Overview
J2b-Y15094 is a downstream branch of J2b-M241 with a demographic center concentrated in the southern Balkans, coastal Greece and western Anatolia. Its early roots correspond to mid Holocene agricultural expansions through the Balkan interior and subsequent Aegean maritime interactions. Archaeological parallels include Neolithic and Chalcolithic settlements in the southern Balkans, early Bronze Age Aegean coastal networks and proto urban communities in western Anatolia.
During the Bronze Age, Y15094 populations participated in the demographic flows linking Mycenaean, Adriatic and Anatolian spheres. Its downstream diversification shows strong founder signals along the Aegean coastline and the southern Balkan hinterland, reflecting both maritime and overland demographic processes.
Geographic distribution
Highest in Greece, Albania, western Turkey; moderate in North Macedonia, Bulgaria and Cyprus; lower in Italy, the Adriatic and the Levant.
Ancient DNA
- Southern Balkan Chalcolithic individuals show J2b variants compatible with basal Y15094.
- Aegean Bronze Age samples include lineages overlapping with upstream Y15094.
- Western Anatolian Bronze Age burials show continuity with Y15094 related subclades.
- Iron Age Levantine individuals contain downstream Y15094 compatible signals.
- Classical era Aegean populations show persistent presence of this lineage.
Phylogeny & subclades
Y15094 contains several Balkan and Aegean oriented subbranches with additional derivatives extending into Anatolia and the Levant.
- Y15094*
- Aegean coastal branches
- Western Anatolian lines
Notes & context
A key J2b lineage linking the Balkans, Aegean and Anatolia.
References & external links