mtDNA Haplogroup J* - Eastern Europe

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Hello,

Something of interest for those of you researching mtDNA hap J.

My mtDNA haplogroup is J* ( some of you already know this ).

To date I have only one exact HVR1 & HVR2 match in FTDNA's database - a Russian.

http://www.mitosearch.org/haplosearc...wuid=2VP2C&p=0

I have a few more matches ( Russian,Romanian....),that can be found in scientific studies like the one below.
261 Mitochondrial DNA variability in Poles and Russians
B. A. MALYARCHUK", T. GRZYBOWSKI#, M. V. DERENKO", J.
CZARNY#, M. WOZ;NIAK# and D. MIS;CICKA-S;LIWKA#

My match is on page 278 - a Russian again.

Please read the following to understand how my mtDNA
lineage possibly arrived in north western Greece ( my
mtDNA line was from this part of the country )

1) http://www.farsarotul.org/nl11_1.htm

2)http://www.rastko.org.yu/arheologija...-greece_e.html

3) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cucuteni_culture (pointed out by my exact FTDNA match )

Have a good day !

Best regards,

Costa.Tsirigakis

[CNT]

Hello,

Also I should mention, that I have a mtDNA match in
an unpublished Russian federation study ( Kornienko )

http://tiny.cc/3SFgA to see where study was
carried out.

And that I have a match in the Tomsk area ,but I *
need * to obtain confirmation of this:

http://tiny.cc/PFajY

Researchers in mtDNA hap J are welcome to use my
results in their work and can mention my name - but I do
not wish to join any more projects at the moment.

Regards,
Costa Tsirigakis

[CNT]

Hello,

I wrote :
" And that I have a match in the Tomsk area ,but I *need * to obtain confirmation of this: "

Please note that I only accept confirmed matches ( from published or unpublished studies ) - so the above will not be used in my research.

Regards,

Costa Tsirigakis

[CNT]

Comments

Let me clarify a few things :

1) I have * no * known Vlach,Slavic etc ancestors - my mtDNA line as
many of my other ancestral lines can be traced back to 1500-1600s.
I mentioned the Vlach,Slavic etc possibilities in order to be *objective*.(My mtDNA line is in fact from north western Greece )

2)Looking at my mtDNA matches there is another scenario that of the
ancient Greek colonization of the black sea area.

http://www.epetropoulos.gr/AGCBS%202003.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_c....28apoikiai.29

I had hoped,that some FORUM member had mentioned this possibility.

Best regards,
Costa Tsirigakis