Hello all —

In case there’s anyone with Pineda/Pinedo roots in the Zacatecas area, my father recently received his yDNA results. They’re posted on the Mexico DNA site.

Hello all —

In case there’s anyone with Pineda/Pinedo roots in the Zacatecas area, my father recently received his yDNA results. They’re posted on the Mexico DNA site. According to Gary Felix, our line is Q-M242. However, he seems to think that it’s not Native American, but rather from Central Asia/Middle East. I’m wandering if we need to do the 25 or 37 marker test — does anyone have a view about any of this.

Here’s the entry for our results — it’s the information I’ve learned to date, along with the close matches that Gary Felix found:

Monte Escobedo, Zacatecas > Mesquital del Oro, Zacatecas > Tlaltenango, Zacatecas > Laredo, Texas. Haplogroup Q. Found in the Middle East and Central Asia. See these 10 YDNA matches to DYS19=15 DYS389I=12 (1 step off from 13) DYS389II=27 (1 step off from 28) DYS390=24 DYS391=10 DYS392=14 DYS393=13 DYS385=14-16 and DYS439=11 to 2 of 236 Mendoza, Argentina [European], 2 of 357 Mexico City, Mexico [Mestizo], 2 of 70 Assiut, Egypt [Egyptian], 1 of 122 Noord-Brabant, Netherlands [Dutch], 1 of 163 Israel & Palestinian Authority Area [Arab], 1 of 106 Saudi Arabia [Saudi] and 1 of 533 Central Portugal, Portugal [Portuguese] in this – YHRD database search. Oldest Ydna ancestor – Gregorio Pinedo, son of Bartolo Pinedo and Maria Gonzalez, married in 1834 in Monte Escobedo, Zacatecas>Pedro Pinedo b. circa 1851>Nicanor Pinedo b. circa 1882>Jesus Maria Pineda b. 1930.

If anyone else knows of any Pinedas or Pinedos who’ve done the test, or who otherwise also has a similar Q-M242 line, please let me know. Thanks!

Chris Pineda