Re: Haplogroup I

> > The only solid thing ethnically we know of I2 is that it is
> > common in Sardinia. The only major migratory thing, we might
> > connect with Sardinia is the Sea Peoples
> > http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/16277
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Peoples
> >
> > It would seem some of the sea peoples had connections in NWEurope?
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup_I_(Y-DNA)

This link is better:
http://tinyurl.com/2o3dhq

> 'It is notable, however, that the distributions of Haplogroup I1 and
> Haplogroup I2b seem to correlate fairly well with the extent of
> historical influence of Germanic peoples, although the punctual
> presence of both haplogroups at a low frequency in the area of the
> historical regions of Bithynia and Galatia in Turkey rather
> suggests a connection with the ancient Gauls of Thrace, several
> tribes of which are recorded to have immigrated to those parts of
> Anatolia at the invitation of Nicomedes I of Bithynia.'
>
> Or a Germanic connection with a people which emigrated from there?

The center of I1c (Ingert) the map in Oppenheimer's book (look in the
Files section, Maps, The Orgs of the Brits, I1c (Ingert) subgroup) is
placed more westerly than in this map from Wikipedia
http://tinyurl.com/3jwchy
where it seems to be in Thuringia.

BTW, in the above article on Haplogroup_I_(Y-DNA
http://tinyurl.com/2o3dhq
'I*

The composite subclade I* contains individuals directly descended from
the earliest members of Haplogroup I, bearing none of the subsequent
mutations which identify the remaining named subclades.

Several haplogroup I* individuals, with some of the greatest Y-STR
diversity, have significantly been found among the populations of
Turkey (8/741), Adygea (2/138), and Iraq (1/176),even though as a
whole Haplogroup I occurs at only very low frequencies among modern
populations of the Middle East and Caucasus. This is consistent with
the belief that the haplogroup first appeared in that region. Overall,
the highest frequencies of Haplogroup I* appear to be found among the
Andalusians (3/103), French (4/179), Slovenians (2/55), and the Saami
(1/35).'
Here is Adygea
http://tinyurl.com/5kdhq5
Close to the Kingdom of Van.

All subgroups of I:
http://tinyurl.com/6xtgnc


Torsten