What's Your Y-DNA Haplogroup?

[Mortimer]

E3b ydna

[LightInDarkness]

There is also an mtDNA haplogroup

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup_R_(mtDNA)

R1a* (3337): Found in Brahmins from Uttar Pradesh (India).[5] Also in Adygei people (Caucasus).
R1a1: Found in Northwest Caucasian people like Kabardins and Adygei people. Observed in eastern European populations like northwestern Russians and Poles.


Maybe LightInDarkness is part Brahimn on his maternal side

It would probably be R1a1 than

Nobody in my family looks Indian.

[Odoacer]

That's pretty damn expensive just to find out genealogy. These should be done for free.

Why ... ?

[LightInDarkness]

Because it's what would be fair. People deserve to know about their history free of charge. I think modern day science owes it to the people who discovered it.

[Odoacer]

Because it's what would be fair. People deserve to know about their history free of charge. I think modern day science owes it to the people who discovered it.

It wasn't "free" to develop the techniques necessary to decipher human DNA, not is it "free" to utilize those techniques today. The scientists who provide this service should not be expected to do it free of charge - that would not be fair. You either have other priorities for spending money, which is fine, or else you are just cheap.

[LightInDarkness]

It wasn't "free" to develop the techniques necessary to decipher human DNA, not is it "free" to utilize those techniques today. The scientists who provide this service should not be expected to do it free of charge - that would not be fair. You either have other priorities for spending money, which is fine, or else you are just cheap.

That's a bullshit excuse. There's no reason why it should be 200$ expensive. Maybe 75 a person. I'd even understand 100. But 200?

That's fucking ridiculous.

[Odoacer]

That's a bullshit excuse. There's no reason why it should be 200$ expensive. Maybe 75 a person. I'd even understand 100. But 200?

That's fucking ridiculous.

23andMe provides the kit at $99, which gives you both paternal DNA haplogroups (if you're a male, of course), your autosomal DNA results, & health information, provided you also purchase a 1-year subscription to their Personal Genome Service (through which you are given updates on their research & through which you are able to connect with potential relatives on the basis of similar DNA) for another $9/month, or you can prepay the Personal Genome Service subscription at $106. This is not expensive for what's provided. FamilyTreeDNA starts at $169 for YDNA, $159 for MtDNA, & $289 for the whole shebang.

[LightInDarkness]

Hmmm. R1a/B seem to be the most popular. I'm guessing I'll end up being R1b.

[Piparskeggr]

E1b1b1c1 (E-M34) - Which according to 23andMe shows up in Sephardic and Ashkenazi paternal lines, which come as no surprise as my Paternal Grandfather's Paternal grandfather was a Lithuanian Jew of German Jew descent on his paternal side.

Looking at some of the online information about this Haplogroup and the Subclade, it very well looks like I can trace my direct paternal line to the Eastern side of the Dead Sea in Palestine (the ancient Kingdom of Moab).

[Kanuni]

J2b2 which is around 17-25 % at Albanians and is associated with Neolithic Greece.