Originally Posted by
Gannicus
It's not the whole story for sure. But it is a valuable clue when modeling autosomal admixture. It makes me wonder if there was some ancient Sicilian nightclubbing going on further back in my family tree.
I've seen it in G25 and qpAdm that I can be modeled with a pinch of detectable Near East spice. If I were Y-haplogroup R1b, R1a, I1, or I2, I'd dismiss it as extra ANF. Which, it could still be that, however, my Y-haplo does raise the suspicion.
We have to be honest it's literally your Dad, his Dad, and so on till you reach places like Italy, Greece et cetera. How cool is that!?