Overview
J2a-FGC17196 is a downstream coastal oriented lineage within the J2a-Z2227 radiation, likely emerging among early maritime agricultural communities around Cyprus, southwestern Anatolia and the southern Aegean islands. Its earliest demographic signals correspond to middle Holocene coastal networks involved in island linked farming, small scale seafaring and obsidian and metal exchange.
During the Bronze Age, FGC17196 bearing populations participated in the metallurgical and maritime systems connecting Cyprus, the Levant, the Aegean basin and western Anatolia. The clade demonstrates multiple island centered founder effects, with downstream branches particularly concentrated in Cyprus and the Dodecanese. Classical period coastal cities also show continuity with this lineage.
Geographic distribution
Cyprus, coastal Turkey, Dodecanese islands; moderate in Crete and mainland Greece; lower in Italy and the Levant.
Ancient DNA
- Cypriot Bronze Age remains show upstream J2a patterns consistent with early FGC17196.
- Aegean island Bronze Age burials contain markers aligned with the lineage.
- Southern Anatolian Bronze Age samples reflect upstream FGC17196 diversity.
- Classical Mediterranean ports include downstream FGC17196 derived lines.
- Roman era island communities preserve microbranches tied to this clade.
Phylogeny & subclades
A maritime oriented cluster under J2a-Z2227 with island based diversification and coastal microbranches.
- FGC17196*
- Cyprus microbranches
- Aegean derivatives
Notes & context
A key lineage for reconstructing maritime population history in the eastern Mediterranean.
References & external links