Can someone explain this DNA test my little brother took?
Can I count that 24.1% Turkish to Kurdish? And where would that Syrian part come from? Is this accurate at all? We’re from Konya region with my dads tribe emigrating from Erzîrom to konya during ww1
R-Y17491->R-YP4858->R-SK2014
I’m from Karabakh in Azerbaijan, and according to my family genealogy my paternal line is connected with the Karabakh beys, khalesh jamaat.
What makes my lineage particularly interesting is the diversity of populations associated with related branches. I have found connections among Kurds from different tribal backgrounds, including Kurmanji- and Zaza-speaking groups, as well as Turkish Alevis and Turkmen/Yörük populations.
The Kurdish connection is especially interesting to me. The presence of related R-Z282/YP4858 branches among different Kurdish groups may point toward an ancient population layer that predates modern ethnic identities. Kurdish populations themselves are historically diverse, including tribes and communities with different origins and linguistic backgrounds. The fact that related paternal branches appear among Kurmanji, Zaza and other Kurdish populations makes me wonder whether part of the history of my line could have passed through the Iranian/Caucasian frontier and Kurdish tribal populations before reaching Karabakh.
I am also interested in the possibility that this lineage was connected to nomadic or semi-nomadic populations moving between northern Iran, South Azerbaijan, Anatolia and the Caucasus. One possible route I am considering is:
Ancient Eurasian steppe → Iranian/Indo-Iranian populations → Sarmatian/Kangju sphere → Kurdish/Iranian frontier populations → South Azerbaijan → Caucasus/Karabakh → Mils Steppe.
Another possibility is that the lineage entered Turkic-speaking populations earlier and was later carried westward by Turkic tribal movements.
The deeper R-Z282 history is particularly interesting because it belongs to an ancient Eurasian steppe lineage. I am therefore considering a possible Proto-Iranian/steppe component, perhaps connected in the deeper past with populations associated with the Sarmatian and Kangju worlds, and possibly with the mixed populations of the Hunnic period.
I am not claiming that R-Z282 proves that my ancestor was Kurdish, Iranian, Sarmatian or Hunnic. Y-DNA only follows one paternal line and cannot directly determine ethnicity. My question is whether this ancient paternal lineage could have passed through Iranian and Kurdish populations before eventually becoming part of the Turkic-speaking population of Karabakh.
The most interesting part for me is the possible transition:
ancient steppe lineage → Iranian-related populations → Kurdish/tribal populations → South Azerbaijan → Turkicization → Karabakh → Mils Steppe.
At the same time, the presence of related branches among Kurdish groups, Turkish Alevis and Turkmen/Yörük populations could indicate that this lineage has been moving through a very diverse cultural frontier for centuries.
So I’m trying to understand one main question:
Could my R-Z282 → YP4858 → SK2014 paternal line represent an ancient steppe/Iranian-related lineage that passed through Kurdish or other Iranian-speaking populations before eventually becoming incorporated into the Turkic-speaking population of Karabakh?
I would especially appreciate opinions from people familiar with R-Z282/YP4858/SK2014, Kurdish tribal history, Zaza and Kurmanji populations, Iranian Azerbaijan, Sarmatians, Kangju, Anatolian Alevis, Turkmen/Yörük groups and Karabakh genealogy.