An unusual branch of E1b-M123 from ancient Aghitu
A E1b-Z21466 was found from ancient Aghitu Hellenistic era. This branch is rare in ancient remains. Only one was known from Imperial Rome periode and now another from ancient Armenia.
You may ask why its important? Well Z21466 is the parallel branch of E1b-L791 (see the chart) which also is not particularly rich with ancient samples. L791 is important because indirect data suggest that its expansion is related to Bronze Age Anatolia. And the presence of samples from the parallel branch may give a hint about the direction from which L791 came to Anatolia. Even though the common ancestor of L791 and Z21466 is quite old (12.000 years), the lack of much ancient DNA from this two branches suggests that they had a compact distribution in the past.
In most likelihood the common ancestor Z841 is related to the spread of so called Central farmers from northern Mesopotamia to north including the historic Armenia and possibly to south Mesopotamia. Later the L791 expanded in Anatolia in Bronze Age. Yediay et al. 2024 has found a E1b-Z830 in Bronze Age Anatolia. In most likelihood it is from M123 branch. When files are uploaded we will know its exact subclade.
Napoleon Bonaparte relatives have been tested and he was from E1b-L791 branch.
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