Haplogroup I2-Y4882 is one of the haplogroups of Slavic origin present in the
Serbian population. It represents a branch of the haplogroup more commonly
known as the I2a Dinaric defined by
SNP YP196. The phylogenetic line for
the Y4882 looks like this:
I2a-M423>L621>YP196>S17250>Y4882
Age of haplogroup Y4882 is estimated at about 1800 years bp. It developed within the old Slavic populations north of
the Carpathians. The initial branches of the Y4882 show greater diversity in the area of today's Poland, so it
can be assumed that the haplogroup was formed and initially developed precisely
in that area.
Considering the age of this haplogroup, it should not be
surprising that today, through its younger branches, it is present in many Slavic peoples: Poles, Ruthenians, Slovaks, Russians, Ukrainians,
Belorussians, Serbs, but also some non-Slavic: Hungarians, Germans. As current
results show, haplogroup Y4882 is not present in Macedonian Slavs and
Bulgarians, Czechs, and individually occurs among Croatians and Slovenians. Only
the younger branches of the haplogroup Y4882 can be connected with certain Slavic
peoples.
Y4882>Y16473 Polish Uplanders (Pogórziane)
Y4882>Y16473>BY130310 Slovakian (Carpathian Highlanders)
Y4882>Y16473>FGC30452 Moravians (Horňácko etnographic
group)
Y4882>Y16473>FGC30452>FGC30460 Polish Gorals
Y4882>Z16969 Poles, Greater Poland
Y4882>Z16969>A21222 Germans, Swiss people
Y4882>Z16969>A10230>PLE07 Germans/Poland
Y4882>Z16969>A10230>PLE07>PLE04
Y4882>Z16969>A10230>PLE07>PLE04>PLE01 Poles
Y4882>Z16969>A10230>PLE07>A20031 Poles
Y4882>Z16969>A10230>PLE07>A20031>BY31898 Poles/Galicia
Y4882>Z16969>A10230>A811 Poles
Y4882>Z16969>A10230>A811>BY42204 Russians
Y4882>Z16969>A1328 Poles, Serbs, Ukrainians, Belorussians
Y4882>Z16969>A1328>BY30333>BY169082 Lemko Rusyns
Y4882>Z16969>A1328>BY30333>A7318 Belorussians, Russians
Y4882>Z16969>A1328>BY103931 Russians
Y4882>Z16969>A7358 Ukrainians, Poles
Y4882>Z16969>A12505 Poles, Swedes
In this way, we
could say that the branch Y16473
developed in the Carpathian mountain populations (Gorals, Rusyns), the branch A21222 among the Germans, the branch A10230 among the Poles, and the branch A1328 among the East
Slavs and Serbs.
Considering the old Slavic archaeological cultures, the Y4882
primarily can be
connected with the Prague-Korchak
archaeological culture, with its central parts, in the area of today's
southeast of Poland and Subcarpathian regions.
Decorations
on belts, Prague-Korchak Slavic culture
So far, among Serbs, a branch Y4882> Z16969> A1328
was found, with a few positively tested Y4882, who did not perform more specific SNP tests. All positevely tested A1328 individuals are originallly from the Dinaric zone of the
Serbian people: one clan from the Upper Lim region, one Krajina clan, and few
families from Ozren mountain and Krajina region. At the same time, the
haplogroup Y4882, without testing of
lower branches, was found in a Serb from Šumadija region, a Catholic from Sinj
and Croat from Lika region.
Except for matching of
the same home area, it seems that the haplogroup
Y4882 had different routes of migrations compared to the phylogenetically close I2-PH908, the most dominant Slavic haplogroup among the Serbs.
Even now we can quite sure conclude that the carriers of the haplogroup Y4882 were not in the great mass of the
Slavs who moved east, along the Lower Danube, and later settled the eastern and
central parts of the Balkan Peninsula. Following the genetic traces, everything
indicates that carriers of the Y4882 on the Balkans came across Western
Carpathians and the Pannonian Plain. Were they part of a particular Slavic
tribe which merged in larger tribal communities, it is difficult to say at this
point.
Today's presence
of the Y4882 branch among the Serbs is scarce. Although a relatively small
number of I2-YP196 haplogroup
members among the Serbs were SNP tested, considering the general presence of branches 448 = 20, we can conclude that the
percentage of I2-Y4882 among Serbs does not exceed several percent.
