Jacker22
Yeti-tamer
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- Ethnic group
- Anglo-Saxon and Norse
- Y-DNA haplogroup
- R1b
- mtDNA haplogroup
- X2
I know how this kind of topic can be controversial and I want to insist that I only intend it as an interesting observation, with no hidden agenda. I couldn't help noticing that within a same country (it doesn't work in comparisons between country with different histories, cultures and systems) and if we exclude capitals, the richest regions are usually those that have the highest percentage of R1b. I didn't count small countries because I couldn't find regional data for DNA or GDP.
In Spain, the highest regional GDP per capita are those of the Basque country, Navarra and Catalonia, and all have over 80% of R1b. The poorest autonomous region is Extremadura, which has 50% of R1b, the lowest in Spain.
In Italy, the North is the richest (55% R1b), followed by the Centre (43% R1b), and the South is the poorest (29% R1b). Within the North, Lombardy, Trentino-Alto Adige and Emilia-Romagna are the three wealthiest regions, and they correspond to the only "+60%" area on Maciamo's map.
In Germany, the North and East are the poorest, and this is where R1b is the lowest (36% against 48% in the West and South).
In Greece, the South (Attica, Boeotia, Peloponnese), the Aegean Islands and Crete are the richest, and this is also where R1b is the highest.
I couldn't find regional haplogroup frequencies for England, and anyway there aren't big differences of GDP per capita outside London and the Southeast region. France has variations in R1b but not so much in regional GDP per capita. France looks like an exception.
I am not saying that having an R1b Y-chromosome makes people richer or makes them work harder or makes them more ambitious. I don't see how it could. I just thought it was a funny coincidence.
In Spain, the highest regional GDP per capita are those of the Basque country, Navarra and Catalonia, and all have over 80% of R1b. The poorest autonomous region is Extremadura, which has 50% of R1b, the lowest in Spain.
In Italy, the North is the richest (55% R1b), followed by the Centre (43% R1b), and the South is the poorest (29% R1b). Within the North, Lombardy, Trentino-Alto Adige and Emilia-Romagna are the three wealthiest regions, and they correspond to the only "+60%" area on Maciamo's map.
In Germany, the North and East are the poorest, and this is where R1b is the lowest (36% against 48% in the West and South).
In Greece, the South (Attica, Boeotia, Peloponnese), the Aegean Islands and Crete are the richest, and this is also where R1b is the highest.
I couldn't find regional haplogroup frequencies for England, and anyway there aren't big differences of GDP per capita outside London and the Southeast region. France has variations in R1b but not so much in regional GDP per capita. France looks like an exception.
I am not saying that having an R1b Y-chromosome makes people richer or makes them work harder or makes them more ambitious. I don't see how it could. I just thought it was a funny coincidence.