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From: "Ken Nordtvedt" <>
Subject: [DNA] Y-Hap / Language Correlation
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 15:42:17 -0600
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From: "John Chandler" <>
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Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 3:22 PM
Subject: Re: [DNA] Megalith Builders


> Rich wrote:
>> it is a fact that there is a strong correlation
>> between certain y-haplogroups and certain language families.
>
> Actually, there have been some studies that tried to be more
> specific and quantitative (as opposed to swashbuckling) on the
> subject of correlation between language and haplotypes (both Y
> and mtDNA). They didn't find any appreciable correlations.

The distributions of I1a and Continental I1b2a (old I1c) correlate pretty
well with continental Germanic speaking areas, with the correlation probably
being even a little better if one went back 2500 years or so to before the
Germanic speakers spread to what is today southern Germany, Switzerland, and
Austria.

Correlations don't by themselves yield the causations, if any, connecting
the two variables, but their existence offer clues that maybe a causal
connection can be found.


Ken


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