U5b2b1a1..Where did it originate?

[JD Edwards]

Does anyone know where U5b2b1a1 originated?

[1798]

Does anyone know where U5b2b1a1 originated?

I think that U5b2 came from a refuge after the LGM.

[1798]

I think that U5b2 came from a refuge after the LGM.

JD Edwards
Your mtdna group could have originated in the Isles.

[JD Edwards]

Thank you for the response.

[GST]

Does anyone know where U5b2b1a1 originated?

I have an age estimate for U5b2b1a1 of about 7000 years based on 17 samples in the U5 project and GenBank. U5b2b1a1 is widely distributed across northern Europe, including the UK, Ireland, Germany, Poland and with one sample each from Norway and Spain. It seems likely U5b2b originated in an LGM refuge in the Franco-Cantabrian region or Italy

[LunaNoix]

Just got my match. Earliest known match in my area is medieval cemetery in Tavastia region of Finland.

[georgian1950]

Just got my match. Earliest known match in my area is medieval cemetery in Tavastia region of Finland.

Nice to get that kind of data. Any estimate about the age of the DNA collected (other than Medieval)?

[LunaNoix]

Nice to get that kind of data. Any estimate about the age of the DNA collected (other than Medieval)?

Around 1200-1600. There were 4 results and one is U5b2b1a1, but nothing more.

[georgian1950]

LunaNoix, thanks for that information. I hope that researchers will be able to make good use of it.