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Balkan people and their fights in electronic fora. Is humanity crying and losing hope?
Balkan people and their fights
This is an outright fiction. Its pure propaganda created out of thin air that conveniently places albanians in the balkans later than the very well documented time of slav arrival.
you claim your very scientific non serbian sources for facts but fail to produce them, lets see them shall we?
its extremely well established that albanian has to be in the balkans before the first millenium BC because of many linguistic cognates and dialect shifts that match perfectly with well documemted ones that happened in Latin. im on phone atm i will post the actual sources for this so you cant spread absurd claims about albanians coming to albanian homeland after slavs.
the gheg and tosk dialects have been proven to have been formed at least 2000 years ago because of features that gheg shares with latin and tosk shares with greek.
for all those non serbs lurking or witnessing this thread i must inform you that the serbian state for at least a hundred years has terrorised the albanian population with outright fictions like this. it claimed albanians spoke a non indo european lamguage and came from caucauses during ottoman empire. the serbian state could not foresee that albanian would be proven to be an indo european language and humiliatingly exposing this regime parroted lie. DNA and increasingly better technology will only continue to dismantle fictions such as the one you pushed here. The fact that you intentionally omit where this non albanian homeland is after hinting at only two possibilities shows how dishonest your intentions are.
Balkan people and their fights in electronic fora. Is humanity crying and losing hope?
Whether Greeks consider themselves Balkan or not, they're right there with the rest of us when it comes to ignorance and pushing an agenda. Realistically the truth will not conform to either peoples delusions of grandeur. The truth will prove what DNA has been proving from the getgo; we are all a mixed bag. It is like baking a cake with different proportions of ingredients. There is no denying attempts of some to create unsupported unverifiable claims regarding the origins of Albanians. Regardless of how one feels about Albanians. I may not like Serbs as a collective political entity, but I do not let this determine how I conduct myself respectfully or treat individual Serbs who conduct themselves respectfully as well. Every man and woman is responsible for themselves.
Genetics have already proved we are all intertwined. Despite our religious, linguistic, and cultural associations, we are made of the same building blocks of antiquitous tribes.
Thank you. However, logic/common sense and ethnicities do not go hand in hand. This or that person is not illogical because they are Albanian or Greek or Slavic. They are illogical because as all humans tend, they let their desire drive their mental processes.
I never thought it was exclusively Albanian. However it is most dominant in Albanians. Even if the common ancestor of all of them lived 1500 years ago. The lineage dominates them today. I agree though. Saying E-V13 is exclusively Albanian is like saying R1a is exclusively Slavic. There are so many factors that go into it. We have to understand however, most people are laymen. Because of this things are labeled with broad strokes.
Albanians like other ethnic groups are a mix of different things. I don't think anyone with a brain would actually think any ethnic group is pure and unitary in origin.
I actually believe l Albanians(as in Proto-Albanians) are a lot older than(but not unlike)Illyrians. Yet more like the Vlachs; leaving less of an impact in antiquity, with the Middle Ages being our point of expansion. It's actually a standing theory among albanologists in Austria. my belief is R1b-L23 was the chief lineage of Proto Albanians, who upon assimilation and expansion, absorbed Illyrians, Greeks, Romans and Slavs, becoming modern Albanians. I think the founder effect of E-V13 and J2b2 are not necessarily indicative of Proto Albanians, but rather Illyrians, Greeks, Romans and in part Thracians, absorbed by Proto Albanians. As I understand it all E-V13 Albanian men have one common ancestor who lived 1500 years ago. This could indicate the lineage was far less prominent at one point in time. R1b still has a even distribution region to region.
While we know we can't assign tribes to one lineage(as I am sure they had many) I would agree J2b2 would have probably been Illyrian, but given geographic expansion and distribution, Im sure the lineage was shared by many tribes.
As for E-V13 many claim it descends in large part from Slaves of classical civilizations. I cannot confirm or deny this. However, there is a common story among Albanians(at least my father tells me) that wearing the Albanian skull cap is part of a tradition whereby it marks a symbol of our oppression, that it is removed when we are "free". I cannot confirm or deny this. Perhaps some fellow Albanians can chime in.
I find the connection interesting if it's true. Given E-V13 is so dominant. Surely the slaves outnumbered their masters upon collapse of their kingdoms. Culture is fluid. Like everything it's in constant evolution and flux.
I think all the Balkans inherited DNA from classical groups. Some more of one tribe over the other.
Old nations have past. No one is directly related to any of them. We are all merely evolving ethnic groups making ourselves anew generation to generation, due to many different circumstances. Some within our control some outside our control.
What kind of connection has a mutation I2a I-S17250 with Bulgarians.?
Yes, the same exists in Bulgarians, but Croats does not come from White Bulgaria in 7 century.
E1b CTS5856, source of CTS5856 is in Albanian hills, its descendants live there for 4700 years and today they call themselves Albanias.
What E1b's have to do with Croats. Croats coming to the Balkans in the 7th century.
https://postimg.org/image/4qxnhdqsb/
Croats with E1b CTS5856 more accurately with subclades Z16988, Z38456, FGC11450, S2972, Z16661, L241, FGC33625 are of Albanian origin by the male line.
Unlike Bugars, Greeks and Serbs we in Croatia have dozens of records about coming of the Vlach from east of the Balkans (we do not hide it).
Vlahs brought Albanian (E1b) genetics to Croatia, very likely and J2a and R1b types.
It is interesting that Vlachs bring and I2a with White Croatian subclade I-S17250 and other R1a types, which means that migration of Croats went to Greece and after a thousand years they moving to Croatia with Vlach name and mix genetic( E1b,J2a,I2a,R1a,R1b)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aromanians#Genetic_studies
I do not disagree with you that certain clades are in fact Albanian. but putting all J2 and E1b under one Albanian umbrella is not true. Everyone would need deeper Y tests to see what their branch of J2b or E1b is, before declaring it Albanian or other. As I understand it Albanians belong to a handful of E-V13 clades, not all of them. So one would need deeper testing. Though I do not doubt there being a higher propensity of this lineage turning up among Albanians, and therefore increased likelihood that those in the Balkans of this haplogroup may be more likely than not, part of the Albanian branches of that haplogroup. It would all depend on matches, TMRCA and other factors. Regardless all E-V13 is related if you go back far enough.
Also, regarding your last point, I can see that scenario. Many of the early Slavic tribes were themselves of varied and mixed origins. Invading pelopenessus and moving to and fro. I do not doubt it could be possible. Hell, there is a likelihood My line was a Romanized byzantine Slav. Unless my ancestors really did migrate from Italy, then maybe Gothic or Vandali. I am doing Yelite so I should know shortly. Though my family have been in Diber Okshtun for the lst 400 years, before which oral history claims we migrated from Orosh Mirdita. Oral history of this village claims our family of descent were hired condottieri by Skanderbeg. I tested Z283 at livingDNA and negative downstream all major tested branches(all accept basal Z282). We all come from somewhere. If my ancestor was condottieri he could be anything from East Germanic, Norman, Viking, assuming in the case of Italy regarding much of R1a.
And another interesting thing is that we in Croatia do not have Vlach, we have Serbians.
As far I know, there are one or two records about arrival of Serbs to Croatia and for Vlach 20 times more.
Where are Croatian Vlach disappeared??, they just change their name but genetics remained same becouse genetic does not change name.
And about the Croats who have gone to Orthodoxy we will not talk, let genetics speak, hahaha.
but putting all J2 and E1b under one Albanian umbrella is not true.
very likely and J2a and R1b types.
Regardless all E-V13 is related if you go back far enough.
Hell, there is a likelihood My line was a Romanized byzantine Slav.
Thank you for your intelligent and well written resume. really well said, I do not agree that E-V13 is from slaves( I agree with everything else), but as you said we could not be sure, maybe it is, who knows
I wrote the types
Which types are in Albanians I do not know.
If same occurs in the Albanian hills, then it is connected with today Albanians 12,000 years, this is an indisputable fact.
Will someone call him (E-V13) Albanian, Chinese, Turkish it's his thing but it is related to today's Albanians.
You are in the male line Slavic origin, and in 10 years or earlier you will know where your male ancestor comes from(village, town, country)
Albanian is an Indo-European language.
Z283 were Kurgans.
You can't call an E-V13 Slav
I2a I-S17250 has a genetic connection with the Croats, and historical records only that I-S17250 conect with Croats.Ethnic groups can only be linked to certain mutations on the Y-line based upon the cultures their paternal ancestor participated.
I'm not talking about Indo-European language I talk about Albanians with E1b types.
Then you have Kurgan ancestor in the male line.
Who calls him Slav??
I2a I-S17250 has a genetic connection with the Croats, and historical records only that I-S17250 conect with Croats.
For that reason I-S17250 can not be originally Albanian, Bulgarian, Greek, Bosnian, Slovenian, Romanian, Serbian, Montenegrin, Ukrainian, Rusian, Czech, Vlach, Slovak etc..
Albanian is an Indo-European language. Indo-Europeans were not even in the Balkans 12000 years ago. So the fact Albanians paternally descend from natives 12,000 years ago, then they adopted proto Albanian language from mostly R1b-L23 Proto Albanians. Albanian is also part of the Satem Indo European branch. Which means it evolved from the same indo European branch that Slavic and Indo-Aryan Languages evolved. There is no doubt the original Ydna of Proto Albanians was R1b. Though, the language spread as far as current evidence suggests, were by proto-indo-europeans who were largely R1a.
There is even evidence to suggest a bronze age type of "globalization", which would explain the dominant indo European language spread via trade, without the Y-DNA accompanying it. This is evident even today where Albanian language is being mixed with American English, due to business, trade, and globalization. Evidence was discovered in Pompeii, suggesting far larger melting pot than even modern day NYC.
History is constantly happening in constant flux. Even modern concepts of nationalism didn't exist a few hundred years ago. I do not think anyone will find the evidence supporting a unitary theory. It doesn't surprise me though, that people will continue to push their agendas despite what evidence would suggest.
No it is not Slavic origin. This is what I mean by the fact that one needs to accustom themselves to the many factors of determining genetic ancestry. If you pay attention to what I stated, I am negative downstream Z283. Z283 were Kurgans.
R1a is not exclusively Slavic. M458/Z280 are the main Slavic branches, and even certain clades under these branches are not exlusively Slavic. I would take the admins of the R1a projects extensive knowledge on this matter moreso than fellow forum users(no disrespect). There is some debate whether M458 was even Slavic as it may have participated in WielBark Culture, Lusatian etc. Prior to the expansion of Proto-Slavs, and upon assimilation, the inception of Slavs.
Proto-Balto-Slavic is not the same as Slavic. It is the proto-Indo-European linguistic umbrella, that diverged into many indo European languages(one of which Slavic belongs). If my paternal matches and clade come back Slavic then that would confirm your assertion. However, my family has been Albanian for 400 years as far as we can document, prior to which oral history claims descent from Mirdita. Most of my autosomal matches are Albanians Greeks, and Romanians. If my ancestor was a Slav it was in the great migration period.
When one mentions Slav and Proto-Balto-Slavic, we have to understand they are different. In the same sense, Slavs ethnogenically are a culture formed of Proto-Slavs(whom diverged from proto-balto-slavs) and other absorbed peoples.
To clarify the term Proto:
proto-
ˈprōdō/
combining form
prefix: proto-; prefix: prot-
- original; primitive.
"prototherian"
- first; anterior; relating to a precursor.
"protomartyr"
A precursor cannot be confused for modern day cultures. a pre-cursor was a particular tribe or group of men to whom the later evolving cultures largely descend. It is mixing proto slavs(who diverged from proto balto slavs) and other components of expanding groups, which pooled together formed the modern ethno linguistic slavs. Z283 folk probably looked Asian as ****, considering Central Asian origin.
Slavic is a ethnolinguistic group. to say all R1a is Slavic is silly. You have R1a very widespread from Europe to Asia. If LivingDNA was wrong in their assignment, then there is possibility I belong to M458 or Z280. If they are correct and Yelite/FtDNA confirms this, then I am probably a rare clade under Z283(Kurgan/Proto-Indo-European). I already lack 2 tihrds of pivotal mutations on the line anyways. which means the confidence level for placement is low.
Y-DNA is also a base, and only accounts for 1 percent(mtDNa the other one percent) which is a total of 2 percent of the genome. Your autosomal profile(the other 98%) is what is used for inference of ethnic composition and shared dna population to population. You can't call an E-V13 Slav(who may or may not have had an Albanian ancestor in the distant past) an Albanian anymore than you would call a Greek, Greek whose family was in Russia and mixed with Russians.
Ethnic groups can only be linked to certain mutations on the Y-line based upon the cultures their paternal ancestor participated. This is due to the unique mutations developing within the host culture it mixed. This is why you find these mutations unique to ethnic groups. Not becauause the haplogroup is specifically "insert ethnic group here" but because their paternal ancestor developed/inherited new mutations given assimilation into a different culture compared to those who participated in a separate culture.
You can find these divergence points through TMRCA which clearly show it cant all be grouped into one basket. That's ignorance. Only people with nationalistic agendas make absolutist claims.
@Garrick
Are you a bot?
I said earlier that my family just like many came from Herzegovina and brought a distinct Albanian dialect with them. How did those mysterious Albanians of yours manage to assimilate us so far up North while we're sorrounded by Vlachs and Slavs?
Balkan population movements happened mostly from North to South in that era, so we pushed each other South from Bosnia and Herzegovina down to Peloponnesus, as you can see in the mutations of many many Greeks belonging to V13 or even J2b2 for that matter. Not to mention that Albanian has a layer of Latin words since BC while you're stuck with 8th century AD and Free Carpi/Bastarnae or whatever you came up with recently.
Im surprised Sile hasn't showed up yet. And of course dear Angela to delete my posts and issue some infractions for derailing the topic.
so in this case we can say with certainty they are Albanian. But 1000? 2000? 5000 years?
when did this clade I-S17250 form?
Do other Balkan peoples on this branch you mention largely match Croats?
@Garrick
Are you a bot?
I said earlier that my family just like many came from Herzegovina and brought a distinct Albanian dialect with them. How did those mysterious Albanians of yours manage to assimilate us so far up North while we're sorrounded by Vlachs and Slavs?
Balkan population movements happened mostly from North to South in that era, so we pushed each other South from Bosnia and Herzegovina down to Peloponnesus, as you can see in the mutations of many many Greeks belonging to V13 or even J2b2 for that matter. Not to mention that Albanian has a layer of Latin words since BC while you're stuck with 8th century AD and Free Carpi/Bastarnae or whatever you came up with recently.
Im surprised Sile hasn't showed up yet. And of course dear Angela to delete my posts and issue some infractions for derailing the topic.
I agree that some subclade which have arisen before first mention of Albanian name can not be factually related to Albanians but I think that Illyrians are ancestors of today Albanians
I do not know historical connection between Illyrians and Albanians but the only thing that binds them is E1b subclade CTS5856 (north Albania 4700 years) and that subclade(as ancestor subclade) have every Albanian in that area.
https://yfull.com/tree/I-S17250/
formed 2600-1950 year.
It is a White Croat mutation, fact is that White Croats there are not mentioned until the 6th century however the only record from Balkans that confirms migration of someone from that area(south east Poland, south west Ukraine) is record about Croatians.
Later in the area are mentioned some Croats.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Croats
Behind this subclade I-S17250 exist different branches but only those subclade I-S17250 is a common ancestor to all Croatian subclades.
Considering that subclade I-S17250 coming from the area where White Croats are mentioned the only logical explanation is that subclade I-S17250 is White Croatian origin.
Most of the Balkans I2a have an ancestor mutation I-S17250
Porphyrogenitus in 10th century says that Croats settled Illyria, Dalmatia and Pannonia and that come from Great Croatia.
There exist and some Croatian toponyms in Macedonia and Greece
https://www.familytreedna.com/public/I2aHapGroup/default.aspx?section=ymap
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