Blevins13/ Angela: I think this is an interesting thread. Let me say up front I can speak to the Arbereshe in Sicily directly. The town Contessa Entellina was historically an Elymian town and it sits in the Belice Valley in now Modern Palermo Province, many of my ancestors came from Trapani in the Belice Valley (about 25 KM). However, on my Fathers side, his Maternal Grandmother's (my Great Grandmother) father was from Contessa Entellina. My mothers Father was born in Palazzo Adriano, which is a town that was both Byzantine and Roman with respect to the Catholic Church. I have mentioned this before but in the Piazza as your facing it, to the right is the Byzantine-Greek Catholic Church and to the Left is the Roman. My Great Grandfather on my mothers side (her Mother's father) was baptized in the Byzantine-Greek Catholic Church in Palazzo Adriano. So I guess I am an example of an American of Sicilian ancestry who has some ancestors that have some connection to the Arbereshe, although I think mine sort of blended in with the locals. In addition my Maternal Great Grandfather I mentioned above ancestors come from Contessa Entellina as well, based on my own research and a cousin who has done the same research.
So looking at my own Distances, I seem to cluster closer with Greeks than Albanians, but Albanians in both model come in within my cutoff of 15. So consistent with the paper cited above, the Arbereshe from Contessa Entellina seem to closer to Greeks, but not that they are super far from Albanians. Now my results could be just mine or it could be similar for other people with 100% of their ancestry from Sicily whose ancestors come from the same regions around where mine come from. So I am only commenting on on this thread because it is something that is part of my own story. I tend to stay in my own lane (only post in forums with DNA studies on Italian DNA, or ancient Europeans, etc) and I also will post on the ancient Greeks since I get some Chroma matches on ancient Greeks from Mytrue ancestry and the well known historical connection between ancient Greece and Sicily and Southern Italy.
Anyway, I hope my own results can shed a partial light on the Arbereshe at least as it relates to those who settled in Contessa Entellina and Palazzo Adriano.
Eurogenes K13 updated (cutoff 15)
Distance to: | PalermoTrapani |
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3.63130830 | West_Sicilian |
4.27984813 | Molise |
4.53094913 | Apulia |
4.54467821 | Abruzzo |
5.01440924 | Campania |
5.30913364 | Sicily |
5.36017724 | Basilicata |
6.03359760 | Malta |
6.04806581 | East_Sicilian |
6.68697989 | Calabria |
7.02694101 | Central_Greek |
8.55354313 | Marche |
8.61175360 | Lazio |
8.68674277 | Greek_Andros_Island |
9.16282162 | Greek_Western-Thrace |
9.23201495 | Ashkenazi |
9.66857280 | Umbria |
9.72998972 | Moroccan_Jew |
10.07475062 | Greek_Symi_Island |
10.19252177 | Italian_Jewish |
10.65898213 | Romagna |
10.74883249 | Sephardic_Jewish |
10.85722801 | Tuscan |
10.87747213 | Algerian_Jewish |
11.43605920 | GR_Peloponese |
11.48721463 | Greek_Peloponnese |
11.49051457 | Greek_Dodecanese |
12.04027408 | Greek_Thessaly |
12.07744178 | Greek_Chios |
12.26214908 | FrenchCorsica |
12.46806721 | Vlach_Central-Macedonia |
12.64785357 | Turk_Crete |
13.15686893 | Greek_Eastern-Macedonia |
13.24787530 | Greek_Eastern-Thrace |
13.65380533 | Albanian |
13.71040845 | Torbeshi_North-Macedonia-East |
13.88943483 | Tuscany |
14.50232050 | Greek_Macedonia_Thrace |
14.68938392 | Greek_Central-Macedonia |
14.78912776 | Turk_Alexandroupoli |
15.25711310 | Greek_Istanbul |
15.32262053 | GR_Macedonia |
15.36462495 | Emilia |
15.39221264 | Kosovo_Albanian |
Dodecad K12B (cutoff 15 rounded)
Distance to: | PalermoTrapani |
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3.56228943 | Italy_Campania |
3.83059103 | Italy_Abruzzo |
4.03985458 | Italy_Sicily |
5.85659507 | Italy_Calabria |
6.30021809 | Italy_Apulia |
7.04316676 | Italy_Marche |
7.65791512 | Italy_Lazio |
9.80278022 | Ashkenazi |
9.98721683 | Tuscan_HGDP01169 |
10.34941544 | Ashkenazy_Jews |
10.37221770 | Greek_Crete |
10.45749014 | Italy_Romagna |
10.84031826 | Greek |
10.92670582 | Tuscan_HGDP01167 |
11.20844325 | Tuscan_HGDP01164 |
11.49819986 | Tuscan_HGDP01163 |
11.64560432 | Sephardic_Jews |
11.83492290 | Tuscan_HGDP01162 |
12.36329244 | Tuscan_HGDP01166 |
12.49756776 | Tuscan_HGDP01161 |
12.53945374 | Morocco_Jews |
12.69671611 | Tuscan_HGDP01168 |
12.70455178 | France_Corsica |
13.19014973 | Italy_Tuscany |
14.40640483 | Crimean_Tatar_Coast |
14.95868467 | Italy_Emilia |
15.08634150 | Albanian_Kosovo |
15.33470900 | Turk_Macedonia |
On closing note, please do not drag me into these Greek and Albanian squabbles. Thanks, hope everyone is doing well with the COVID-19 lock downs.
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