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2 unusual facts about Haplogroup I-M438


Haplogroup I-M438

Of historical note, both haplogroups I-M253 and I-M223 appear at a low frequency in the historical regions of Bithynia and Galatia in Turkey, possibly descendants of the Thracians, Cataphract of Alexander the Great at 334 BC, and Varangians, who are historically recorded to have invaded those parts of Anatolia from the 9th to 11th centuries.

Two samples (10%) of ancient Y-DNA from Treilles, the type-site of a Late Neolithic group of farmers on the east Pyrenees shore on France's southern border, dated to about 3000 BC tested positive for M438 and P37.2.



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