Venetians "owned" crete for nearly 500 years, it was the only colony they used the venice system , that is 6 districts ( sestieri)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Candia
with over 50000 veneti migrating to crete over time, i would say that u-152 in crete come from this.
- Crete has a relatively high frequency, especially given its distance from Italy/France. The best explanation is for the high frequency is that it was a possession of the maritime Republic of Venice for nearly five centuries. from this link
http://www.u152.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5%3Adeeper-look-myres-and-cruciani-studies&catid=1%3Alatest-news&Itemid=1
Zanipolo I agree with you in one condition
that U-152 has an extra sum from enetocracy times,
a possible R1b that added in the already existed,
remember that Ionians Greeks from minor asia (not Ionic pelagos) have also significant R1b and where not in Enetocracy,
an extra R1b from venice times is possible enough to raise R1b in Crete (candia) and some other places
But Venician were mostly elit people, Merchants or land owner who either were semi cut from local society, either hire the lands in locals,
Venice had Libro d' oro so a possible big mix would not be accepted by Venice Don's
But indeed in some area where venice was we do found an additional R1b
on the other hand do not believe every greek that say he was from Venice,
some people in order to prove VIP create myths
I believe an about 2-4 % on areas added to R1b,
At enetocracy it was more easy for Greeks to move west than venician to come to greece as big Devastation,
Although from the time literature and some churches we do find small communities of elit in some places,
50 000 is big number that time,
when today crete has 350 000
50 000 that time is huge number,
By chania when I visited the Catholic were the most 4 000 in the biggest Venetian community before 1760 considering that Venitians were at ports and big castles and forcetas (small arsenal towers)
that number should not be bigger than 15-20 000
Besides many venician left greece after 1790 and Orlov's revolt,
Venice was a market for Greeks,
Venicians were an elit class mainly that certify that local production would be sold,
and that Greek navy and army will get paid,
if you read the case of Crocodilos Kladas you understand,
to understand the difference, Aromani still speak a latino-roman dialect from ancient times, while Venice areas do not,
if 50 000 moved to crete means that Chania would have 15-20 000 Venicians that time,
BIG NUMBER!!!
just think that crete that times should have about 150 000 pop
an extra 50 000 makes 25% of modern pop,
that means 25% should have Italian as mother language,
well not even 4-5 did at 1860