Illyrian haplogroup...

[The King, I am]

They don't look like spanards but they do look similar to those who have high R and I haplogroups such as the basque.

its not all to do with haplogroups

[justme]

its not all to do with haplogroups

I find that hard to believe...

[The King, I am]

I find that hard to believe...

it's a fact

[justme]

it's a fact

then please tell me why ethnicities with similar haplogroups look similar? But different to those who have different haplogroups?

[The King, I am]

then please tell me why ethnicities with similar haplogroups look similar? But different to those who have different haplogroups?

that's a fact? or your opinion

[justme]

that's a fact? or your opinion

just look at pictures of ethnicities.

[The King, I am]

just look at pictures of ethnicities.

Me too...

[Stefan_Dusan]

By the question I mean what paternal haplogroup did Illyrian men have if it were for us to test them.

If there was one (there probably wasn't as they spread such a wide territory), but anyways curious to hear people's theories.

Contenders are:

EV-13

I2* (which in Balkans is dominated by I2a2b but other subclades exist)

J2

J1

R1b*

Is probably the conventional guesses, but others are always welcome

[Pjeter Pan]

Most likely ev-13 was dominate,
But who knows.

[Tacitus]

Probably the first two, if this study is anything to go by: http://www.theapricity.com/forum/sho...he-of-Calabria.

Long story short, the two most common haplogroups found in the Arbereshe sampled were e-v13 and i, neither of which are common in Calabria (16% and 2% respectively), but are obviously found in the Balkans in much higher numbers.