Is your mtDNA uniquely Balkan?

[Peterski]

16 mtDNA haplotypes unique to the Balkans:

http://mtdnaatlas.blogspot.com/2017/07/16-unique-balkan-haplotypes.html

The list of Balkan mtDNA haplotypes:

H1c 16042 16288
H1a 16258c
H13a2c1
H 16189! 153 204
HV2(a) 16243 16261
R0a2c 16168 16265
U5b1 16293 16186 16189! 16192!
U5b1a 204 207 235
U4c1a 16362 16051G
U2e(1) 16209
U1a(2) 16179t 16129!
W1c'i 16193t 152!
W 16172 16231 [199]
N1b1 16244A
N1b1 16241g 245c

This map gives an idea where the haplotypes are found:

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EViVULH-QLQ/WVwAZC0R2TI/AAAAAAAADeI/oU797a_VyQ0aEgT1fIhUKOu-WJ2V63KFQCLcBGAs/s320/Balkan%2Bhaplotypes.png

[Dick]

Aren't they all indoeuropean anyway? Which mtdnas are considered ancient in Europe?

[Peterski]

The title of that blog post mentions 16 haplotypes, but only 15 are listed. So I added these 15 to the poll. Will I be able to update the poll later (if I find out what is the 16th Balkan haplotype?).

More about this Balkan mtDNA:

http://mtdnaatlas.blogspot.com


(...) Combined they make up about 5% of total Balkan mtDNA and a whopping 10% of the mtDNA in Eastern Herzegovinian speakers (Bosnia, Serbia, Kosovar, Croatia). Most of these haplotypes have a representative in four or more Balkan populations. That confirms all of these haplotypes are widespread in the Balkans but pretty much never found anywhere else in the world and can therefore be called ‘Balkan haplotypes.’ (...)

Based on TA Census, Balkan users are the largest group on TA, there are >100 of them:

http://www.theapricity.com/forum/showthread.php?72621-Apricity-Census-Where-are-you-from

[wvwvw]

Mine is Iberian H (Helena)

The U mtdna (Ursula) originated from Greece

[Era]

I know mine isnt. Mostly northwestern matches on ftdna. U4b1b

[Era]

Mine is Iberian H (Helena)

The U mtdna (Ursula) originated from Greece

Well Ursula does sound greek ;)

[Mikula]

My Velda clan
is non-Balkan

[Kelmendasi]

T1a1l should also be included, its only mainly found in the Balkans

[The Illyrian Warrior]

Mine is Iberian H (Helena)

The U mtdna (Ursula) originated from Greece

U is paleolithic European but not greek (only name origin is greek), you're mixing greek mythology with haplogroups here.

[Kamal900]

Mine is the U3 haplogroup which is found in some Thracian samples from antiquity.

[Kelmendasi]

Mine is the U3 haplogroup which is found in some Thracian samples from antiquity.
Yh but that Thracian was U3b, you probably belong to a Levantine branch of U3 but IDK

[Peterski]

T1a1l should also be included, its only mainly found in the Balkans

Maybe this is the 16th haplotype that for some reason is missing on that list?

[Kamal900]

Yh but that Thracian was U3b, you probably belong to a Levantine branch of U3 but IDK

I don't know my subclade yet but most likely is the same subclade that is found in many middle eastern peoples.