The data for my paternal y chromosome is given below (L-M357)

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Branch: M357
Age: 5,500 – 10,500 Years Ago
Location of Origin: South Asia

This group expanded from their homeland in South Asia, but the steep mountains that form the Pamir Knot stopped the expansion of this lineage. It forced them to turn and push toward Central Asia and the land of their distant ancestors.

Today, geneticists have found it in decreasing frequency from Central Asia toward the Mediterranean. It is about 12 percent of the male Burusho population, 7 percent of the male Pashtun population, and 1 to 2 percent of Georgian male lineages.

Note: This branch is not accompanied by a major movement on the map, and research on this branch is continuing.

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It looks like at least some Syrian Christians in Kerala have links with pashtuns of Afghanistan than namboodiris of kerala.

Politly, let me say that it is you who miss the point. There is no body here who is claiming that he or she is superior over others because of his/her traditions or DNA. In the past, we wrongly accepted as ‘our hertiage’ one that is not ours at all. This is totally unacceptable. We are no more willing to hold on to lies and half truths.
The information available to us today is immense, something which our forebears could not ever imagine. We are making excellent use of this. Thanks to the web and the internet. Or rather thanks to the Jews for giving the world the web/internet/intel/computers.
Be patient, don’t jump to wrong conclusions without knowing facts, we are not idiots or evil people to promote racism.

Isn’t it about time people stopped trying to claim ‘whatever’ heritage. We are Indians (wherever we are) and should be proud of our diversity.

Using science to try and prove that we’re part of someting special is so wrong and so un-christian.

The J2, CMH crowd totally miss the point.

Best wishes.

It is very interesting to read the comments. It was very informative. I realized that as human beings we all seek to be part of something bigger, we seek to be part of something great. In the process we fail to realize that the biggest thing that we should be proud off is in the fact that we are all part of humanity.

I am not a geneticist. However, common sense makes me believe that we all are genetically mixed up sometimes out of choice and some times out of no choice. Christianity accepts any human being into its arms. This must have resulted in so many genes from around the globe into our gene pool. For this very reason, looking for DNA evidence to trace back community ancestory may not yield consistent results among our various brothers and sisters. A better approach might be to track back on your individual or family based DNA.

It is sad to see that so many people wants to get associated with the west, high caste, white skin etc… I wonder why can’t we be proud of that gene in our body from that one ordinary local man or women from Africa/India. There is no shame in having the gene of that one tribal woman. She might have been our great great ..great grand mother and she lives even today through us.

Continue the quest for your origin with out prejudice towards another human being.

Good Night!
Arun