I-L22 Y-DNA Haplogroup

Ok so I looked at yfull tree and made a chart of the ratio of I-L22 test takers to millions of population and came up with this. As we can see, L22 lines are very successful in Finland but there is a big difference between those Scandinavian values and the UK and Ireland. Even discounting L22 Z133 which is a heavily Finnish dominated subclade, the chart doesn't change much. This reinforces the hypothesis that I-L22 was Nordic in origin (hence the large population proportions) and spread to other areas via the Viking invasions.

As promised, a look at the Nordic Bronze Age - Nordic Bronze Age (YouTube) ‘ a novel form of religion-infused warriorhood which materialized via new forms of weaponry boasting cosmology-rooted ornaments ’ - Vandkilde 2014 The Nordic Bronze Age occurred between 1700BC and 500BC and is the point at which several of L22 daughter lines branched off and begun to take hold in various areas around Scandinavia, including L287 which is a heavily Finnish orientated branch, also present in Sami populations. L287 is thought to have developed in areas in and around modern day Finland before proto-Germanic language and culture ye t existed so far north, explaining why Finland is the only place where today we can find high numbers of L22 outside of traditionally ‘Germanic’ speaking peoples. It is unlikely that any towns or cities existed in Nordic Bronze Age regions. More than likely small farmsteads existed with a longhouse as the focal point. These longhouses were common th...

Finds from the Battle Axe Culture - NMoD What is the story of I1-L22? Well, like all good stories, it’s probably best to start at the beginning....  Assuming what we know about L22 is correct, we all share a common male ancestor around 2000 BC and he lived in southern Scandinavia. This would mean our ancestor can be found in the late neolithic/ chalcolithic battle axe culture. The ‘battle axe’ culture is named so because many goods buried in graves of the period include these stone, boat shaped, battle axes. Often placed near the head. There seems to be some debate about whether these axes were symbolic in nature, more functional as a farming tool or used as a weapon. Whatever the function of the axe, it seems clear that our L22 ancestors would have seen them as a reflection of a persons status and importance. It would also seem that our L22 ancestor probably lived in small undefended farmsteads (maybe hinting that the axes were more ceremonial than weapons o...