Hi everyone, I just recently had a DNA test done by Nat Geo (2.0), and my haplogroup was as it says in the title. R1b-u152.
My paternal lineage is undoubtedly Sicilian, they come from a Western portion of the Island in a village nearby Palermo, yet this haplogroup is especially rare for most Sicilian men. Can someone shed light on this haplogroup and it's importance in the region and more importantly how it likely came to be?
A friend of mine had suggested that R1b u152 in Sicily is largely due to Norman influence i.e. Many Danes living in the Danelaw in England, and in Normandy both tested positive for this haplogroup. Given the Norman conquest of the island, it would only make sense. But I also hear R1b u152 is highly correlated with Roman ancestry as well?
Can someone better explain this to me? And can you provide me with any tools so that I could better match my DYS findings and haplogroup with other test takers to further discover my family lineage? For what it's worth, my family surname seems to be a foundling/illegitimate name from my research.
Thanks.
My paternal lineage is undoubtedly Sicilian, they come from a Western portion of the Island in a village nearby Palermo, yet this haplogroup is especially rare for most Sicilian men. Can someone shed light on this haplogroup and it's importance in the region and more importantly how it likely came to be?
A friend of mine had suggested that R1b u152 in Sicily is largely due to Norman influence i.e. Many Danes living in the Danelaw in England, and in Normandy both tested positive for this haplogroup. Given the Norman conquest of the island, it would only make sense. But I also hear R1b u152 is highly correlated with Roman ancestry as well?
Can someone better explain this to me? And can you provide me with any tools so that I could better match my DYS findings and haplogroup with other test takers to further discover my family lineage? For what it's worth, my family surname seems to be a foundling/illegitimate name from my research.
Thanks.