Greek Y-DNA in Italians

[Azzurro]

I also want to add that it looks like some deep clades of J-M319 were brought in through Doric speakers, seeing that J-M319 seems to be a big marker in Crete, Crete and Rhodes were Doric speakers, I think it isn't bad to assume that J-M319 could have been more prevalent in Rhodes during the Bronze Age and Antiquity. Much of the Southern Coast of Sicily where there was Greek colonists were from Crete and Rhodes, even the beach next to my paese is called Minoa. Even Naples was founded by colonists from Rhodes.

I am still not sure what is the connection between downstreams of J2b-L283, R1b-Z2103 and E-V13 there must deeper clades that were brought in by the Greeks, as they peak in the areas where Greek colonists settled and around those respective areas, this surely could be answered in the upcoming years as more people do NGS and BigY testing.

 

[Azzurro]

Problem with M406 and generally all aDNA G2a samples in Europe are because there is not tested sample under the G2a2 L30.
Also, M406 has a too low frequence in Europe. It's highest in Greece, Sicily and western Turkey, what means that M406 pass as a candidate for Greek colonization of Europe.
And after all, best candidate for spreading Neolithic farming arround Europe are branches under G2a2b2a1, or to be precise it's main subclade and generally main G2a subclade in Europe - L497.

In essence it all depends which downstream of G-M406 these people test, I see it too as some of the G-M406 is Greek, especially the ones in Calabria and Sicily

 

[Atlantische]

In essence it all depends which downstream of G-M406 these people test, I see it too as some of the G-M406 is Greek, especially the ones in Calabria and Sicily

I agree

 

[Azzurro]

I agree

Great minds think alike