Roman Empire and the Location of our J2 Y-Haplogroup



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Y-DNA Haplogroup J2 M172 - Roman Empire

While it has been said before in forums, chats and websites on the internet that the J2 Frequency Map for Europe shows a resemblance to the borders of the Roman Empire, i have never seen an actual image comparing the two. I decided to make one for myself and upload it here. I used the current (2012) Eupedia.com J2 Frequency map and an image of the Roman Empire at its largest extent (about 117 AD). Eupedia.com tells us; "Romans surely helped spread haplogroup J2 across its borders, judging from the distribution of J2 within Europe (frequency over 5%) which bears an uncanny resemblance to the borders of the Roman Empire."
Rober H. A. Sanders



Some More interesting scoop at  j2a4h2.blogspot.com



Hollinger (Hullinger) Swiss name locations. Our ancestors were from the villages of Boniwill, Egliswil, Seengen, and Holwil in Canton Aargau, Switzerland.


Surname Canton Community Citizenship obtained Place of origin


Holliger AG Aarau 1910, 1924 (Boniswil AG)
Holliger AG Boniswil a
Holliger AG Egliswil 1880 (Boniswil AG)
Holliger AG Gontenschwil a
Holliger AG Lenzburg b
Holliger AG Oberentfelden a
Holliger AG Oberkulm 1860 (Boniswil AG)


Holliger AG Schinznach Dorf 1877 (Boniswil AG)
Holliger AG Seengen a
Holliger AG Zofingen 1895 (Beinwil am See AG)
Holliger BS Basel 1902, 1914, 1920, 1927 (Boniswil AG)
Holliger BS Basel 1933 (Oberentfelden AG)
Holliger BS Basel 1947 (Oberkulm AG)
Holliger BS Basel 1919 (Zofingen AG)


Holliger GR Chur 1922 (Seengen AG)
Holliger NE Neuchâtel 1888 (Boniswil AG)
Holliger TG Arbon 1943 *
Holliger ZH Opfikon 1948 (Boniswil AG)
Holliger ZH Volketswil 1921 (Boniswil AG)
Holliger ZH Winterthur 1919 (Boniswil AG)
Holliger ZH Zürich 1926, 1927, 1940, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1951, 1952, 1958, 1959 (Boniswil AG)
Holliger ZH Zürich 1956 (Volketswil ZH)


Legend: a = before 1800; b = in 19th century; c = in 20th century.






http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/famn/index.php

Name Origin

Our Hollinger (Hullinger) Name, according to Genealogy Family Education.

 http://genealogy.familyeducation.com/

 South German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name for someone from places called Holling or Hollingen.

http://genealogy.familyeducation.com/surname-origin/hollinger?detoured=1

I have recently been in communication with Alois Ohrhallinger in Austria.  He has done considerable research on the name, and he believes that everyone with the Hallinger / Hollinger / Hullinger name originated in Austria. He could well be right since there are signficant concentrations of Hollinger's in Austria, and our Hullinger name came from Hollinger.  His writings in the blog below.

http://hallinger.blogspot.com/

Hullinger / Hollinger J2a4h2

The table below results from a search in FamilyTreeDNA.com for the Hollinger name, which includes Hullinger and Holiger. The first seven Hollingers are closely related. The last three are not closely related.



Persons Closely related to Our Y J2a4h2 - Our Genetic "Cousins"


The information above is from a search for persons matching our Y Haplogroup of J2a4h2.  The right column shows the genetic distance, with 0 being the closest. Ten of the respondents above indicate that their oldest male ancestor is from Europe, while four say the middle east (two Syria, two Sephardic Jews), Thirteen don't know.

Out of Africa



The map above depicts human migration. Most scientists believe that Homo Sapiens originated in Africa, expanded into the middle east, and then around the world. Homo Sapiens immigrated into Europe about 40,000 years ago. Our haplogroup, J2a4h2, left the middle east much later for southern Europe. Our ancestor eventually reached County Aargau, Switzerland.


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Y Distribution Map and Table

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