Re: Family Tree DNA Project - Sephardim and Moors

["v.h.villarreal" <raices_regias@...>]

Arturo,

You have to follow all the leads in search of the answers you are
looking for.  One quick observation regarding your message:  Aranzazu
is most definitely a Basque surname and while everything is possible,
the Basque population is predominatly R1b, with just a mere 2.1%
belonging to E3b, so this is something to consider.
http://hpgl.stanford.edu/publications/AJHG_2004_v74_p1023-1034.pdf

Victor

--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, "Arturo Ramos" <arturo.ramos2@v...> wrote:
>
> Victor:
> 
> This is very insightful and valuable feedback.  I totally agree with 
> you that one should not jump to any conclusions on this, especially 
> with this haplogroup which seems to be so widely spread and undefined 
> in terms of actual "ethnic" identity.
> 
> I suppose that the most valuable piece of news from this is that it 
> gives me some idea as to the genotype of my Joseph Ramon Aranzazu, 
> who as "expuesto" and taken in by a family.  The reason why I did 
> this DNA test to begin with was to hopefully find someone with a 
> direct lineage to his adoptive Aranzazu family and see if perhaps he 
> was in fact an illegitimate child.
> 
> This definitely keeps that door open, as it is definite that this 
> lineage is of Iberian origin (as was the adoptive father).
> 
>