Power77
Junior Member
- Messages
- 87
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- Location
- Da Great White North
- Ethnic group
- 1/4 Sephardic 3/4 Ashkenazi
- Y-DNA haplogroup
- E1a1
- mtDNA haplogroup
- H1
Hi, I'm new at the forum and I'm very interested in anthropology and genetics as mosts members of this forum are.
I've tested with 23andme 2 years ago and found out to my biggest surprise that I'm E1a1 on the Y-chromosome.
As I've researched more info about the hg., it seems that it is most common in West Africa and particularly among the Dogon of Mali(reaching 44% in its male population).
I'm of Ashkenazi Jewish descent from Romania on my dad's side so it certainly came as a big surprise to me.
But it seems that the lineage has been found in other Jews from Eastern Europe, as well as in Lebanon, Algeria, Morocco, Spain, Italy and even Britain
at low frequencies.
So I was wondering if such a marker has anything to do with the Natufian Neolithic culture of the Levant as some of the skulls associated with this particular culture have been described as Sub-Saharan-like.
If anyone on this forum has any opinion about this mysterious hg. share your opinion.
Cheers.
PS: It seems other SSA-like Y-DNA hgs. have been found in pretty much all the countries cited above such as A3b2,A1a*, or even E1b1a(not to mention all the mtDNA L lineages found as well).
I've tested with 23andme 2 years ago and found out to my biggest surprise that I'm E1a1 on the Y-chromosome.
As I've researched more info about the hg., it seems that it is most common in West Africa and particularly among the Dogon of Mali(reaching 44% in its male population).
I'm of Ashkenazi Jewish descent from Romania on my dad's side so it certainly came as a big surprise to me.
But it seems that the lineage has been found in other Jews from Eastern Europe, as well as in Lebanon, Algeria, Morocco, Spain, Italy and even Britain
at low frequencies.
So I was wondering if such a marker has anything to do with the Natufian Neolithic culture of the Levant as some of the skulls associated with this particular culture have been described as Sub-Saharan-like.
If anyone on this forum has any opinion about this mysterious hg. share your opinion.
Cheers.
PS: It seems other SSA-like Y-DNA hgs. have been found in pretty much all the countries cited above such as A3b2,A1a*, or even E1b1a(not to mention all the mtDNA L lineages found as well).