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Subject: Re: [DNA] J2 HG in Scotland
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 2004 14:41:42 +0000
Maybe I've missed the earlier post but if the Sarmatians are probable "J", what groups would the indigenous Romans likely be? Dolores
> Cindy,
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> I have been having fun researching my own y-DNA Haplogroup J in England and
> thought that I would relate some of my findings. My Haynes ancestors appear
> in various Anglican parish registers in the Central Midlands of England
> dating back to 1730 and some variants of that the surname appear in the
> earliest parish I've studied as far back as 1550. So my people were there
> for a good while. When I received my results from FTDNA my closest matches
> were in the Ukraine, Poland, and the Muslim Kurds of Iraq [YHRD].
> Definitely a surprise!
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> Here's one possible explanation. There were large Roman settlements at
> Southwell and Uttoxeter [both in the Central Midlands] and according to
> Capelli these areas presently show J in the fairly large percentages for
> England [6% and 4% respectively]. Just maybe my Hg J came with the
> Romans. But who were the Roman soldiers. They were mostly conscripts from
> defeated armies. Well in 184 AD Marcus Aurelius sent 5500 Sarmatian
> cavalrymen to England [see the current movie King Arthur for a twist on
> this] to help expand and defend the Empire. This is well documented.
> Sarmatia was once the area now bordered by the Vistula River [Poland], the
> Caspian Sea, the steppes of the Ukraine, Georgia, and possibly NE Turkey and
> Iran. Just where my closest matches appear. Am I saying that my J came
> with these Sarmatians? Not necessarily, but its fun to theorize.
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