E-V13, J2 or... I1? :D
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E-V13, J2 or... I1? :D
r1a
Seeing the facial reconstruction of his father Filippos based on his DNA , we can guess that Alexandros was mediterranean phenotype, maybe dinarid.
http://www.thecultureconcept.com/cir...Phillip-II.jpg
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/ce7EMMc1srA/maxresdefault.jpg
As so indicated by the Mosaic of Pompey, the Hair color of Alexander the Great was Brown to Black.. which was as is indicated by some, itself a copy of a painting done to Alexander by Apelles, while Alexander was in his youth and alive and well.. Apelles was not only a contemporary of Alexander and His father, Philip.. but also painted Alxander where he is holding Rods of lightning... and so the Mosaic is very faithful to the real hair color of Alexander given the fact that the Slavics of that area today, are mainly Dark haired people.. the same can be said about the skintone of Alexander, for in the mosaic of Pompey, as a copy of Apelles's painting who met Him.. Alexader is shown as Olive skinned, with large Mediterranean Dark eyes.. not that different than the Persians that he is fighting.... Those that say that he is "Blond and blue eyed" are too influenced by Hollywood's view of Alexander and not by Archaeology... are worse yet.. Nordicist, Racial fantasies...
http://greece.greekreporter.com/file...-the-great.jpg
So if he was son of Filippos and not son of Zeus, then is very surely that he has an aspect like this:
http://i.imgur.com/UrOJWma.png
https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4058/4...e1081be6_z.jpg
Like modern Macedonians today
R1a, I2 or I1
I2 or E1b probably.
Y-DNA of modern Macedonians
http://www.theapricity.com/forum/sho...ic-Macedonians
Almost certainly R1b, E1b, or J2a or b. I don't know or can't guess how likely it is that R1a was present in classical balkans. Most of it seems to be from Slav-speakers in the Middle ages.