This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: CelesteHolly51 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.lawson/6754.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: This does not mean they came "through" Europe; Eurasian means the part of Asia that is on the border where Europe touches Asia. The Q1a3 haplo originated in Central Asia and the Middle East (which is Asia, too); that area plus this/our continent is where the majority of that haplo is found today, and the people moved through that area where Asia and Europe touch in Russia/the former USSR into Siberia and across the Bering Strait. This is not a European haplo - there are one or two isolated incidences of Q1a3 found today due to isolated occurrance - maybe Vikings capturing slaves either from our continent or from what is now Russia (the area which is in Asia where some of those Q1a3 people were) and taking them back to Sweden, etc. There are other "Q" haplos found in Europe but not this Q1a3 (either with or w/o M3). Celeste Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.