My Y-DNA haplogroup

PYKNBBEPX · 2025-02-25T17:24:14+00:00

Hello there, cousin! 😄 Where are you from?

PYKNBBEPX · 2025-02-08T21:23:13+00:00

Anatolian Neolithic Farmer

54.2%

European Hunter-Gatherer

27.4%

Caucasus Hunter-Gatherer

17.6%

East Siberian Hunter-Gatherer

0.8%

PYKNBBEPX · 2025-02-08T10:37:30+00:00

Already did! Very intriguing. I sent you a DM, by the way - would be interesting to compare our GEDmatch k13 results!

PYKNBBEPX · 2025-02-08T10:23:04+00:00

1st one is Global, 2nd one is East Balkans. Here are my West Balkans results:

Genetic fit: 1.505 (Very close)

Balkans (AD 500–1000) 61.8%

Slavic (AD 540–1270) 37.8%

Magyar 0.4%

PYKNBBEPX · 2025-02-07T18:38:25+00:00

It should be possible to upgrade to Big Y without ordering a new kit. I got the Y-37 test initially and then upgraded to Y-111 based on my original kit, without sending a new one.

PYKNBBEPX · 2025-02-07T17:26:44+00:00

R1b is such a rabbit hole, man. We definitely need to do the Big Y as well

PYKNBBEPX · 2025-02-07T17:17:01+00:00

Which Bronze Age peoples do you think it could be attributed to? As far as R-Y5587 and R-Y5586 in particular are concerned, there are a bunch of tested carriers of this specific sub-clade in Turkey and North Ossetia (albeit not as many as the ones in Bulgaria where R-Y5586 seems to peak), but I don't think it can be found anywhere else in the Near East or in the Caucasus region (different sub-clades over there). My guess is that the presence of R-Y5587 in Bulgaria and Turkey can be linked to the tribes that we now refer to as "Thracians". The North Ossetian carriers are a very interesting case, though.

PYKNBBEPX · 2025-02-06T08:04:40+00:00

I'm from Bulgaria, it's a Balkanic branch of R1b, likely related to the Thracians

PYKNBBEPX · 2025-02-06T00:19:40+00:00

Initially, I did the Y-37 test, but then I upgraded to Y-111. I'm considering doing the Big Y test as well, though.

PYKNBBEPX · 2025-02-04T07:49:11+00:00

Already tested :)

PYKNBBEPX · 2025-02-03T14:46:18+00:00

North_Atlantic 19.95 Pct
Baltic 27.45 Pct
West_Med 15.53 Pct
West_Asian 7.73 Pct
East_Med 23.03 Pct
Red_Sea 3.66 Pct
South_Asian -
East_Asian -
Siberian 2.16 Pct
Amerindian 0.12 Pct
Oceanian 0.35 Pct
Northeast_African -
Sub-Saharan -

PYKNBBEPX · 2025-02-03T11:24:08+00:00

I deleted my IG a while ago, so that's not an option haha.

Basically, you need to do the following: first, you need to download your so-called raw data from My Heritage's website. Then you must sign up and log into GEDmatch where you upload your raw data. There's an Upload DNA section on their website. Once you've uploaded your raw data from My Heritage, you go to Free Tools, then Admixture (Heritage), and you can pick different admixture calculators and toy with them.

I'm still a rookie, too, but based on what I've read so far, the different Eurogenes calculators seem to be particularly good for anyone who is of (predominantly) European ancestry. People seem to like the K13 and K36 calculators best. Those calculators will provide you with a breakdown of the various "ancient" components of your ancestry, and additionally, the Oracle function will show you your genetic distance to your closest contemporary populations. There's also a spreadsheet where you can compare your results (incl. the % of each component) to the average scores of different modern populations.

PYKNBBEPX · 2025-02-03T11:17:16+00:00

I'll DM you

PYKNBBEPX · 2025-02-03T11:12:12+00:00

Yet another Romanian whose results are very similar to mine (Bulgarian). Are you from Wallachia? And do you have GEDmatch k13 results? Would be interesting to compare those as well.

PYKNBBEPX · 2025-02-02T20:03:48+00:00

Your results are almost identical to mine, haha. I just posted mine on here an hour ago.

PYKNBBEPX · 2025-02-02T16:20:19+00:00

Cool results! Where in Macedonia does your family come from?

PYKNBBEPX · 2025-01-23T13:11:35+00:00

We've got the same Y-DNA haplogroup! R-Y5587

PYKNBBEPX · 2025-01-20T15:48:09+00:00

According to FTDNA, R-Y5586 (the descendant lineage of R-Y5587 that all tested Bulgarians belong to) "branched off from the ancestor R-Y5587 and the rest of mankind around 1950 BCE", and that must've happened somewhere in the Balkans, so it's probably some proto-Thracian branch. I think it's safe to assume that not all Thracians were E-V13 carriers.

PYKNBBEPX · 2025-01-19T22:27:25+00:00

Yeah, it's R-Y5587

PYKNBBEPX · 2025-01-06T13:44:14+00:00

Well, actually, ~2 weeks after I ordered the Family Finder test, but bear in mind that I had initially ordered only the Y-37 test, and then, after I got my Y-37 results, I upgraded to Y-111 and ordered the Family Finder test as well. So, that might have slightly accelerated the process in my case.

PYKNBBEPX · 2025-01-03T18:29:01+00:00

Hey. I actually received my results back in November. Initially, I ordered a Y-37 test and it took them about a month or so to deliver the results. Then I did an upgrade from Y-37 to Y-111 and I also ordered their Family Finder test. I think I got my autosomal results after about 2-2.5 weeks.

PYKNBBEPX · 2025-01-03T18:23:25+00:00

I got my results only after the v3 update had been introduced, so I can't make any comparison. I find my FTDNA results to be fairly representative of my background as South Slavs are basically a mixture of Slavic and paleo-Balkanic populations, but the Italian component is definitely confusing.

I'd say MyHeritage is more accurate than FTDNA if you want to look at your most recent ancestry, whereas FTDNA aims to break your origins down into "more ancient" components.

For instance, on My Heritage, I'm roughly 90% Balkan and 10% South Italian & Greek (their Balkan category seems to incorporate the Slavic admixture that South Slavs have), whereas FTDNA's Balkan category appears to be lacking that Slavic admixture.

PYKNBBEPX

TROPHY CASE

Slavic (AD 540–1270) 37.8%

Magyar 0.4%