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From: "Greg W. Moore" <>
Subject: Re: [SCOT-DNA] r1a
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 10:33:58 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <FFEEF319B264164C9DD2BACC249E4748028E2B@exchange.CONRAD.LOCAL>


Mike,

I still think that the original area of R1a was the Russian steppes but then the haplogroup spread out all over Eastern Europe, including the northern parts up to Norway. The result would be even up to half of the Scandinavians could be R1a and the other half the typical Viking haplogroups of the Ixy type. This way indeed many people in the British isles could be either R1b (ancient Iberian origin - the so called Gaelic "Celts") or Ixy (ancient Greece origin - the so called "Vikings", but including the old Celts - the Picts and also Normans) or even R1a (ancient Russian steppes origin).

By the way - one of my grandfathers is R1b and the other is I1b - both of Scottish origin.

Greg




Mike Harper <> wrote:
This bounced back because I am on a different computer so I cannot post
to the list, and am now sending it directly to you..


David Faux is of the opinion (if I do not misquote him) that R1a is
indicative of Vikings from Norway. In the Harper Y DNA project, I am
presently testing the hypothesis that my ancestors came to Ireland by
way of Shetland rather than Scotland. I located a Harper in Shetland
with a paper trail back to 1764 who was willing to be tested and we
await the results.

Michael Harper R1a



-----Original Message-----
From: Greg W. Moore [mailto:]
Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 1:06 PM
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Subject: Re: [SCOT-DNA] r1a

To my knowledge R1a is a typical haplogroup for Eastern Europe -
apparently all the Slavs have that haplogroup. It occurs however to an
extent in the British isles and it may also have a connection with part
of the Vikings but it may have been taken there back (mixed "marriages")
after the Viking invasions ... Definitely it is not a haplogroup of the
"Celtic" type since it originated in the ancient Russian steppes ...
Greg



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