Nikola Tesla Y-DNA

[1stLightHorse]

Martin Luther and Miklos Horthy were I2a-Din as well but they belonged to the "Northern" clade.

Yes, i saw that on Eupedia which is where i sourced this from too. I should have mentioned it in the OP.

[Drawing-slim]

I2a right here

[Alenka]

What I find amusing is that Tesla in Slavic means Thessalian



http://www.babynames.com/name/Tesla

In Slovene tesla means carpenters axe.

[1stLightHorse]

I2a right here

You know, i'm actually shocked how many I2a balkanites there are here.

Although I2a is still 'common' in the balkans I was expecting there to be overwhelming majority of E-V13, but it seems the majority here are I2a.

[Pribislav]

Likely Y-DNA of Nikola Tesla:

The Serbian-American scientist and inventor Nikola Tesla (1856-1943), most famous for his work on the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system, the induction motor, the Tesla coil, etc., is thought to have belonged to haplogroup I2a-Din-S (L147.2+). The Serbian DNA Project at Poreklo has tested a Tesla from the same village as Nikola's father, who is very likely from the same Tesla line.

Wrong, he was R1a-M458>L1029.

[RenaRyuguu]

bump

[Ayetooey]

Sadly he ended up being R1a.

[RenaRyuguu]

Sadly he ended up being R1a.

Did they dig up his body lol?

[Ayetooey]

Did they dig up his body lol?

They tested other relatives; the I2a relative originally tested was a false one whos paternal ancestor had ended up taking the surname of his wife (who was a Tesla). Confirmed paternal relatives of Tesla are all R1a-M458; which is west slavic/wend.

[Pribislav]

Sadly he ended up being R1a.

Tesla family is R1a like most of Serbian medieval nobility. There is a legend that Tesla's ancestors were Serbian medieval nobility. Serbian families for which there is evediences for noble origin or which has a lagends about noble origin are more R1a than enything else, for now.