Overview
G-FT41950 is a branch that appears to have undergone a significant demographic expansion in Europe during the Iron Age and classical periods. Although its ancestral line is firmly rooted in Anatolia as part of the wider M406 radiation, the FT41950 lineage shows evidence of westward movement into southeastern Europe, Italy and the central Mediterranean.
The relatively young coalescence time suggests that this lineage expanded from a small founding group that integrated into Mediterranean societies engaged in maritime trade, colonization and military networks. The structure of FT41950 mirrors patterns seen in lineages associated with Greek colonization, Roman provincial mobility and post Roman interactions across the Adriatic basin.
Geographic distribution
Today G-FT41950 is found across southern Italy, Sicily, coastal Croatia, Greece, the Aegean islands and occasionally in Spain and southern France. It appears at lower frequency in the Balkans and central Europe. Its presence in Italy is particularly strong, consistent with classical and post classical migrations that mixed Anatolian paternal lines into Mediterranean populations.
Ancient DNA
- Classical Greek colonial era individuals from Magna Graecia show upstream SNP combinations compatible with FT41950 ancestry.
- Roman era burials from southern Italy present haplotypes characteristic of younger FT41950 clusters.
- Possible Iron Age Balkan individuals demonstrate STR and SNP patterns consistent with the basal FT41950 formation phase.
Phylogeny & subclades
FT41950 forms a mid sized European branch under G2a2b1a. It splits into two primary clusters: one centered on Italy and the Adriatic coast, and another with a more eastern Mediterranean profile. Internal branching is shallow, reflecting a founder event followed by rapid demographic stabilization in localized populations.
- G-FT41950* basal Mediterranean lineage
- G-FT41950a Italian and Adriatic cluster
- G-FT41950b eastern Mediterranean microclades
- minor European branches with high surname correlation
Notes & context
G-FT41950 is informative for understanding how Anatolian derived lineages continued to shape Mediterranean paternal ancestry long after the Neolithic, especially through cultural and political expansions during the Iron Age and Roman periods.
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