Palermo Trapani
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- Ethnic group
- Italian-Sicily-South
- Y-DNA haplogroup
- I2-M223>I-Y5362
- mtDNA haplogroup
- H2A3
Sure, I understand what you mean and if the genealogy is trustworthy and the results reflect the genealogy, I don't see why we couldn't trust these results. What I meant is that in case of Italian-Americans with Italian ancestry dating back to the beginning of the 20th century, a lot of things can ''happen''. Within regions in Italy not much can happen that could change the results all that much if you know what I mean. Personally I prefer good genetic genealogical data before using individuals as a proxy for a given region in Italy. My family would be a good representative for an area in Naples, due to the fact we have very deep ancestry which is proven through genealogical records and lots of confirmed DNA-matches which can assure the paternal line if you're lucky, as this is the most sensitive one for NPE scenarios and the likes.
Your results are interesting because your ancestors are from Trapani right?- and similar to mine, while there is quite a distance between Trapani and Napoli however we're both close to the same side of the sea where there's lots of shared activity, i.e. trade through sea.
Ok, I understand, In Italy lots of time people stay in towns and regions that there, Great, Great, Great Grandparents live and it is probably easier for Italians to go back in time once the civil records stop. For me, 2 Great Grandparents born in Trapani, but also some ancestors from Palermo Province, but 1 town is actually right on the border with Trapani. 1 Great grandfather born in Agrigento. I have records for all most of my Grandparents family history going back to late 1700's early 1800's, At this point, I am going to have to go and hope the local parish priest or Bishop will allow me to go through the Sacrament Records (Baptism, First Communion, Matrimony, etc) to go any further.
I understand those 11 samples are just 11 individuals and don't represent population averages.