Virtually
all R1b haplogroup among Serbs is made of R1b-M269, the most dominant branch of
haplogroup R1b. R1b-M269 occurs in neolith in steppe cultures of Eurasia
(primarily Yamna culture), and is closely related to the ethnogenesis of
Indo-European populations.
Conditionally speaking, the R1b haplogroup is
now divided into eastern and western groups. However, this
division is only related to geographical distribution. Some branches of the
so-called eastern R1b, such as Z2103, are phylogenetically
closer to the western L51> L11, than to the other
eastern haplogroups like the PF7562 haplogroup.
Western R1b-L51>L11 branch with the expansion and migration of Indo-Europeans in the Bronze age, through the initial culture of the
Bell Beaker people, became the basis of
ethnogenesis of the Germanic, Celtic and Italic peoples of Europe.
Eastern
group (Z2103, PF7562) participated in the ethnogenesis of some Indo-European Paleobalcanic
(Thracians), Anadolian, Caucasian and Central Asian populations (Armenians,
Bashkirs, Turkmens).
The percentage of haplogroup R1b among Serbs varies from area to area, but the overall percentage is about 7%. So-called eastern and western branches of this haplogroup are quite equally represented.
Ornaments in bone, Yamna culture
EvgenyGenkin,(Creative Commons CC BY 2.5)
Branches of haplogroup R1b so far recorded among Serbs:
R1b-M269>PF7562>PF7563>Y31335>BY16680
R1b-M269>PF7562>PF7563>Y31335>BY16680>BY133177
R1b-M269>L23>Z2103>Z2109>CTS9219>BY250
R1b-M269>L23>Z2103>Z2109>CTS9219>Y18959>Y5587
R1b-M269>L23>Z2103>Z2109>CTS9219>Y18959>BY611>Z2705>BY38894
R1b-M269>L23>Z2103>Z2109>CTS9219>Y18959>BY611>Z2705>Y32147
R1b-M269>L23>Z2103>Z2109>CTS9219>Y18959>BY611>Z2705>Y32147>Y37280
R1b-M269>L23>L51>U106>Z381>S497>A10971>BY18860
R1b-M269>L23>L51>U106>Z381>S497>DF96>S11477
R1b-M269>L23>L51>U106>Z381>Z301>L48>Z9>Z326
R1b-M269>L23>L51>U106>Z381>Z301>L48>Z9>Z326>FGC18842
R1b-M269>L23>L51>U106>Z381>Z301>L48>L47
R1b-M269>L23>L51>P312>U152
R1b-M269>L23>L51>P312>U152>L2>FGC13619
R1b-M269>L23>L51>P312>U152>L2>DF103
R1b-M269>L23>L51>P312>U152>CTS5531>Z67