Our DNA Results:

Caggegi-Raciti Y-DNA Results:

R1b1c:

M173+ M207+ M269+ M343+ P25+ M126- M153- M160- M18- M222- M37- M65- M73- P66- SRY2627-

393 390 19* 391 385a 385b 426 388 439 389-1 392 389-2***

13 24 14 11 11 14 12 12 12 13 13 29


R1b1c:

Haplogroup R1b is the most common haplogroup in European populations. It is believed to have expanded throughout Europe as humans re-colonized after the last glacial maximum 10-12 thousand years ago. This lineage is also the haplogroup containing the Atlantic modal haplotype.


HVR1 Haplogroup U5a1a

HVR1 differences from CRS

16157C
16192T
16256T
16270T
16320T
16399G

Caggegi-Raciti mt-DNA Results:
Fuoti-Raciti mt-DNA Results:

U5a1a:

Specific mitochondrial haplogroups are typically found in different regions of the world, and this is due to unique population histories. In the process of spreading around the world, many populations—with their special mitochondrial haplogroups—became isolated, and specific haplogroups concentrated in geographic regions. Today, we have identified certain haplogroups that originated in Africa, Europe, Asia, the islands of the Pacific, the Americas, and even particular ethnic groups. Of course, haplogroups that are specific to one region are sometimes found in another, but this is due to recent migration.

The mitochondrial super-haplogroup U encompasses haplogroups U1-U7 and haplogroup K. Haplogroup U5, with its own multiple lineages nested within, is the oldest European-specific haplogroup, and its origin dates to approximately 50,000 years ago. Most likely arising in the Near East, and spreading into Europe in a very early expansion, the presence of haplogroup U5 in Europe pre-dates the expansion of agriculture in Europe. Haplogroup U5a1a—a lineage within haplogroup U5—arose in Europe less than 20,000 years ago, and is mainly found in northwest and north-central Europe. The modern distribution of haplogroup U5a1a suggests that individuals bearing this haplogroup were part of the populations that had tracked the retreat of ice sheets from Europe.

Raciti-Caggegi and Azzolina, Serraino, Merlo, Aliberti DNA information:

Raciti-Caggegi and Azzolina, Serraino, Merlo, Aliberti DNA information:


http://www.geocities.com/johnraciti2/caggegi_raciti.html

http://www.geocities.com/johnraciti2/r1b1c.html

http://www.geocities.com/johnraciti2/u5a1a.html

Name Origins - for U5a1a Members:

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Here's what I found:

Name Origins - for U5a1a Members:

English: 34 %
Norman-/French: 23 %
Scottish: 19 %
Anglo-Saxon-/German: 11 %
Irish: 7 %
Welsh: 4 %

These are the cultural names that match me mainly on my Y-DNA (R1b1c*).

English Names - 41%
Scottish Names - 18%
Irish Names - 16%
French Names - 16%
German Names - 5%
Dutch Names - 4%

There is definely a Norman/Anglo-Saxon/Frisian - connection with my genetic matches in the FTDNA database.

U5 - North-Eastern European

All over Europe U5 is found in frequencies over 5% according to an article “Geographic Patterns of mtDNA Diversity in Europe” by Lucia Simoni et al. 2000:

Spain 8.1
Basques 10.4
France 5.4
British mainland 8.0
Sardinia 8.2
Southern Italy 8.1
Alps Italy 6.1
Albania 14.3
Switzerland 8.3
Austria 5.9
South Germany 9.2
North Germany 7.4
Denmark 6.3
Norway 10.0
Sweden 6.3
Finland 13.9
Iceland 11.3
Saami 52.9

Top 3:

Saami 52.9
Albania 14.3
Finland 13.9


Observations of U5a in frequencies over 4% from the study of Agnar Helgason et al. 2001

Spain/Portugal 4.5
Ireland 4.7
Scotland 5.1
Western Isles 4.9
Orkney 5.9
Iceland 5.6
Germany 4.9
Austria 5.9
European Russia 7.9
Finland/Estonia 6.9
Scandinavia 6.8

Top 3:

European Russia 7.9
Finland/Estonia 6.9
Scandinavia 6.8