Im a Viking …. Raaar!

Jul 15, 2019 11:46 PM

Background - I was given a DNA test kit for Christmas this year as I said to the wife I would be interested to see where I am from genetically.. Finally got the results and although you have to take it with a pinch of salt of course, it seems im a Viking! Well that would explain why I love boats so much.... :P

Y chromosome (Y-DNA).
Haplogroup: I-L22
Subclade:
Most frequently found in the northerly regions of Scandinavia and Finland.
Your fatherline signature belongs to the I-L22 group.

I1 is particularly common in Northern Europe - I-L22 is most frequently found in Finland, Sweden, and Norway (Hay 2017). This northern cluster of I1 fatherlines probably arose during the Bronze Age, where a people known to archaeologists as the ‘Battle-Axe Culture’ lived in Scandinavia (Hay 2017).

X chromosome (X-DNA).
Haplogroup: H
Subclade: H2a2a1
Haplogroup H is one of the most common groups in Europe. It is found in most European countries.
Your motherline signature belongs to the H group.

Although not confirmed for certain, it has been suggested that the carriers of haplogroup H were involved in the recolonisation of Europe from the Ice Age refugium locations. Populations potentially carrying haplogroup H1 and H3 could have been involved in the recolonisation of the western and central regions of Europe at the end of the Ice Age. They likely migrated from a refugium between northern Spain and southern France (Hay, 2017). It is this recolonisation that is thought to be responsible for the high frequency of haplogroup H in North Africa. Gibraltar likely acted as a midway point between the two continents (Hernández et al., 2017).

Any clever imgurians out there able to explain this any better?

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We could be related. I used ancestry DNA my results were all of the British isles too but yours is much more in depth, what test did u use?

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