
Originally Posted by
Semitic Duwa
From what I can gather, your STR markers seem to indicate that you might belong to subclade L222.2, a typically Arabian subclade which appeared some 2400 years ago which is consistent with the appearance of Arabian tribes in the historical record a few centuries earlier during the battle of Qarqar which took place in 853 BCE.
L222.2 is a subclade of YSC234, which is approximately 5400 years old and probably tracks the break up and expansion of Semitic languages (which occured circa 5750 BP according to Kitchen et al 2009).