Your Haplogroup November 2006 My Simon Hoyt/e DNA SNP Tests E3b3a M123+ M34+ M35+ M96+ P2+ M107- M136- M148- M165- M2- M281- M78- M81- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Science and biblical dna origins and migrations: For example, whilst the Aaronic priesthood is identified as J2, the Levitical structure of Ashkenazi Jews are 52% R1a1, which is an identified Japhethite lineage occurring in Russia and the Central and Eastern steppes and among the Aryans in India. It is Slavic. Also 25% of all East European Jews are E3b, which indicates an Hamitic origin. One hypothesis concerning the E3b origin is that Egyptians interbred with the Israelites. Another is that the mixed multitude involved E3bs as there were some two million Israelites and six hundred thousand of the mixed multitude, approximately. That would constitute 25%. However, when we read the genetic accounts of the Milesians they claim to have been part of the mixed multitude also in the Exodus. They are R1b. Thus, the explanation must involve later conversions to Judaism from Hamitic lineages. We find these in the occupation of Canaan under Joshua. Canaan was a son of Ham and a number of sub-tribes were spared and joined Israel in some cases by subterfuge. The Ethiopian conversions were also of significance and so we have ample explanation for the E3b lineages at 25% of the Ashkenazim. The Amorites and the Southern Hittites also entered and bred with Israel. There are also significant levels of E3b in Syria, Turkey and among the Greeks at up to 30%. The Greeks are up to 30% Haplogroup J or known Semites also with up to 20% Hg I as well, which is also a prevalent Haplogroup among both known Semites and Europeans. We will deal with these aspects later. Afghan and other Pashtun The Wikipedia article on Pashtuns says: "According to most anthropologists, Pasto-speaking Pashtuns appear to be primarily of Iranian origin (as well as being modified by various other invaders and migrants over the centuries) and are very similar to the Persians, Kurds, Tajiks and Baluchis. These anthropologists believe the Pashtuns have eastern Iranian origins as the Pashto language is classified as an eastern Iranian tongue distantly related to Ossetic among other Iranian languages (see Ethnologue for further details). The Pashto-speaking Pashtuns refer to themselves as Pashtuns or Pukhtuns depending upon whether they are speakers of the southern dialect or northern dialect respectively. These Pashtuns compose the core of ethnic Pashtuns who are predominantly an Iranian people and found in southern and eastern Afghanistan and western Pakistan. Many Pashto-speaking Pashtuns have however intermingled with various invaders, neighboring groups, and migrants (as have the other Iranian peoples) including possibly the Ghilzai who may have mingled with Turkic tribes, the Durrani who have interacted considerably with the Tajiks (another Iranian people), and Pashtun tribes north of Peshawar who have mingled with Dardic groups. In terms of phenotype, the Pashto-speaking Pashtuns overall are predominantly a Caucasoid people with Mediterranean features, but blonde hair and blue and green eyes are not uncommon, especially amongst remote mountain tribes." It also says that: "From the 1st century BCE to the 5th century CE the regions where the Pashtuns lived saw immense migrations of Eurasian peoples including the Aryans, Persians, Sakas, Scythians, Kushans, Huns, and Greeks. Later invaders would include Muslim Arabs and Central Asian Turkic tribes as well as the devastating assaults by the Mongols." There would thus be Japhethitic R1a and R1b and Hamitic C YDNA present. The article says that from: "random sampling of Pashtun populations in western Pakistan) the anthropological evidence that the Pashto-speaking Pashtuns are an Indo-European people related to other Iranian groups as well as speakers of Dardic languages such as the Kalasha and the Nuristanis appears very probable but is not by any means conclusive at this time. The testing, though still in its initial phases, has not shown any substantial connection between the general Pashtun population sampled to the genetic markers found amongst most Greeks, Jews, or Arabs. What may be the case is that the Pashtuns have been slightly modified over time by various invaders, while maintaining their eastern Iranian base genetically overall. Ultimately, more research and a wider sampling of DNA will be required before the findings can be deemed conclusive and generally representative of Pashto-speaking Pashtuns." The conclusions here come from the premise that the Semitic Haplogroups are all J as found among the three populations mentioned. The Anglo Saxons came in from the Middle East as part of the horde at the fall of the Parthian Empire from what is now the area of Iraq and the area north of it. That occurred at the end of the second century CE. They moved in to the area of NW Europe and the horde split up in various waves. The Anglo Saxons and Jutes and the associated tribes of Lombards, Danes, Norwegians, Saxons and Fris, split up but retained a similar diversity. The Northern French are also from the Middle East. The Normans constitute one element and are predominantly R1b but they contain other DNA groups such as I. The others are Francs in two groups. These are the Riphathian Francs and the Salien Francs. The Salien Francs could inherit through the male line only but the Riphathian Francs could inherit through both. As we know Riphath was a son of Japheth and we know that the nobility of these people also claimed descent from Antenor I King of the Cimmerians, and also from the Trojans. They were understood to be the offspring of the group that remained in the Middle East with the sons of Hector. They named their major city after Paris and Troyes. Many of these people settled across the channel in Britain and those tribes (e.g. Parisii) were also R1b Celts. Over 35% of the Northern French are Haplogroups I and J. Approximately 35% of the Anglo Saxons are Middle East Hg. I with some small amount of J. Approximately 40% of English are Middle Eastern and seemingly Semites. The majority of all NW Celts and Anglo-Saxons are R1b and part of the same genetic divisions as the known Japhethite tribes. The obvious exception is to the east where the Slavs are R1a and the largest R1a divisions among the horde coming into the North West was among the Norwegians at about 30%. The historical works of the British tells us that the Welsh came in from the Middle East after the fall of Troy. They met up with the Cornish in North Africa, who were also survivors from the fall of Troy. We now know that it was the Trojan kingdom of Wilusia. Their histories say that they found sons of Magog already in UK and subjugated them. They were sons of Riphath and in the Middle East were part of the Hittite empire in alliance with the Hatti and Kalti further east. The Welsh are known as the Kymry people and once occupied all of Britain and part of France as and with the Gauls. They were confined to Amorica, which is now Brittainy. They were all Celts (Gimirra from Gomer). They are the origin of the Cimmerians (i. e. Gomerians) that reinvaded Anatolia and established Galatia. They formed Cleopatra’s bodyguard of 400 men that Caesar presented to Herod. They are probably the origin of the R1b in Turkey at >15% and to a lesser extent in Syria. The Turks are also a part of the Uralic Altaic language group and so some may be R1a and R1b from that source also. These two groups and Q are very close and the division between the groups is jumped by very little mutation. Thus the American Indians are distant relatives of the Celts and Slavs. We know from Irish history and the genealogies that the Milesians were sons of Magog and they test at R1b. However, we know they came into Ireland rather late and replaced a tribe that was there previously. That tribe ruled Ireland for hundreds of years and was known as the Tuatha de Danaan termed the tribe of Dan or the Danaans. They are held to have also sailed with the Philistines, early Greeks and seemingly the Phoenicians (Danaans and Danites – Were the Hebrews Greek? BAR June 1976) It is most likely that tribe that accounts for the incidence of Haplogroup I in Ireland as the Anglo Saxons did not occupy Ireland when they entered Britain and the Normans are predominantly R1b with some I from the Anglo Saxons but the percentage I would not proportionally represent the percentage in Ireland. The proportion of I is almost as high as the proportion of I in Scotland but the predominant YDNA there also is R1b. There may be a percentage infusion of I from Norway in both areas. If the historical record and its interpretation that the Tuatha de Danaan are indeed an offshoot of Dan of Israel then we have the demonstrable link that shows the Northern tribes as Haplogroup I. Thus 40% of the Anglo Saxons would be Semites and probably of Israel as the records assert. The argument against this aspect is that, of Jews, less than 2% are Haplogroup I. When we consider however that only 37% of Jews are Semites that brings the sample up to some 6% of known Jews and thus may well represent the residue of the other tribes that remained with or returned to Judah. It is these groups with the E3b Phoenicians of Tyre, Sidon and Carthage that formed the trading empire of the Ancient Sea Kings. The priesthood of the Cretans were lighter skinned than the others as we see now from the reliefs at the palace at Knossos and they appear to have also worshipped the Golden Calf from the earrings in the museum on Crete. There is a significant percentage of E3b around the shores of the Mediterranean.