Yorkie
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Bosnia has the highest percentage of I2a, but inboth Croatia and Bosnia it is mostly I2a2, not I2a*.
I2a appeared in southern Europe during the Ice Age. It is associated with native Europeans before the spread of agriculture. Because it is very widespread, in ancient times it could be Greek, Dalmatian, Dacian, Illyrian, Roman or even Celtic.
I2a1 is the Western version (Italy, France, Iberia), while I2a2 is Eastern (Balkans, Greece, Poland, Russia). But many people are just I2a. It is possible to know if a regular I2a is more Eastern or Western by comparing STR markers.
Check your STR results for DYS390. If the value is 23 you are likely a Western I2a or I2a1. If it is 24 or 25 you are surely I2a2 or Eastern I2a.
At DYS389-II, if your value is 28 you are probably I2a1. If it is 29 or 30 you could be anything. If it is 31 or 32 you are surely I2a2.
There are other way of knowing, but it would be easier if I could see your results.
Maciamo,
Why do you label I2a2 as 'eastern'? The bulk of I2a2, referred to as I2a2a-Dinaric by Nordtvedt is indeed eastern in distribution. However, the L161 positive I2a2b-Isles clades [8 of them] are effectively absent in the east. They are distributed in Ireland, Scotland, England and across the north European plain with Germany predominating regarding continental members. Nordtvedt has argued for a north German founder for this north-west European form of I2a2. The branchlines between I2a2a-Dinaric [eastern I2a2] and I2a2b-Isles [western I2a2] split some 13,000 years ago.