Via Alanica

New Iranian haplotypes in the article “Influences of history, geography, and religion on genetic structure: the Maronites in Lebanon”, Marc Haber et al.

324 Iranian haplotypes, 25 J1 and 2(324/2 = 0,61% - I171 and I174) have the rare J1 motif 19=15, 390=22, 393=13, 385a=12, DYS458.2) usually associated to J1b M365+
No Lebanese haplotype was found with the described modal.
The Iranian J1’s are mainly L136 negative and P58 negative, while the Levantine, Arabian and the North African haplotypes are mostly L136+ and P58+, so a big difference in terms of two big J1 SNPs of Northern/Southern difference.

So the possible general distribution of this rare J1 genetic signature is:
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Iran
I171- 17 markers - WKQUE
I174 – 19 markers - 5F9HU
SMGF Iran (260/4 = 1,5%)
SMGF – 42 - Iraniano - Iran - Tehran SMGF – FSVWG
SMGF – 42 - Shahroud, Semnan, Iran - 9MS3E
SMGF - 42 - Abadeh Fars, Iran - XVMBC
SMGF – 38 - Astane - Iraniano SMGF –2Y5SH
YHRD (47/1) – Gilaki - Iran
YHRD – 17 - Rasht – Gilaki – Iran - QFBX9

Turkey
Haplótipo 168 - 9 – Turkey – YTHMV - J1b SNP tested
IGenea – 53 - Deregolic - Turkey - NR8VC - J1b SNP tested

Belgium
FTDNA – 12 - Cuylaerts - Turnhout, Belgium –- E9YYJ - J1b SNP tested

France
FTDNA – 12 - Laborde - 6HCM6. From a region close to the French Pyrenees with a town named Alan and memorials like the Hourquette d'Alans ?.

Spain
FTDNA – 67 - Dominguez Castro, Ourense, Galicia, Spain – PRJ9T - J1b SNP tested
YHRD – Caceres, Extremadura – Spain – 22RY7
Spanish Empire
YHRD – Guadalajara, Mexico - 49S86

Portugal
Haplótipo 389 (244/1) - 15 - Northern Portugal - 38EUZ
FTDNA – 67 – Sardinha, Ilha de São Miguel, Azores - K3SMV - J1b SNP tested
SMGF – 32 - Ferrere (Ferreira) – Migrant to Reunion Island - X6P7G
Portuguese Empire - Brazil
FTDNA – 67 - Oliveira – Brazil – 2CUZQ - J1b SNP tested
HP 406 – (481/1) – 17 – Brazil - CDYQR
YHRD – (247/1) – 10 – Alagoas - MFS67
SMGF Brazil (632/2 = 0,3%)
SMGF – 28 - Cordeiro de Melo - Santana do Livramento, Rio Grande do Sul - R7SHE
SMGF – 32 – Gonçalves - Imaruí, Santa Catarina - 6WQMH

Shared mini-haplotype
YHRD – 9 – mini-haplotype, matching three individuals from the Azores, Rio de Janeiro and Turkey - 6URZK

The connection is the possible Via Alanica. J1b was discovered in Eastern Anatolia and in Georgia but Ancient Iran was a possible source too. There’s a visible trail connecting Northern Iran with Western Iberia. The rare J1 motif (19=15, 390=22, 393=13, 385a=12, 458,2) usually associated to J1b M365+ is found at small but regular rates only in Iran and in Portugal, the two hotspots for this genetic signature, the hypothetic Western Alan J1b genetic signature. Isolated cases (like in Belgium and France) can be found inbetween the two hotspots of what was known as the Via Alanica. The Alans had several haplotypes and genetic genealogy has probably discovered one of them here.

The haplotypes
http://tinyurl.com/2aypyko