Haplogroup D in Sicily

[vraatyah]

Hi Valery,

My name is Michael, my mother is the Sicilian "D" you are discussing. You mentioned earlier that this D probably came from Turks. Where, geographically speaking, is the match you found in your database? In all the charts I have seen, it appears in such a low frequency in Asia Minor.

Thank you for all of your help.

Michael

Hello Michael,

it seems that Cacio already answered the question. I think, the knowledge of the Turkish mtdna is still poor and it's not possible to subdivide the Turkish population into portions which can differ in the amount of Central Asian influence. Feasible solutions:

1) earliest admixture that predates Turks
2) Karahanids era
3) Osmans
4) Recent slave trade
5) local admixture in the Anatolian Turkmen tribes

BTW, Albell just mentioned very intersting scenario which is not related to slavery directly though it's somewhat similar to the slave trade.


Regards
valery