This doesn't make me mad. Nomad. > From: http://www.juno.com/~bhavaniowl > Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 08:55:48 -0400 > > Haplogroup C > Haplogroup C is extremely rare in Britain. It is thought to have > originated in Central Asia - > like P, Q, R and other rare haplogroups - and to have dispersed both East > and West. > Haplogroup C is the haplogroup to which the many "descendants" of Genghis > Khan > reputedly belong, and is also found in India and Southwest Asia. > C Haplotype #1 > The top Old World frequencies for the partial haplotype below include the > Uigurs (or Uyghurs) of China, an area > settled by the Goths in Sweden, Iran, Northern Italy, expatriate > Lithuanians in Poland and Kurds in Iraq. Since these > matches are not filtered by DYS385a,b values, there is a strong chance of > convergence with other haplogroups, > but the samples cited above could reflect an origin among steppe nomads > such as the Indo-Iranians (e.g., > Scythians and Sarmatians) and the Huns. This haplotype could have come to > Britain with Sarmatians or > Alans or other Roman troops of Asiatic descent.