What's Your Y-DNA Haplogroup?

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Originally Posted by Gretel

Don't know :(

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http://www.eupedia.com/europe/origin...s_europe.shtml

:)

I've convinced my Dad to get a 23andMe test, so I'll find out soon! I'm excited about it. :D

I'm currently waiting for the results.
I should know them after 11th of November ;D

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Originally Posted by Loki

Let me just say that your Y-DNA marker makes up a very small percentage of your total DNA and it wouldn't have any effect whatsoever on phenotype - so your father's looks wouldn't have anything to do with that.

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Agreed for the most part but so far there does seem to be a correlation between I1 and fair featured phenotypes. This of course is to be expected.

The so called 'atlantic gene' dominates the male gene pool in the British Isles,with I1(a) subclass m-253 a distant second.

I live in the US and the tiresome use of anglo saxon white male is completely erroneous. In fact,most English men share the same Y chromosome as their Irish brothers. So much for the difference perceived between the two countries. There is very little genetic difference.

The mtdna which is primarily haplogroup H is the same when comparing Ireland and England.

I will say though that there is definitely an Irish 'look' which differentiates the two countries.

I posted too quickly because I also wanted to say that the anglo saxon influence,although immense culturally,etc certainly didn't change the genetic make up of the Isles.

R1a

http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/6553/mojahaplooo.jpg

R1a1a*. I haven't made an additional test for specific subclades.

My father & the fathers of my grandmothers are R1a which is the most common haplogroup in my home country. My maternal grandfather is R1b.

http://i607.photobucket.com/albums/t...ithuanians.jpg

E1b1b1* from Moldavia (non-slav and non-Turk)