Why do haplogroups matter?

[Ayetooey]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AabWNnVbXUU



Haplogroups don’t constitute a large part of the genome but they do tell us about a few of our ancient ancestors. Can r1a and r1b haplogroups tell us anything about the proto-indo-Europeans and the corded ware and yamnaya? This video also shows how Y-DNA haplogroups correspond with ancient patrilineal traditions.

[Ryuk]

They help us to find far,far,far,far,far.... far distant cousins.

[Dick]

They help us to find far,far,far,far,far.... far distant cousins.

They can also help you find close cousins too which I'm hoping to one day and the reason why I did a ydna test in the first.

[Rædwald]

We all know only one matters :rolleyes:

[Coastal Elite]

This video is very Indo-European

[Stefanos.tasidis]

because...they are only like ;

( 1/46 ) *100
= 2.17 %..
ok they matter like 2 percent

[dosas]

Why does anything matter with anthropology? It matters if you believe it does. Like, if you are a man, it helps you understand your paternal lineage from thousands of years ago and underlines the importance of also having sons in the family.

[J. Ketch]

This video is very Indo-European
I didn't realise that StJ was an I-mpostor all this time though. Very pre Indo-European cope-posting.

[Coastal Elite]

I didn't realise that StJ was an I-mpostor all this time though. Very pre Indo-European cope-posting.

He still runs around like he’s Johnny Indo-European. He won’t let haplogroups rain on his parade. His whole identity is wrapped up in being IE although I believe he begrudgingly made a video about EEFs.

[Leto]

He still runs around like he’s Johnny Indo-European. He won’t let haplogroups rain on his parade. His whole identity is wrapped up in being IE although I believe he begrudgingly made a video about EEFs.
Indo-Europeanness was/is more than just haplogroups and he knows it. His maternal grandfather or more distant ancestors might as well have had R1b or R1a.

[Arhat]

Indo-Europeanness was/is more than just haplogroups and he knows it. His maternal grandfather or more distant ancestors might as well have had R1b or R1a.

Also his I1 haplogroup was spread by Indo-Europeans and only became with them so frequent even if it is originally of pre-IE origin. It probably was brought to Scandinavia by Indo-Europeans from Central Europe which absorbed it from Funnel Beakers or Globular Amphora.

[Ayetooey]

Indo-Europeanness was/is more than just haplogroups and he knows it. His maternal grandfather or more distant ancestors might as well have had R1b or R1a.

Of course; but he copes by claiming his I1 as Indo European; that's a separate argument to an autosomal one. Obviously most of his other paternal lines are probably R1b.

[Arhat]

Indo-Europeanness was/is more than just haplogroups and he knows it. His maternal grandfather or more distant ancestors might as well have had R1b or R1a.

Also his I1 haplogroup was spread by Indo-Europeans and only became with them so frequent even if it is originally of pre-IE origin. It probably was brought to Scandinavia by Indo-Europeans from Central Europe which absorbed it from Funnel Beakers or Globular Amphora.

[Leto]

Also his I1 haplogroup was spread by Indo-Europeans and only became with them so frequent even if it is originally of pre-IE origin. It probably was brought to Scandinavia by Indo-Europeans from Central Europe which absorbed it from Funnel Beakers or Globular Amphora.
Just like the early Slavs had I2-din besides R1a.