LeBrok
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- Y-DNA haplogroup
- R1b Z2109
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- H1c
I've been reflecting on the R1b/Chad orientation and have been reviewing the financial status of the peoples in Africa.
The most economically advanced sub Sahara nation seems to be South Africa which is interesting because with the Boer influence-- this region would have received a decent influx of hg. I (and most probable I1). I can't think of an area in sub Sahara Africa that would have a higher percentage of hg. I1 in the population than South Africa.
Also interesting to note: historically here in the U.S. the North has been considered the economic powerhouse compared to the Southern states. The band of high hg. I1 in the U.S. runs from Pennsylvania to Ohio, then to Indiana and Minnesota, and westward into Montana. All northern states. The South is much heavier in R1b from the British Isles (English, Scotch-Irish, Welsh). Not much concentration of hg I1 in the Southern U.S. that I can find.
So maybe the link between hg I1 and economic success is a valid one. There certainly seems to be a correlation (Northern Europe, South Africa, Northern U.S.).
I also would link it with more orderly societies, which might go hand in hand with capitalistic production system, therefore high GDP. Most orderly society in Asia is Japane. They lead Asia in GDP per capita for more than last 100 years, since they embraced Western technology. There is no hg I in Japanese, so I guess, this trace of character must be in autosomal DNA.