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Germanic Expansions

Historical Germanic expansions and their possible link to R1b-L48

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Jan 26, 2026
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R1b1a2a1a1a4 is Germanic or celtic? And Which population is the highest in?

(FTDNA nomenclature; often seen as L48+/L47- under the branch of R1b) is most consistently linked in the genetic literature and amateur-genetic projects to the Germanic-derived paternal lineages that ...

Jan 26, 2026

R1b L48

(also styled R-L48 or R1b1a2a1a1a4) is a subclade of the R1b Y‑chromosome family most closely nested under R1b-U106, defined by SNPs L48 and S162, and is widely discussed as a North‑West European — pa...