>Clade E3b1
>lineages, which were frequent in the Greeks but not in Pakistan, were
>nevertheless observed in two Pathan individuals, one of whom shared a 16
>Y-STR haplotype
>with the Greeks.
>The worldwide distribution of a shortened (9 Y-STR) version
>of this haplotype, determined from database information,
was concentrated
>in
>
Macedonia and Greece, suggesting an origin there.
"This haplotype was not observed in any other E3b1-derived Pakistani Y
chromosome but was highly specific for the Balkans --
the highest frequency being in Macedonia."
Steven Bird, DMA
European Journal of Human Genetics (advance online publication)
There is
a lot of politicization of the whole Greek/Macedonian political
issue these days, but it seems fairly clear from the
contemporaneous
historical writers (
mostly Greek)
that the Macedonian and Greek peoples were two distinct groups.
Further, the Macedonians and the Thracians were "cousins" ethnically and culturally. Without having read the article, it may be jumping the gun quite a bit to call these E3b1 descendants "Greek" when they might have meant "from the portion of the modern nation of Greece that corresponded to ancient Macedonia and Thracia."
We should be extremely careful in assigning modern nationalities to ancient
peoples. Still, I'd love to see the article itself!
Steve Bird
European Journal of Human Genetics (advance online publication)
RootsWeb: GENEALOGY-DNA-L Re: [DNA] PubMed abstract: limited Greek contribution to PathansofPakistan