Was Saladin R1a Y-DNA?

[kmak]

Shaddadid dynasty have R1a Y-DNA and they are Kurdish in origin. Saladin, belonged to Ayyubids family who are closely connected to the Shaddadid dynasty.

''The family were closely connected to the Shaddadid dynasty, and when the last Shaddadid was deposed in Dvin in 1130, Shadhi moved the family first to Baghdad and then to Tikrit, where he was appointed governor by the regional administrator Bihruz. Ayyub succeeded his father as governor of Tikrit when Shadhi died soon after.''

Najm al-Din Ayyub - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

https://forums.familytreedna.com/forum/universal-lineage-testing-autosomal-dna/family-finder-basics/13071-dna-shaddadid-dynasty-r1a#post199021

 

[kingjohn]

Thanks for sharing
That wouldn't be shocking
This paper below found 20.3 % R1a
In iranian kurds

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Haplogroup-frequencies-in-the-examined-Iranian-groups_fig6_229427983