Dear Project Members,

You can now view the project Y-DNA results in IE7:


http://us.share.geocities.com/johnraciti2/Nordic_Celtic_DNA.html

http://www.geocities.com/johnraciti2/Project_Page.html


Please use FireFox to view Y-DNA results at FTDNA.

http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Nordic-Celtic/


Members were having problems viewing the data. I spent a bit of time
constructing pages so that members can view Y-DNA results in IE7.


Best Regards,
John

Admin
Nordic and Celtic DNA Project - (Saami & Iberian).

The Rus - The Normanist theory

The Rus - The Normanist theory

Whether you believe the Vikings founded modern Russia or not depends on your point-of-view. The Normanist Theory suggests that Kievan Rus' may have been named after its Scandinavian overlords (as was the case with Normandy). According to the Primary Chronicle, an historical compilation attributed to the 12th century, the Rus was a group of Varangians who lived on the other side of the Baltic sea, in Scandinavia. The Varangians were first expelled, then invited to rule the warring Slavic and Finnic tribes of Novgorod.

This theory claims that the name Rus, like the Finnish name for Sweden, is derived from an Old Norse term for 'the men who row' (rods-) as rowing was the main method of navigating the Russian rivers, and that it is linked to the Swedish province of Roslagen (Rus-law) or Roden, from which most Varangians came. The name Rus would then have the same origin as the Finnish and Estonian names for Sweden: Ruotsi and Rootsi. It was the German historian Gerard Friedrich Miller (1705-1783), who was invited to work in the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1748 who, romaticising the superiority of the Germanic people, instigated a Slavic backlash - The Antinormanist theories. Based mainly on etymoligical evidence of Slavic place-names, they suggested the Rus were an indigenous people.

mtDNA Haplogroup

mtDNA Haplogroup

U5

Finland - 14%

Baltic Finns
Estonia - 18%
* Võros
* Setos
Karelia - 18%
*Olonets
Volga-Finnic - 12%
* Mari
* Mordvin

The Sami have U5 lineages in their population indicating that it may have introduced during their migration into these northern territories.

A genetic link between Sami and the Volga-Ural region of Russia has been found, indicative of a more recent contribution of people from the Volga-Ural region to the Sami population as recently as 2700 years ago.

Finno Lappic
* Sami

Our Santo Stefano - Finnic Genes (a Sicilian Town in Prov. ME)

Subject:
Our Santo Stefano - Finnic Genes (a Sicilian Town in Prov. ME)
To:
johnraciti@yahoo.com


I thought you would be fascinated to know:

With the help of The University of Arizona in Tucson,
Arizona, FTDNA - Jane and I were able to find a perfect mtdna
match which was U5a1a.

This means both her grandmother on her mother's side
and my grandmother on my mother's were biological
related.

I find out at we come from a Primitive Italian People
- Ibero-Finnic Tribe.

Etruscans…

A team of geneticists from different universities in
Italy and Spain undertook the first genetic studies of
the ancient Etruscans, based on mitochondrial DNA from
80 bone samples taken from tombs dating from the
seventh century to the third century BC in Etruria.
This study finds that they were more related to each
other than to the general population of modern Italy.
Recent studies suggested a Near East origin (U5a1a)
and Iberian origin (R1b1c6).

I always though I was ancient Greek. I was wrong. The
closest we get to being Greeks is our connection with
Baltic-Finnic people.


Cheers,
John

Primitive Italian People

Primitive Italian People

Ibero-Finnic Tribe.

Etruscans…

A team of geneticists from different universities in Italy and Spain undertook the first genetic studies of the ancient Etruscans, based on mitochondrial DNA from 80 bone samples taken from tombs dating from the seventh century to the third century BC in Etruria. This study finds that they were more related to each other than to the general population of modern Italy. Recent studies suggested a Near East origin.