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Your welcome Betty.
From the website:
The DNA of our origins point to a rich history we were not aware of.
Most of our ancient YDNA (R1b) can found in the Basque of Northern
Spain and Southern France. This makes sense as the Ancestors of the Basque
were a Non-Indo European speaking people that were the first settlers of
Europe. Therefore they would have left the most descendants in Europe. They
were the first Iberians.
Iberia was a refuge in europe after the last glacial maximum 15,000 years ago.
During this time people from other parts of europe migrated and eventually
mixed with Iberians already there.
Later there was likely a migration of paleolithic I1b2 (during Neolithic
times) to Iberia from central Europe possibly with mtdna haplogroup H3.
See "The Origin of I1b2".
The Neolithic people of the Near East introduced domesticated animals and
empire building crops (ie. wheat and barley) to Europe. These crops and
animals were intoduced to Iberia about 6,500 years ago. These "Neolithic
Farmers" would have been of haplogroup G, E3b and J origins. Their culture
would have likely preceded their arrival in Iberia.
Next the Phoenicians (semitic ancestors of modern day Lebanese), Greeks
and Carthaginians (K2,J,J2,E3b) invaded and settled Spain along with
a later migration from the Jews (J,J2 and E3b).
Followed by the Romans (E3b,J,J2 and R1b) and Visigoths (I1c and the rare
in Iberia I1b).
The Moorish (E3b2) invasion followed although DNA studies suggest little
impact on our YDNA as yet (about 5% of Spain's Ydna).
In the mean time Native Americans (Q, Q3) were migrating south in the
Americas and settling in the Valley of Mexico. The Mexica (Aztec) were
an advanced civilization that the conquistadors compared to the Ancient
Egyptians. This was a civilization that had laws, libraries, zoos,
government, royalty and schools of higher learning. *Mesoamerica is one
of two locations in the world where writing is known to have developed
independantly (*source "Guns Germs and Steel" by Diamond).
A major purpose of this study is to bring family previously not known
to each other, together. This has occured thus far with some of the more
larger families such as the Villarreal, Trevino and Garza. Probably
the vast majority of us if we looked back far enough would link to some
of the numerous members of these families.
Knowing our orgins and family lines ultimately brings us together. DNA
testing is a very rewarding experience. I would encourage you all to
know the truth about our ancestors. The truth is out there sometimes
buried in numerous legal documents of the colonial period or deduced
through DNA statistics or determining what makes sense from numerous
points of view. This realization is liberating.
We can be proud of the rich history of our ancestors. DNA testing
has begun to help us know them! Find out about your family lines.
Gary
Mexico DNA Project Admin.
http://members.tripod.com/~GaryFelix/index63.htm
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