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The Benelux clade

G-FGC6618

This clade originated around 7,400 years ago from G-Y14935

This very old and very small clade has only three families of which the ancestors lived in the Meuse valley. Their common ancestor lived in Roman times or perhaps in the early Middle Ages and possibly also in this valley.

For a branch, we have to go back an incredibly long time, more than 7000 years. How is it possible that all possible side branches, which of course existed in these many thousands of years, have all become extinct. We can only understand that if they have i> been highly isolated in a small, probably inaccessible area. Given their past origins we can think of mountainous areas in Anatolia, present-day Turkey or slightly eastern in the mountainous areas around Mesopotamia, present-day Iran.

7,500 years ago our branch was created at the same time as three others. One with descendants in Armenia, Syria, Lebanon and England. The second with offspring in Italy and Saudi Arabia and the third in Poland.

It is very possible that we are descended from a man who has registered as Roman legionary soldier. After their service, veterans were given a piece of land, usually in their country of origin when it was in the empire, otherwise in the region where they last served. After the repopulation of the region in the Maasdal there were also 350 N.Chr. Roman garrisons mounted.

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Split in three in the time of the Merovingians
or perhaps many centuries earlier.

In Roman Times or Middle Ages our clade split in three. The Marres and Slootmaekers families in Maastricht, and Nolet in Namur. It may be that they originate from a joint ancestor. (3)

The three families each have their own defining SNP. (4)

These are there Haplotypes

DYS markers in blue field - DYS values in light yellow field - one genetic step higher in fawn - two steps higher in maroon - one step lower in light green - two steps lower in green.

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