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In 2017. Olga Utevska, a geneticist from Ukraine, wrote her dissertation paper in which she stated that the greatest diversity of I2a1a2 DYS448 = 19 (!!) haplotypes was in Ukraine and Belarus.

When I read the paper few days ago, at first I thought that she expressed herself imperfectly because it is a known fact that the greatest I-P37.2 (!!) haplotype diversity is in Ukraine, Belarus and southern Poland, but she was explicit: “the greatest diversity of DYS448 = 19 haplotypes”, which, in…

Y-DNA haplogroup I2a1 is the most common paternal lineage in the western Balkans, Romania, and Sardinia. It is also present in most European countries. Its maximum frequencies are recorded in Bosnia (particularly Bosnian Croats), Croatia, Serbia, and Montenegro (+30%). The percentages of I2a1a2 in other European countries available on the Internet should be taken with caution because they are, in many cases, definitely smaller. For example: up to 13% in Slovenia, max. 16% in Ukraine, less…