A. C.
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- Ethnic group
- Italian
- Y-DNA haplogroup
- R-Z253
After receiving my LivingDNA results, I started to investigate my reported 6.2% Northwestern Caucasian ancestry. FTDNA had already reported 4% ancestry from Anatolia, Armenia, Mesopotamia.
Eurogenes K13 & EUtest V2 give me as mixed population, beside Southern European combinations, 90% Tuscan and 10% North Caucasian (Adygei, Kabardin, North Ossetian, ...). Gedrosia K12, aimed primarily at South and West Asian heritage, gives me consistently as one of my four populations Adygei or Trabzon Turks (where many Muslims from the Caucasus sought refuge after Russia's invasion).
From a historical perspective, I have found the following articles and sources:
I would be curious to hear your opinions on this.
Eurogenes K13 & EUtest V2 give me as mixed population, beside Southern European combinations, 90% Tuscan and 10% North Caucasian (Adygei, Kabardin, North Ossetian, ...). Gedrosia K12, aimed primarily at South and West Asian heritage, gives me consistently as one of my four populations Adygei or Trabzon Turks (where many Muslims from the Caucasus sought refuge after Russia's invasion).
From a historical perspective, I have found the following articles and sources:
- The Italian maritime republics and slave trade from the Caucasus (Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso Transeuropa).
- Egyptian and Italian Merchants in the Black Sea Slave Trade, 1260-1500 (Barker, 2022).
- Abkhazia and Italian city-states of the XIII-XV centuries (Chirikba, 2020).
I would be curious to hear your opinions on this.