M153Celt
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- Y-DNA haplogroup
- R1b-DF27 M153
- mtDNA haplogroup
- K1a-T195C!
Hello, I am a long time lurker here and have recently received my Big Y results from FTDNA and I'm really surprised to be part of DF27-M153, the Basque marker. My father is adopted, with no information on his biological father. Though, as far as I know, or at least thought, most of my ancestors come from the British Isles (like most Americans). My autosomal results from 23 and Me came back as 50% British and Irish and 22% NW European, typical for mixed Irish-English etc., and my German ancestry shows up with a bit of French & German. The only outliers that I had brushed off were 10% Southern European and some trace frequencies of others, including 0.4% Iberian. So autosomally, I don't really see any chance of Basque ancestry unless it's really old.
So I'm wondering if M153 shows up from time to time outside of the Basques, specifically in the British Isles. They tend to be oversampled, so if it does show up anywhere else, I'd bet it be there.
So I'm wondering if M153 shows up from time to time outside of the Basques, specifically in the British Isles. They tend to be oversampled, so if it does show up anywhere else, I'd bet it be there.