Overview
G-FT63912 is a distinct Anatolian-Aegean branch of the M406 lineage that emerged during the Bronze Age and underwent its demographic consolidation during the classical and Roman periods. The lineage appears tied to the coastal western Anatolian regions where intensive cultural exchange took place between Anatolian, Ionian and later Hellenistic societies. The formation period corresponds with a phase of maritime specialization, urbanization and increased trans-Aegean mobility, while its younger coalescence reflects historical era founder events.
Geographic distribution
Modern carriers of FT63912 are centered in western Turkey, the Aegean islands and coastal Greece. Smaller clusters appear in Italy and the Balkans. The pattern points to sustained movement across the Aegean maritime corridor, with minor westward diffusion into Roman and Byzantine spheres.
Ancient DNA
- Late Bronze Age Aegean sites show upstream SNP structures that likely preceded the formation of FT63912.
- Classical era coastal Anatolian burials present paternal signatures consistent with early subclades of this lineage.
- Roman-era individuals from the Aegean basin demonstrate genetic profiles aligned with downstream FT63912 microclades.
Phylogeny & subclades
FT63912 branches into two primary clusters: a western Anatolian coastal clade and an Aegean island-mainland Greek clade. Internal divergence times fall primarily within classical antiquity, reflecting maritime networks as the main diffusion mechanism.
- G-FT63912* western Anatolian ancestral line
- G-FT63912a Aegean island-mainland Greek branch
- G-FT63912b minor Balkan and north Aegean microcluster
- isolated Italian coastal offshoots
Notes & context
This lineage expands the atlas’s Aegean maritime category by documenting another historically mobile Anatolian-rooted paternal line.
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