Why do haplogroups matter?

[Ayetooey]

Haplogroups don’t constitute a large part of the genome but they do tell us about a few of our ancient ancestors. Can r1a and r1b haplogroups tell us anything about the proto-indo-Europeans and the corded ware and yamnaya? This video also shows how Y-DNA haplogroups correspond with ancient patrilineal traditions.

[Ryuk]

They help us to find far,far,far,far,far.... far distant cousins.

[Dick]

They help us to find far,far,far,far,far.... far distant cousins.

They can also help you find close cousins too which I'm hoping to one day and the reason why I did a ydna test in the first.

[Rædwald]

We all know only one matters

[Daco Celtic]

This video is very Indo-European

[Stefanos.tasidis]

because...they are only like ;

( 1/46 ) *100
= 2.17 %..
ok they matter like 2 percent

[dosas]

Why does anything matter with anthropology? It matters if you believe it does. Like, if you are a man, it helps you understand your paternal lineage from thousands of years ago and underlines the importance of also having sons in the family.

[Creoda]

This video is very Indo-European

I didn't realise that StJ was an I-mpostor all this time though. Very pre Indo-European cope-posting.

[Daco Celtic]

I didn't realise that StJ was an I-mpostor all this time though. Very pre Indo-European cope-posting.

He still runs around like he’s Johnny Indo-European. He won’t let haplogroups rain on his parade. His whole identity is wrapped up in being IE although I believe he begrudgingly made a video about EEFs.

[Leto]

He still runs around like he’s Johnny Indo-European. He won’t let haplogroups rain on his parade. His whole identity is wrapped up in being IE although I believe he begrudgingly made a video about EEFs.

Indo-Europeanness was/is more than just haplogroups and he knows it. His maternal grandfather or more distant ancestors might as well have had R1b or R1a.