Q1a3a In Norway..

**evon** · 03-18-2013, 03:50 PM

It seems we might have a confirmed Q1a3a in Norway, he has a Norwegian name and has known ancestry going back to about 1800, i am waiting for more info on the matter, the reason why its so odd is not that he is Q1a3, which is common in Norway, but that he has the extra a, which indicates South American ancestry last i checked, so we might be dealing with a person whom has ancestry going back to Danish colonies in the Caribbean or something along those lines, i will post more when i get more info...

**Azalea** · 03-18-2013, 03:53 PM

Sounds interesting. Reminds me of that story of that (Irish?) woman on 23andme with a Native American mtDNA.

**~~Gospodine~~** · 03-18-2013, 04:04 PM

I remember Pallantides mentioned a presence of Hg Q somewhere in Norway, forget where.

**evon** · 03-18-2013, 04:05 PM

Iknow, i have a Icelandic cousin with mtDNA L, she has a Caribbean great great grandmother, she also have a few African segments on Ancestry composition, hence why i though about the Danish colonial era with regards to this Q guy..i am awaiting a e-mail adr for him now so i can ask further on his ancestry..

**evon** · 03-18-2013, 04:06 PM

Originally Posted by Gospodine

I remember Pallantides mentioned a presence of Hg Q somewhere in Norway, forget where.

We have a good number of Q1a3 and Q1a3* carriers, especially in Western Norway, but the extra a mutation is not native to Norway...

**evon** · 03-18-2013, 04:14 PM

Here is a screen shot of my own Q cousins, as you see they are not Q1a3a, but belong to a Scandinavian sub-clade that is separate from the American one:

**Graham** · 03-18-2013, 04:15 PM

Any chance it could have came from Siberia way?

**evon** · 03-18-2013, 04:18 PM

Originally Posted by Graham

Any chance it could have came from Siberia way?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup_Q-M3#Asia

Q-M3 is present in some Siberian populations in Asia. It is unclear whether these are remnants of the founding lineage or evidence of back migrations from Beringia to East Asia.[4]

I guess it could be, but it would be the first confirmed find in Norway, i am hoping he can answer this by looking for American admixture in his Population Finder, to bad he is not on 23andme, it would have been much easier..