I have revised the Y-DNA frequencies for the Ile-de-France region (around Paris) and Alsace, and added the frequencies for the Rhône-Alpes region. I have modified the maps of E1b1b, J1, J2, Q, R1a and R1b accordingly.
A few interesting points :
- The Parisian region stands out as a hotspot for Greco-Roman haplogroups (E1b1b, J1, J2). This is based on three studies totalling 232 samples.
- There seems to have been a major influx of R1a people in Eastern France. It has been suggested before that this could be due to the Burgundian people, who originated in Denmark. There wasn't enough evidence of this before, but combined with a hotspot of Q in the Rhône-Alpes and Provence regions, another hotspot of I2b also around the Rhône, and a relatively high percentage of R1b-S21 (5-10%) as far south as Provence, I really think that this might be the mark of Burgundian lineages.
Based on the frequencies in the Rhône-Alpes region, the Burgundian would have had roughly this proportion of haplogroups :
40% of R1b (mostly S21)
20% of R1a
22% of I1
6% of I2b
14% of Q
This is not unlike the frequencies found in Denmark today, but with a much higher percentage of haplogroup Q. Or is it that Q didn't come with the Burgundians, but with a group of the Huns that settled there earlier or were absorbed by the Burgundians just before or during their migration ?
A few interesting points :
- The Parisian region stands out as a hotspot for Greco-Roman haplogroups (E1b1b, J1, J2). This is based on three studies totalling 232 samples.
- There seems to have been a major influx of R1a people in Eastern France. It has been suggested before that this could be due to the Burgundian people, who originated in Denmark. There wasn't enough evidence of this before, but combined with a hotspot of Q in the Rhône-Alpes and Provence regions, another hotspot of I2b also around the Rhône, and a relatively high percentage of R1b-S21 (5-10%) as far south as Provence, I really think that this might be the mark of Burgundian lineages.
Based on the frequencies in the Rhône-Alpes region, the Burgundian would have had roughly this proportion of haplogroups :
40% of R1b (mostly S21)
20% of R1a
22% of I1
6% of I2b
14% of Q
This is not unlike the frequencies found in Denmark today, but with a much higher percentage of haplogroup Q. Or is it that Q didn't come with the Burgundians, but with a group of the Huns that settled there earlier or were absorbed by the Burgundians just before or during their migration ?