R-Z17 · Glasgow surname archive

Haplogroup R-Z17
"The Nordic Bronze Age" (c. 2000 BCE) The Patriarchs of the North Sea Germanic Tribes
Cultural Origin	Parent Clade	Geographic Zone
Proto-Germanic	R-Z18	Sweden, Denmark & North Germany
Descendant Pathways
Path A: The Mainstream Expansion (The Common Scandinavian Lines)		Path B: The Ancestral Bottleneck (The Path to the Normans)
Various Subclades Population: High Frequency in Sweden/Norway Historic Role: The bulk of Viking Era raiders Context: Represents the majority of Z17 descendants		R-S20045 Population: Rare / Low Frequency Historic Role: The Jastorf Survivors Context: A small lineage that survived a genetic bottleneck Result: The specific line leading to the Glasgows

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! colspan="3" style="background-color:#dbe9f5; color:#222; font-size:150%; padding:12px; text-align:center; border-bottom:2px solid #aab;" | '''Haplogroup R-Z17'''
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| colspan="3" style="padding:8px; text-align:center; background-color:#f9f9f9; border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;" | '''"The Nordic Bronze Age" (c. 2000 BCE)'''<br/>''The Patriarchs of the North Sea Germanic Tribes''
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| style="width:33%; background-color:#edf3f9; font-weight:bold; padding:8px; text-align:center;" | Cultural Origin
| style="width:33%; background-color:#edf3f9; font-weight:bold; padding:8px; text-align:center;" | Parent Clade
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| style="text-align:center;" | Proto-Germanic
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Space:R-Z18|R-Z18]]
| style="text-align:center;" | Sweden, Denmark & North Germany
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! colspan="3" style="background-color:#dbe9f5; color:#222; padding:8px; text-align:center; border-top:2px solid #aab;" | Descendant Pathways
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| colspan="2" style="background-color:#eef; font-weight:bold; padding:6px; text-align:center; border-right:1px solid #ccc; width:50%;" | Path A: The Mainstream Expansion<br/>''(The Common Scandinavian Lines)''
| style="background-color:#efe; font-weight:bold; padding:6px; text-align:center; width:50%;" | Path B: The Ancestral Bottleneck<br/>''(The Path to the Normans)''
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| colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top; padding:10px; border-right:1px solid #ccc;" |
* <div style="background-color:#cceeff; border:1px solid #99ccff; padding:2px 6px; border-radius:4px; display:inline-block; font-weight:bold;">Various Subclades</div>
* '''Population:''' High Frequency in Sweden/Norway
* '''Historic Role:''' The bulk of Viking Era raiders
* '''Context:''' Represents the majority of Z17 descendants
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* <div style="background-color:#ccffcc; border:1px solid #99cc99; padding:2px 6px; border-radius:4px; display:inline-block; font-weight:bold;">[[Space:R-S20045|R-S20045]]</div>
* '''Population:''' Rare / Low Frequency
* '''Historic Role:''' The Jastorf Survivors
* '''Context:''' A small lineage that survived a genetic bottleneck
* '''Result:''' The specific line leading to the Glasgows
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