J2b2a1 (J-M241>L283)
Clade J2b
Medium confidence 📍 Northern Albania, Dukagjin highlands (Gheg fis/clan)
Also spelled: Nikai
6 men of the Nikaj fis were Y-DNA tested and carry the same ancestral J2b-L283 lineage as the Krasniqe clan, but lack the derived mutations found in Krasniqe carriers, placing the clans' divergence before roughly 1500 CE. Smaller sample size than the Krasniqe branch of the same study, hence Medium rather than High confidence.
Source: Lauka A, Muhaj A, Bojaxhi G. (2021) "Prejardhja e fiseve Krasniqe e Nikaj nën dritën e të dhënave gjenetike, historike dhe traditës burimore" [The Origin of the Krasniqe and Nikaj Clans in Light of Genetic, Historical and Traditional Sources]. Studime Historike (Institute of History, Academy of Sciences of Albania) 75(3-4): 75-95.
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