Lusitanian and Paleo-Balkan

Hey, I saw on one IE web set an Indo-European "family tree" and Lusitanian was placed as a seperate branch rather than with Celtic. It had a question mark next to it, so the person who made it was unsure, but could Lusitanian be a seperate branch, or is it related to Gaulish?

Also, is the Paleo-Balkan a genetic or geographical grouping? I know that it includes Phrygian, Thracian, Illyrian, and Macedonian, but would it also include Hellenic, Armenian and Albanian (of course the ancestor of Albanian and maybe even Armenian is probably uncertain).

As far as the Macedonian language, I've seen some place it with Thracian and Illyrian, and others with the Hellenic branch. There's of course the dispute of whether the Macedonians were Greeks or a seperate Indo-European branch.

One Encyclopedia I read said that Macedonian was closest to Aeolian Greek, but some say that it is related to Dorian and that the Macedonians were Dorians. In this referance is made to Herodotus statement that the Dorians (before they were known as Dorians) were known as Macednons (before they from the north in I think the Dryopes mountains, or somewhere near Macedonia.)
Does anyone have an opinion on the Indo-European position of the Macedonians? Eould love to know- Michael






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