R1a Among Proto-Germanics

[Learning_Genetics]

R1a is generally associated with Slavic peoples while haplogroup I1 is the standard Nordic haplogroup. However, in Norway you can find that 25 percent of the Y-DNA is R1a and in Iceland the figure reaches 23 percent. By comparison Icelandic I1 is 29 percent. The two figures are not much greater than each other as a percentage of the R1b.

What I am wondering is if during the formation of the proto-Germanic peoples there were some Slavic or pre-Slavic elements assimilated into the population. Would this explain their presence in Scandinavia? Was there R1a among the Vikings?

[Wariorr3D]

R1A was brought from slavs,this is how slavs used to look like,some still do.

[Peterski]

You should not lump all of R1a together, there are a lot of different branches of R1a.

Was there R1a among the Vikings?

Yes but only R1a-Z284 and maybe R1a-L664. Z284 is the main Scandinavian branch.

[Aviator]

Norwegian R1a master race/thread.

[Peterski]

Among ethnic English people, R1a is around 4-5% of the population.

Some data about English FTDNA customers with R1a haplogroup:

R1a-CTS6 is the Ashkenazi Jewish-specific (Levite) subclade of R1a:

[Learning_Genetics]

How did the English R1a carriers acquire such a large amount of Ashkenazi ancestry?

[Rethel]

Some data about English FTDNA customers with R1a haplogroup:

5% M458!

[Ülev]

5% M458!

5% from 4-5%
Rethelites there rare thing

[Rethel]

5% from 4-5%
Rethelites there rare thing

Rare and precious!

From 55,000,000 people it is 137,000 prehistoric us!

[Learning_Genetics]

Yes but only R1a-Z284 and maybe R1a-L664. Z284 is the main Scandinavian branch.

Do we know how it entered the Viking populations? Is it possible that some of the original Germanics were pre-Slavic R1a carriers?