What's Your Y-DNA Haplogroup?

[Mazik]

R1a-Z284>S4458>S5301>S5153>L448>YP355>YP609

[Pjeter Pan]

L2* annunaki descandant
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup_L-M20

[RighNick]

Mine is I1 (23andMe doesn't specify a subclade). My paternal grandfather was Canarian and that haplogroup seems very Scandinavian, so I'm not exactly sure where it came from originally.

[Vasconcelos]

Mine is I1 (23andMe doesn't specify a subclade). My paternal grandfather was Canarian and that haplogroup seems very Scandinavian, so I'm not exactly sure where it came from originally.

It probably dates back to the Germanic invasions during the collapse of the Roman Empire. Just for curiosity, does he have one of those Germanic family names, like Gomez, Gutierrez, etc?

[Gooding]

Mine is I1 (23andMe doesn't specify a subclade). My paternal grandfather was Canarian and that haplogroup seems very Scandinavian, so I'm not exactly sure where it came from originally.

I am I1 as well. I've used some of the functions of Gedmatch to delve a little deeper into my genetic heritage and while I do indeed have come close to Denmark, Norway, Western Norway and South and Central Sweden, I also come a little closer to the southern English and Dutch populations. I've read that the Germanic invaders involved Frisians as well as the Angles, Saxons and Jutes when Hengist and Horsa decided to take a little field trip to the British Isles. If your grandfather was Canarian, you may well have Visigothic heritage, as I understand they made their way south as other Germanic tribes moved west.

[RighNick]

It probably dates back to the Germanic invasions during the collapse of the Roman Empire.

I am I1 as well. I've used some of the functions of Gedmatch to delve a little deeper into my genetic heritage and while I do indeed have come close to Denmark, Norway, Western Norway and South and Central Sweden, I also come a little closer to the southern English and Dutch populations. I've read that the Germanic invaders involved Frisians as well as the Angles, Saxons and Jutes when Hengist and Horsa decided to take a little field trip to the British Isles. If your grandfather was Canarian, you may well have Visigothic heritage, as I understand they made their way south as other Germanic tribes moved west.

That's all very interesting, I wish I knew more about the genetic history of Iberia. My uncle thinks that we may descend from Flemish people who settled the Canary islands but that could just be romantic thinking on his part, as I've never seen any proof aside from the (most likely coincidental) fact that there are lots of blonds on the paternal side of the family.

Just for curiosity, does he have one of those Germanic family names, like Gomez, Gutierrez, etc?

His Paternal surname didn't end in ez, but many people in our extended family do have surnames like Ramirez and Suarez.

[Vasconcelos]

His Paternal surname didn't end in ez, but many people in our extended family do have surnames like Ramirez and Suarez.

"-ez" means son of, it's analogous to the "-sen" and "-son".
Some of the names with this suffix are Germanic (Gutierrez - son of Gualter; Rodriguez - son of Rodrigo), others are not (Lopez - son of the wolf; Perez - son of Pedro).

[RighNick]

"-ez" means son of, it's analogous to the "-sen" and "-son".
Some of the names with this suffix are Germanic (Gutierrez - son of Gualter; Rodriguez - son of Rodrigo), others are not (Lopez - son of the wolf; Perez - son of Pedro).

Interesting! I'll have to look through my notes and see if any of the names I came across were originally Germanic. Since I haven't seen any Dutch last names, I'm assuming that the "Flemish connection" proposed by my uncle was more myth than reality.

[Vasconcelos]

Interesting! I'll have to look through my notes and see if any of the names I came across were originally Germanic. Since I haven't seen any Dutch last names, I'm assuming that the "Flemish connection" proposed by my uncle was more myth than reality.

There might be some truth to it, though. There were also Flemish (and others) settlers in the Azores, for instance. Their numbers were small, but they did settle there.

[oh-nahhh]

I-M253.

I put my markers in the I-subclade predictor:

Haplo-I Subclades and probabilities are as follows:
I-L22-uN1 =>26% I-L22-uN2 =>26% I-M253-P =>12% I-M253-AS7E =>11% I-L22-uN2a =>8% I-L22-NuN-14 =>6% I-L22-N =>3% I-M253-ASgen =>2% I-M253-T2 =>1%