The DNA results from my Y Chromosome tests finally came in. I am part of Haplogroup 11a. Guess what that means? It means I am European. I did get a bit more information this time though. My haplogroup emerged from Africa and traveled through the Middle East and then the Balkans roughly 20,000 years ago, then rode out the last ice age on the Iberian Peninsula, (in Spain basically). After that my specific branch spread out over north west Europe where the M253 gene I carry appears in "high frequencies." Being able to pinpoint NW Europe is a pretty neat thing, that covers the England/Ireland/Scotland area that had always been my guess based on last names and VERY sketchy family information. So that leaves me with English/Irish and
possibly Dutch. Certainly more than I had to go on before.
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The DNA results from my Y Chromosome tests finally came in. I am part of Haplogroup 11a. Guess what that means? It means I am European. I did get a bit more information this time though. My haplogroup emerged from Africa and traveled through the Middle East and then the Balkans roughly 20,000 years ago, then rode out the last ice age on the Iberian Peninsula, (in Spain basically). After that my specific branch spread out over north west Europe where the M253 gene I carry appears in "high frequencies." Being able to pinpoint NW Europe is a pretty neat thing, that covers the England/Ireland/Scotland area that had always been my guess based on last names and VERY sketchy family information. So that leaves me with English/Irish and possibly Dutch. Certainly more than I had to go on before.
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