http://www.futurescience.com/JerrysYancestry.pdfAs the tree above shows, you belong to Y-group I1a which is a part of the super-Y-group IJ.
All members of Y-group I1a can trace their Y-chromosomes back to a single man who is thought to have lived about 15
to 20 thousand years ago, probably in Europe.
This man belonged to a group of hunter-gatherers that may have sought refuge during the last Ice Age in the region now
known as the Balkans. Later the descendants of this group spread northward, taking part in the recolonization of Northern
Europe following the retreat of the glaciers.
Today, members of Y-group I1a are found at the highest frequency in Europe, where about 20 percent of all males belong
to this Y-group.
Members of Y-group I1a are also found in Northern parts of Asia, but at a considerably lower frequency.Within Europe, the highest frequency of Y-group I1a members is in Scandinavia, where it reaches about 35 percent. As a
result, Y-group I1a is sometimes used as a marker for the genetic impact of Vikings on other populations. The presence of
Y-group I1a members among the Inuit of Greenland and Maori of New Zealand is the result of more recent contact
between these populations and Europeans.
Haplogroup I
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