Haplogroup J-M267 – I got this from my Mother.
When I first started this quest, I learned my father’s paternal family were from Austria/Hungry/the Pale of Settlement, that sort of area. Our ancestors were in the area for over 150 years, but where had they come from? My mother’s family were from Latvia, Poland, Ukraine and Hungary; they were there for over 150 years, but a where had they come from?
I did two DNA tests one for Y-DNA and mtDNA
You get your Y Haplogroup from your father who got his from his father all the way back to Adam in Africa and its similar with the mtDNA.
This is my Maternal ancestors’ migration map based on the DNA I carry
This is the route and the countries my maternal ancestors carried the DNA inside me
Ethiopia
Sudan
Egypt
Israel
Syria
Turkey
Romania
Greece
Italy
Spain
Portugal
J-M267 is found at its highest frequencies in the southern Middle East, west of the Zagros Mountains in Iran, to the Mediterranean Sea, and encompassing the entire Arabian Peninsula.
The J-M267 marker has been carried by Middle Eastern traders into Europe, central Asia, India, and Pakistan. As with other populations with Mediterranean ancestry, this lineage is found at substantial frequencies within Jewish populations.
The Cohen modal haplotype lineage, as well as the presumed lineage of the Prophet Mohammed, are found in Haplogroup J-M267. J1 is also one of the main Haplogroups found among Arab populations.
This is my paternal ancestors’ migration map
I don’t have a timeline but both my Maternal and Paternal lines got to Israel and from there took slightly different routes to the Sephardi lands
Ethiopian
Saudi Arabia
Israel
Egypt
Libya
Algeria
Greece
Italy
Spain
Portugal
