Overview
J2a-FGC17714 is a downstream branch of J2a-Z2227 with a demographic footprint concentrated across Cyprus, the southwestern Anatolian coastline and the southern Aegean archipelago. Its earliest origin aligns with middle Holocene coastal communities who developed early seafaring traditions and island based agricultural systems. Archaeogenetic patterns from the region show close interaction between Anatolian coastal groups, Cypriot populations and Aegean maritime clusters.
During the Bronze Age, FGC17714 bearing individuals were involved in the complex population networks associated with Cypriot copper production, Aegean maritime expansion and coastal Anatolian proto urban systems. The clade’s downstream structure reflects strong island specific founder effects and long-term continuity in coastal communities throughout the Iron Age and classical periods.
Geographic distribution
Most concentrated in Cyprus; moderate across the Dodecanese, Crete and Aegean Turkey; lower levels in mainland Greece, Italy and the Levant.
Ancient DNA
- Bronze Age Cypriot samples exhibit upstream markers linked to early FGC17714.
- Southern Anatolian Bronze Age individuals present signatures compatible with the clade.
- Aegean island burials include ancestral J2a-Z2227 patterns associated with the lineage.
- Classical Mediterranean ports display downstream FGC17714 subclades.
- Roman era island communities preserve microbranches of this lineage.
Phylogeny & subclades
A maritime oriented J2a-Z2227 derivative with island driven diversification and strong coastal clustering.
- FGC17714*
- Cyprus derivatives
- Southern Aegean branches
Notes & context
A characteristic maritime lineage central to Bronze Age and classical population movement in the eastern Mediterranean.
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