CAUCASUS-GEO
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Hello All,
I am new to ancestry research and hope to learn from people with experience on the topic from this forum.
Background:
I am an ethnic Georgian (country located in Caucasus region) on both paternal and maternal sides.
Recently completed AncestryDNA and 23andme tests.
Ancestry classified me as 87% Caucasus 10% Italy/Greece and 3% European Jewish.
(No haplogroups given by Ancestry).
23andme classified me as 99.9 middle eastern and 0.1% broadly middle eastern.
(23andme Haplogroups: Paternal is G_L30 and Maternal is W.)
I have uploaded my raw data from both Ancestry and 23andme to MorleyDNA and received an identical haplogroup estimate for both Ancestry and 23andme raw data; specifically, G2a3b1a1b (G-L1266) which is characteristic to modern people of north Caucasus (Georgians, Ossetians, Chechens and Circassians).
Based on my very limited inquiry into this topic, I see that haplogroup G has a significant concentration in Caucasus. What does it take to come to a separate and exclusive designation for Caucasus region without including it with west Asia (Ancestry case) and Middle East (23andmecase)?
Thank you.
I am new to ancestry research and hope to learn from people with experience on the topic from this forum.
Background:
I am an ethnic Georgian (country located in Caucasus region) on both paternal and maternal sides.
Recently completed AncestryDNA and 23andme tests.
Ancestry classified me as 87% Caucasus 10% Italy/Greece and 3% European Jewish.
(No haplogroups given by Ancestry).
23andme classified me as 99.9 middle eastern and 0.1% broadly middle eastern.
(23andme Haplogroups: Paternal is G_L30 and Maternal is W.)
I have uploaded my raw data from both Ancestry and 23andme to MorleyDNA and received an identical haplogroup estimate for both Ancestry and 23andme raw data; specifically, G2a3b1a1b (G-L1266) which is characteristic to modern people of north Caucasus (Georgians, Ossetians, Chechens and Circassians).
Based on my very limited inquiry into this topic, I see that haplogroup G has a significant concentration in Caucasus. What does it take to come to a separate and exclusive designation for Caucasus region without including it with west Asia (Ancestry case) and Middle East (23andmecase)?
Thank you.
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