Dibran
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- Ethnic group
- Albanian/Gheg/Dibran/Okshtun
- Y-DNA haplogroup
- R-L1029>Y133379
- mtDNA haplogroup
- H11a2b*
Hi Dibra,
I had a chance to look a bit into Preshpalaj, and there is such a family in Spaç, though, they are not related to Spaçi tribe - who are predominantly J2b2-PH1751. They came to Spaç from Kalaj of Kthelle e Eperme.
Hi Leka. My father isn't certain if we were originally Pershpalaj or if a Pershpalaj woman married into the Koci and it got lost in translation.
I spoke to a Albanian guy who has been to orosh in mirdita where the Pershpalaj are predominantly located.
If there is any truth to the oral history, he claims the Pershpalaj descended from a Condottieri named Paul from the Apennines of Italy. He was supposedly hired by Skanderbeg in the 1400s and brought to Albania to fight the Ottomans where he would eventually settle in Mirdita.
I am doing full genomes. So, time will tell if this story holds any merit.