Sicilian haplogroups by province according to Sicilian DNA Project.

[Sikeliot]

This will be interesting because it may show more about regional variation, even though haplogroups only tell part of the story.

This is based off the results that have the province listed. And yes, I did go and search every town listed and categorize them into this list.


Eastern Sicily

Messina:

E1b1b1
G2a
G2a3b2
G2a3b1
I1
I1
J2
J2
J2
J2a
R1a1a
R1a1a
R1b1a2
R1b1a2
R1b1a2
R1b1a2
R1b1a2


Catania:

E1b1b1
J2
J2
J2a4b
J2a4
J2a4h2a
R1b1a2



Enna:

J1c3d
J2a4
J2a4b1
R1b1a2a1a1b3c

Syracuse:

R1b1a2a1


Ragusa:

I
T1


Western Sicily


Palermo:

E1b1b1
E1b1b1
E1b1b1
E1b1b1a1b
E1b1b1c1a
G2
G
I1
I1
I
I2b1
J1
J1
J2
J2
J2
J2
J2
J2a4h2
J2b2
J2b
J2b2
R1a1a
R1b1a2
R1b1a2
R1b1a2
R1b1a2
R1b1
R1b1a2
R1b1a2
R1b1a2
R1b1a2
R1b1a2a1a1a4
R1b1a2a1a1a4
R1b1a2a
R1b1a2a
R1b1a2a1a1b3
R1b1a2a1a1b3c1
R1b1a2a1a1b3c
R1b1a2a1a1b3c
R1b1a2a1a1b4
R1b1a2
R1b1a2a1a1b5a
T1
T1



Trapani:

E1b1b1
J1c3
J2
J2
J2b1
R1b1a2
R1b1a2a1a1b3
T1


Agrigento:

E1b1b1
G
G2a1a
G2a3b1
G2a3b1
I1
J2
J2
R1b1a2
R1b1a2
R1b1a2
R1b1a2
R1b1a2
T1


Caltanissetta:

E1b1b1a1b
E1b1b1b1b
E1b1b1
I2b1
R1b1a2

[alfieb]

Surprising, the lack of Eastern E1b1b.

[Sikeliot]

As can be expected all the "Arab" haplogroups like T and J1 are almost exclusively found in the west.

[alfieb]

Not really. E1b1b is the dominant HG in much of Greece.

Edit: Maybe I misread your post, but I interpreted that to be saying that you expected E1b1b to be Western.

[Sikeliot]

No I mean J1 and T, both Arab haplogroups, are found in western and not eastern Sicily.

I am surprised by the lack of E1b1b in eastern Sicily too.

[alfieb]

All in all, it goes along with what I've always said, that R1b is the predominant HG on the island as a whole.

[Sikeliot]

Professional studies say it's J2, but that R1a + R1b together makes up more than J2.

[alfieb]

Based on the Sicily Project mapmode, which reveals more locations but does not include all of the members, I was able to compile the following map:





Raw numbers:

EASTERN SICILY

MESSINA
J2 (8)
E1b (7)
R1b (6)
G (5)
I1 (2)
I2 (2)
R1a (2)
J1 (1)
Q (1)

RAGUSA
I1 (2)
I2 (1)
R1a (1)
E1b (1)
G (1)
J2 (1)
T (1)

SYRACUSE
R1b (4)
R1a (1)
E1b (1)
J2 (1)

CATANIA
J2 (6)
E1b (3)
J1 (2)
R1b (2)
I2 (1)
T (1)

ENNA
J2 (3)
R1b (3)
G (1)



WESTERN SICILY

CALTANISSETTA
E1b (5)
J2 (4)
I2 (1)
R1a (1)
R1b (1)
A (1)

AGRIGENTO
J2 (5)
G (5)
E1b (3)
R1b (2)
T (1)
L (1)

TRAPANI
J2 (5)
R1b (4)
T (2)
J1 (1)
I1 (1)
G (1)

PALERMO
R1b (15)
J2 (10)
E1b (8)
I2 (4)
J1 (4)
R1a (3)
G (2)
I1 (1)
T (1)

In most cases, you may have noticed that the dominant haplogroup isn't very dominant at all, but haplogroups do tell quite a bit. Notice that Trapani has no E1b1b, while Palermo and Agrigento have plenty of it. That means to me, at least based on Sicily Project's results, that the Elymians and Phoenicians are unlikely to have carried the gene, as they were predominantly based in Trapani.

[Sikeliot]

The map makes sense to me. I am surprised by Enna but then again is correct and the Sikels were pushed from the east coast into Enna, then being Italic they were probably R1b.

Trapani being mostly J2 makes sense, and it is probably closer to Lebanese J2 than Greek. The one that really surprises me is Syracuse.. they should, being mostly of Greek descent, be more E1b. I expect Ragusa being mostly I1 is due to sample size, since they should be mostly J2 or R1b. I also know, from a study, that they have about 10% of J1.

Interestingly E1b is not the majority in any of the provinces, but it is the most common haplogroup in Greece. This might be due to that a large Neolithic wave of migration from the Levant hit both Sicily and Crete, both high in J2, and missed mainland Greece.

Palermitan E1b1b is probably due to Greeks from the Byzantine years, and Palermitan J2 is probably also Levantine and not Greek.

R1a being more common in eastern Sicily shows it is, also in my case, probably Greek.

[alfieb]

Yeah, Ragusa only had 2 I1's, so it's hardly like it's a true predominant HG at all, for example like R1b clearly is in Palermo. Sample size due to smaller population.

In the case of Syracuse being an outlier, perhaps it's due in part to it being colonized by Dorics rather than Ionics.