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James Adair (J2 Confirmed) "DNA analysis demonstrates that James Adair, the Indian trader and author, who was probably a cousin of our John Adair, belongs to male lineage J2"...

Hugh Montgomery, 1st Earl of Erlington (Confirmed) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Montgomerie,_1st_Earl_of_Eglinton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_of_Eglinton "As identified in the Montgomery DNA Project records Sven Jacob Montgomery is in the J2 haplotype, and he is one of fifteen...

Friedrich Engelhorn (Confirmed) J2a. As discussed in the J2 Y-DNA Project and the German language area DNA research project. Friedrich Engelhorn (17 July 1821 – 11 March 1902) was a German industrialist and founder of BASF in Ludwigshafen. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Engelhorn...

6 Y-DNA J2 Found in Napoleons Army! "The greatest similarities revealed by Y-haplogroup and haplotype distribution were to populations that live in what are now the Benelux countries or the Alsace, supporting the theory that the individuals indeed were part of Napoleonic troops." Das Leben in...

AJ Jacobs (Confirmed!) AJ Jacobs was on today's "Dr Oz" show talking about genealogy and how it helps your health to know your family history. He shared that he and Dr. Oz are haplogroup J2. "Hello all! I'm a writer of several non-fiction books (including 'The Year of Living Biblically' and...

Cristopher Columbus. Unconfirmed! "According to most historians, Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy. However, based on some key facts in the discoverer's biography, as well as in the linguistic analysis of his texts, some historians and linguists believe that Columbus could have...

"Hello all! I'm a writer of several non-fiction books (including 'The Year of Living Biblically' and 'Drop Dead Healthy.' My next book is about genealogy and tracing my roots. And for the finale of the book, I plan to throw the largest family reunion in history. You're invited! All seven billion...

"Three new haplogroups appeared at the turn of the Middle/ Late Neolithic in Transdanubia, the E1b1b1a1 (M78), the C (M216) and the J2 (M172). .... Haplogroup J2 (M172) has today its highest frequency in the Caucasus and Iraq (Mesopotamia), and in the geographic region of Levant. In early modern...

"Three new haplogroups appeared at the turn of the Middle/ Late Neolithic in Transdanubia, the E1b1b1a1 (M78), the C (M216) and the J2 (M172). .... Haplogroup J2 (M172) has today its highest frequency in the Caucasus and Iraq (Mesopotamia), and in the geographic region of Levant. In early modern...

The J2a IrRus (iron age rusia) is from Kytmanovo, the J2a IrAltai (iron age altai) is from Sary-Bel, and the J2b IrArm (iron age Armenia) is from Norabak. Irarm is iron age armenian and ba is bronze age armenian. Kytmanovo: 53.449727, 85.427022 or 53°26'59.0"N 85°25'37.3"E Sary-bel: 50.615...

Rus J2a Altai J2a Armenian J2b Source: The Frozen Tombs of the Altai Mountains Phase I 2005-2006 http://www.archaeology.ugent.be/file/9 http://tree.j2-m172.info/?Hg=J2a2

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More Roman Republic here: https://www.google.nl/search?q=expansion+roman+republic&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=QBZYVcRC66nsBrLzg4AL&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1366&bih=623 "Romans surely helped spread haplogroup J2 across its borders, judging from the distribution of J2 within Europe (frequency over...