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I have a 23andme match that popped up just now in Turkey. "4th cousin" in Turkey. He scores 94 percent Balkan which is clearly indication hes probably Albanian as Ghegs are the only ones who score this range. His maternal ancestor is from Kosova, and Paternal ancestors from Western Macedonia, where a branch of Kocis went. My father also said Koci from Macedonia went to Turkey some 200 years ago. I wonder if he is related to a distant Koci that settled Turkey. His Y-DNA is only at the M417 level. So its no way to know for certain. I emailed him so I hope he knows english or albanian and responds. I asked if he did ftdna or a deeper y test.
Yea, his surname is Aybasti, which is not the same. It sounds more Turkish and only his mother is Turkish according to his profile. Even the mothers father was from Western Macedonia. Fathers mom from Kosova, and father Western Macedonia. He also matches another Koci cousin of ours who tested, but is a 3rd cousin Koci. I wonder if hes part of our line and tested further. My guess though is that this is his first test given he was matched with me just today.
Interesting!
Since his paternal ancestor is from Western Macedonia, and given the other details you mentioned, I suspect he is most likely related to you through the paternal line. You should ask him to test at FTDNA or even YSEQ - Cheapest and only way to confirm it. He only needs Y-DNA37 from FTDNA or YSEQ Alpha-Beta ($85).
Yes, Y-DNA37 is enough to confirm it ;)
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