Recently, I was able to obtain a Y-DNA test for a male from my paternal HUBER family. There are very few males with this surname still living in my father's family, so this was, in many ways, a small miracle!
According to 23andMe, my male HUBER ancestors have the Y-DNA haplogroup I2b1* (which appears to have been renamed I2a2a recently--but that change has not yet appeared on 23andMe or Family Tree DNA websites).
This was somewhat of a shock to me, as I fully expected a Northern European Y-DNA haplogroup of R1a or some variation of that.
Then came the questions:
--Is there anyone out there researching HUBER or HOOVER lineages with Y-DNA haplogroup I2b1* aka I2a2a??
--What Y haplogroups are most common for surname HUBER or HOOVER?
--Is I2b1* aka I2a2a a really rare haplogroup for Northern Europeans?
23andMe has posted information on Y haplogroup I2b1* , but the page indicates that the haplogroup is most prominent in Southern Europe, Sardinia & the Balkans.
This is somewhat confusing, since my HUBER family clearly had roots in Germany, and most likely lived in Switzerland before Germany.
Other online information & maps show that Ib21* aka I2a2a did exist in Germany, Denmark & other Northern European areas.
To make things even more confusing, my own Ancestry Composition on 23andMe shows a small percentage of Italian ancestry, plus a small percentage of unidentified Southern European.
Family Tree DNA website shows ancestry of 0.5% Romanian--which I can't figure out at all! I have a fairly complete family tree, accurate back to 5 generations, and I can see no connection to Southern Europe or Romania whatsoever in any part of my tree within 5 generations. Very curious!
At any rate, here are my male HUBER ancestral lineage (starting with my paternal grandfather) bearing the Y-DNA Haplogroup Ib21* aka I2a2a:
ALONZO COX HUBER b Dec 25, 1871 Thorntown Boone Co IN d 1951 Marshalltown, Iowa; m MINTTIE MAY BRUTON
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PHILLIP L HUBER b 1844 Ohio m CAROLINE AMELIA "CRAMELIA" FRAZIER
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ELIJAH HUBER b 1808 Colerain twp, Ross Co Ohio, died June 7, 1857 Darlington, Sugar Creek twp, Montgomery Co IN m CATHERINE SHRIVER
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WILLIAM/WILHELM HUBER b June 22. 1776 Hagarstown, Washington Co MD or VA, died 1836 Salt Creek twp, Hocking Co OH, m ANNA ELIZABETH KEFFER in Berlin, Somerset PA
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JACOB HUBER Sr b abt 1750; died Oct 8, 1803 Berlin, Somerset Co PA m MAGDALENA unknown.
Your comments appreciated!
Have a great day!
Betty
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