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I1-Y2242 Continental Germanic
I1-Y2242 is a continental European branch of the broader I1-Z58 lineage and is frequently associated with early West Germanic cultural groups occupying the lower Rhine, Elbe, Weser and northern Danube regions. Its emergence during the Late Bronze Age coincides with developing cultural networks that later contributed to the formation of Germanic tribal identities. Y2242 shows a stable demographic signal indicative of regionally rooted populations rather than large maritime expansions.
Modern distributions place I1-Y2242 in Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands and Belgium, with moderate frequencies in Denmark and northern France. Anglo-Saxon expansions carried the lineage into eastern England, where it remains detectable at low levels.
I1-Y2242 is part of the Z58 radiation but diverges from major continental branches like Z63 and Z1409. Y2242, Y2244 and BY56633 define a coherent cluster with several localized microclades across central Europe.
I1-Y2242 serves as a useful marker for reconstructing early West Germanic paternal structures, especially those linked to continental tribal confederations such as the Suebi and early Franks.