Hello Everyone,
I am a Balkan Turk of Gacal origin. Gacals are a Turkic community that has the same origin as the Gagauz people, but is known for being Muslim because of the Ottoman Empire. What my grandfather told me, and what his grandfathers told him, was that we were of Gacal origin. They lived in Tarnovo, Bulgaria. They are of Turkic origin, but I think we are very mixed with Slavs in terms of phenotype. All of my grandfather's relatives have blue eyes, most of them have blonde hair, and are 185+ cm tall. My grandfather's grandfather also has such a phenotype. Now that I have explained my family origins, I can come to my main question. I bought the kit from Myheritage and the results were as I expected, but the Y-Haplogroup I sent to the Morley site shocked me. The site told me I was H-m82 and I couldn't believe it. There is no India in any of my results including Gedmatch. The question in my mind is, could Morley DNA be wrong about this since MyHeritage has autosomal DNA? Will it make any difference if I buy FTDNA's Y-DNA haplogroup kit? I would be very grateful if anyone with knowledge could answer. Thanks.
I am a Balkan Turk of Gacal origin. Gacals are a Turkic community that has the same origin as the Gagauz people, but is known for being Muslim because of the Ottoman Empire. What my grandfather told me, and what his grandfathers told him, was that we were of Gacal origin. They lived in Tarnovo, Bulgaria. They are of Turkic origin, but I think we are very mixed with Slavs in terms of phenotype. All of my grandfather's relatives have blue eyes, most of them have blonde hair, and are 185+ cm tall. My grandfather's grandfather also has such a phenotype. Now that I have explained my family origins, I can come to my main question. I bought the kit from Myheritage and the results were as I expected, but the Y-Haplogroup I sent to the Morley site shocked me. The site told me I was H-m82 and I couldn't believe it. There is no India in any of my results including Gedmatch. The question in my mind is, could Morley DNA be wrong about this since MyHeritage has autosomal DNA? Will it make any difference if I buy FTDNA's Y-DNA haplogroup kit? I would be very grateful if anyone with knowledge could answer. Thanks.