R1A in Balkans

[ANXIETY (ADEPT)]

I can trace my paternal line up to 5 generations, all from a single village in Opoje, region. It is mountainous and high in elevation, meaning genetic isolation free from Turks and such. Also there are supposed old serb () church ruins underneath some of the villages from medieval times.

23andme gave me r-cts3402, which is a descendent of the r-z280 (balto-slavic branch of r1a) and peaks in Poland/Lithuania/Belarus, etc. It is ~4,000 years old. FTDNA's y-37 test didnt do much except give me r-m198 as my predicted haplo, of which r-cts3402 is a branch of, of course. Basically confirming i am r1a

I upgraded to y-67, but those results arent expected to come back until March... Any thoughts??

[Jana]

Well your direct paternal ancestor was Slavic centuries ago, that's for sure. It's not that rare, minority of ethnic Albanians have slavic originated ydna clades.

[ANXIETY (ADEPT)]

Only around 10% of Albanians have r1a. J, E, G, and even r1b (greco-anatolian branch) are more common than r1b

[Jana]

Only around 10% of Albanians have r1a. J, E, G, and even r1b (greco-anatolian branch) are more common than r1b

we know that. but 10% isn't that rare and I2-din exists too (another slavic branch)

[Ajeje Brazorf]

Ancient samples with your haplogroup

[Ylla]

Welcome dear, interesting clade. It would be slavic or it could be older with more ancient origins in the region. I would wait for your y67 to come back. Have you got Gedmatch results?

[ANXIETY (ADEPT)]

Welcome dear, interesting clade. It would be slavic or it could be older with more ancient origins in the region. I would wait for your y67 to come back. Have you got Gedmatch results?

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This is my Y map... As you can see it peaks in Poland/Belarus/Lithuania, etc. area. But there's also a hotspot in the Istria/Slovenia region and along the eastern Adriatic coast. This is ancient Illyrian homeland. Is it possible it came from them or maybe the Illyrians got it from the Slavs further northeast??

[GalenStark]

I can trace my paternal line up to 5 generations, all from a single village in Opoje, region. It is mountainous and high in elevation, meaning genetic isolation free from Turks and such. Also there are supposed old serb () church ruins underneath some of the villages from medieval times.

23andme gave me r-cts3402, which is a descendent of the r-z280 (balto-slavic branch of r1a) and peaks in Poland/Lithuania/Belarus, etc. It is ~4,000 years old. FTDNA's y-37 test didnt do much except give me r-m198 as my predicted haplo, of which r-cts3402 is a branch of, of course. Basically confirming i am r1a

I upgraded to y-67, but those results arent expected to come back until March... Any thoughts??

You should join the Albanian DNA project Rrenjet. There's a batch of Opoje samples that were sponsored. None were R1a. But there's a Z280 from Gjakove I believe. There's some Albanian founder effects under Z280 that are found mostly in Tosks and an Italian.

Here's the project link on FTDNA. The admins are very responsive. They can look at your STRs and offer guidance for further testing.

https://www.familytreedna.com/groups...UaAiqpEALw_wcB

[Hulu]

You should join the Albanian DNA project Rrenjet. There's a batch of Opoje samples that were sponsored. None were R1a. But there's a Z280 from Gjakove I believe. There's some Albanian founder effects under Z280 that are found mostly in Tosks and an Italian.

Here's the project link on FTDNA. The admins are very responsive. They can look at your STRs and offer guidance for further testing.

https://www.familytreedna.com/groups...UaAiqpEALw_wcB

They should join this group who is the biggest Albanian group in FTDNA instead of keeping separate

https://www.familytreedna.com/groups.../about/results

[GalenStark]

They should join this group who is the biggest Albanian group in FTDNA instead of keeping separate

https://www.familytreedna.com/groups.../about/results

Lol biggest?

Rrenjet has 1300+ samples(not just ftdna)

They're also not run by a lying manipulative man child that tried stealing samples he didn't pay for. There's also the hate filled rhetoric that caused many members to leave.

Whatever floats your boat though.