J1c is quite common in Europe and very uncommon in the Middle East the connection to Mecca isn't plausible for various reasons. The current evidence points to Neolithic diffusion from the Balkans, haplogroup J however does have origins in the ME as do all European haplogroups. The attached link explains it in detail if you have additional questions you can PM me.
http://www.eupedia.com/europe/Haplogroup_J_mtDNA.shtml On Sunday, February 7, 2016 at 9:20:25 AM UTC-8, Cheri Mello wrote: > > Repost for Riley Johnson, birdfallindustries at gmail.com > > I just found out I am J1c1b1 for my maternal haplogroup. I also have a > very small amount of Iberian. From what I could tell J1c dates back to > Mecca and the middle east. > -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
