Genetic studies on Bosniaks

As with all modern European nations, a large degree of 'biological continuity' exists between the Bosniaks and their ancient predecessors with Bosniak Y chromosomal lineages testifying to predominantly Paleolithic European ancestry. A majority (>67%) of Bosniaks belong to one of the three major European Y-DNA haplogroups: I2 (43.50%), R1a (15.3%) and R1b (3.5%), while a minority belongs to less frequently occurring haplogroups E-V13 (12.90%) and J2 (8.7%), along with other more rare lineages.

Genetic studies on Bosniaks

As with all modern European nations, a large degree of 'biological continuity' exists between the Bosniaks and their ancient predecessors with Bosniak Y chromosomal lineages testifying to predominantly Paleolithic European ancestry. A majority (>67%) of Bosniaks belong to one of the three major European Y-DNA haplogroups: I2 (43.50%), R1a (15.3%) and R1b (3.5%), while a minority belongs to less frequently occurring haplogroups E-V13 (12.90%) and J2 (8.7%), along with other more rare lineages.