Y-DNA of Southern Europeans I share with on 23andme - Sicilian, Greek, Italian, Portuguese.

[Sikeliot]

And I also counted how many of each I have.

Sicilians:
E1b1b -- 11
G2 -- 7
I1 -- 4
I2 -- 1
J1 -- 6
J2 -- 8
R -- 1
R1a -- 3
R1b -- 10
R2 -- 1
T -- 2
Total: 54



Greeks:
E1b1b -- 12
G2 -- 3
H1a -- 1
I2 -- 4
J1 -- 3
J2 -- 3
R1a -- 1
R1b -- 4
T -- 1
Total: 32



Portuguese:
E1b1b -- 1
I2 -- 1
J2 -- 3
R1b -- 12
Total: 17


Italians:
G2 -- 4
I2 -- 2
J1 -- 1
J2 -- 6
L -- 1
R1b -- 5
Total: 19

[Black Wolf]

^Seems to make sense.

[Sikeliot]

What is interesting to me is that there seems to be far less J2 and R1b amongst the Sicilians I share with than what studies suggest should be, and much less J2 in Greeks than what should be. Then again, J2 is only really common on the islands and not on the mainland.

[Black Wolf]

^Yes when it comes to Greece J2 seems to be much more common on the islands such as Crete. Far less J2 and R1b among the Sicilians? J2 and R1b along with E1b1b seem to be the three dominant haplogroups you posted above for Sicilians which is in line with most studies.

[Sikeliot]

Far less J2 and R1b among the Sicilians? J2 and R1b along with E1b1b seem to be the three dominant haplogroups you posted above for Sicilians which is in line with most studies.

Well in terms of raw number it is true, but J2 and R1b together should be about half of all the haplogroups, but here it only came to a third.

[Black Wolf]

Well in terms of raw number it is true, but J2 and R1b together should be about half of all the haplogroups, but here it only came to a third.

Ahhh well it is what it is lol.

[Sikeliot]

Ahhh well it is what it is lol.

I got another 2 people today who are paternally Sicilian -- they are a J1 and a T.

[Sikeliot]

And a R1b now too.

[DanielJ1eH]

Seems as though I'm not the only Italian with J1.

The European branch probably moved northward while the Arab branch didn't. It's Caucasoid in origin though I assume.

[Black Wolf]

Seems as though I'm not the only Italian with J1.

The European branch probably moved northward while the Arab branch didn't. It's Caucasoid in origin though I assume.

J1 is present among Southern Italians certainly but at much lower percentages compared to its cousin J2.