The IBD analysis effectively rules out that possibility. Slavs do not show any meaningful genetic correlation with either Iron Age Lithuanians or the Thracians.
https://www.theapricity.com/forum/showthread.php?403893-Interactive-IBD-Maps
The Balto-Slavic split began much earlier, most likely already during the Strzyżów/Trzciniec period.
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