Maciamo, thank you for your reply. Can you help me understand what the difference between belonging to I1 versus I1* is? Does the latter imply the genes were tested for all subclads but failed to fit into any category? I'm a bit confused, and wonder whether there's a website that can...

They were quite light and pale, prone to age spots/moles, big hazel eyes, dark brown-chestnut hair, medium build, wide shoulders, long legs, small and bony ankles, knees and wrists

I'm trying to find out whether there are any dominant mtDNA groups among the Muslim Caucasians? In the Ottoman times, many tribes were simply grouped under the Circassian label -by both the Ottomans and the West-, even though their current descendants in Turkey seem to self-identify by specific...

Any idea where K1 is the most concentrated in relation to old civilizations? My 23andMe results could not identify a subclad. My grandmother's from Trabzon on the Black Sea Coast of Turkey. I have found mtDNA data/research to be scarce for this region and there were mass population moves...

I don't think I'm convinced yet about the extent of long-term Goth influence in the Black Sea area of Turkey. Just because a certain group of people has conducted campaigns in a region, does it necessarily indicate they settled in the area for long enough to pass on their DNAs, for thousands of...

My father's an I1*, and he is from the Black Sea Coast of Turkey. We always thought he was Pontus, aka "Rum" (Roman), even though my grandfather never spoke Greek or the Rum dialect, and he was a Muslim. Now I'm thinking the rare occurrence of I1 in Turkey might be related to Alexander the...

I'm new to this site, just stumbled upon it when researching I1*. My father's Y-DNA belongs to this group based on 23andMe results. As far as we know, his father and grandfather are from the Black Sea in Turkey -around Giresun-. Any idea whether I1* is common in this region? They were Muslims...