My mtdna is T1a2 [Csango side]

**andre** · 11-24-2019, 07:19 PM

My maternal haplogroup is T1a2.. t1 and t2 are very common in balkan area, but my clade is spread only in the levant (egypt, israel,lebanon) and in some places like costal turkey and cyprus (christian lebanese immigrants?).
It’s possible that my Mtdna is a jewish one?

**~~Art23~~** · 11-24-2019, 07:30 PM

T1a2 is not Jewish. Behar has identified 4 typical Jewish lineages and T1a2 is not among them.

**Kaspias** · 11-24-2019, 07:40 PM

Roman

**Benyzero** · 11-24-2019, 07:41 PM

Originally Posted by andre

My maternal haplogroup is T1a2.. t1 and t2 are very common in balkan area, but my clade is spread only in the levant (egypt, israel,lebanon) and in some places like costal turkey and cyprus (christian lebanese immigrants?).
It’s possible that my Mtdna is a jewish one?

T1 is very common in east balkans, probably most common in Romania under europe. Probably Neolithic farmers origin, but Im not sure about the clade

**andre** · 11-24-2019, 07:42 PM

Originally Posted by Art23

T1a2 is not Jewish. Behar has identified 4 typical Jewish lineages and T1a2 is not among them.

Ok, but, it’s more probable a jew connection that a lebanese or aegean turk one. Bacau before ww2 has 30-40% Ashkenazi population.. it was a little armenian community too across all the county. It could be armenian?

**andre** · 11-24-2019, 07:43 PM

Originally Posted by Kaspias

Roman

Roman it’s not a ethnic term.. do you mean a levantine roman citizen?

**andre** · 11-24-2019, 07:44 PM

Originally Posted by Benyzero

T1 is very common, probably most common in Romania in europe. Probably Neolithic farmers origin, but Im not sure about the clade

Yes, t haplogroup is very common, but my clade it’s not european.

**~~Art23~~** · 11-24-2019, 07:55 PM

Originally Posted by andre

Ok, but, it’s more probable a jew connection that a lebanese or aegean turk one. Bacau before ww2 has 30-40% Ashkenazi population.. it was a little armenian community too across all the county. It could be armenian?

Mitochondrial DNA shows ancient connections. Yours is definitely not Ashkenazi. Armenian is unlikely as well. But, yes, it is similar to Arabic populations - Syria, Lebanon, Jordan... Most likely the lineage has migrated to Balkans during Neolithic...