Haplogroup E3b, 
Semitic origin. Mostly found in the Mediterranean, Middle East,North and East Africa. 23% of Ashkenazi Jews 19% of Sephardic Jews have this origin. 10% of modern day 
Spaniards share this origin.With the exception of the other Villarreal matches all 3 closest 10 of 12 matches are to Eastern European Asheenazi Jews. This is what 
I was able to gather in layman terms so we can understand our genetic origins. Most of the participants whom have test and gotten Semitic results can trace roots back 
to Diego de Villarreal born 1601 in Mexico as a common ancestor. 

The list below shows the following percentages of E3b*: E-M35 in Europe and Africa, we can only speculate when 
our African ancestors migrated to the Middle East and /or to Europe.  When more population studies are done and haplotype 
databases grow enough it might be possible to infer if our Y-DNA lineage fits better with the Neolithic farmers that migrated about nine 
thousand years ago or with the more recent migratory waves from the Middle East to Europe, including the Jewish Diaspora. 
 
Europe: 
Northern Portuguese  2.0 % 
Pasiegos from Cantabria 1.8 % 
Southern Spaniards  1.6 % 
Corsicans   0.7 % 
Sardinians   1.1 % 
Estonians   1.4 % 

R1b1 Western European Origins

So far the results are very different we seem to have several different family groups represented as many as four different families.

Villarreal Surname - DYS Markers
Participant	Y b a s e	Y s e a r c h	3 9 3	3 9 0	1 9	3 9 1	3 8 5 a	3 8 5 b	4 2 6	3 8 8	4 3 9	3 8 9 - 1	3 9 2	3 8 9 - 2	4 5 8	4 5 9 a	4 5 9 b	4 5 5	4 5 4	4 4 7	4 3 7	4 4 8	4 4 9	4 6 4 a	4 6 4 b	4 6 4 c	4 6 4 d	Comments THE VALUES IN RED ARE VALUES THAT USUALLY CHANGE OR MUTATE OVER TIME. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL IF THEY DIFFER ESPECIALLY SINCE WE ALL SHARE A COMMON SURNAME.
Villarreal, Luciano			13	24	14	11	11	14	12	12	11	13	13	29	16	09	10	11	11	23	15	19	29	14	15	16	17	Mexico> Texas. Haplogroup R1b Western European origin. Most common origin in Europe. Oldest Ydna ancestor - Librado Villarreal b.circa 1847. Contact: Rosa Villarreal Solis
Villarreal, Jose Maria			13	24	14	11	11	14	12	12	12	12	12	28														Mexico> South Texas with Nuevo Leon origins Desendant of Francisco de Villarreal and Petrona Rodriguez married in 1723 at Rancho San Pedro (Boca de Leones, Villaldama) Nuevo Leon Haplogroup R1b Western European origin. Most common origin in Europe. Jose Maria and Lee Roy are probrably related Contact:Joe Villarreal
Villarreal, Estan (R1b1)			13	24	14	11	13	15	12	12	11	13	14	29	15	09	10	11	11	25	15	19	32	15	15	16	17	Illionois, with origins in Northern Mexico, This family group shares Garza/Trevino DNA pattern Haplogroup R1b Western European origin. Most common origin in Europe Contact: Estan Villarreal
Villarreal, Lee Roy			13	24	14	11	11	14	12	12	12	12	12	28														California, with origins in Mexico. Lee Roy and Jose Maria are probrably related
Villarreal, Ramon			13	24	14	11	12	14	12	12	12	12	13	27														Michigan, with origins in Mexico.Had an exact match with Robert Gillespie Alderete

R1b Haplogroup
Western European origin. This lineage is also the haplogroup containing the Atlantic modal haplotype. Celtic people belong to this Haplogroup and they were 
among the earliest settlers of Spain. 68% of modern day Spaniards share this origin. The following markers are common to the people bordering Europe's 
Atlantic. 

Haplogroup J or R1b

This participant has a rare DNA sequence so far it has not been determined whether he is R1b Western European or J which is Middle Eastern North African origin. Both of his
closest matches are four step mutations with origins in Iran and Romania.  

A little Background on Haplogroup J

Haplogroup J is found at highest frequencies in Middle Eastern and north African populations where it most likely evolved. This marker has been carried by Middle Eastern traders into Europe, central Asia, India, and Pakistan. The Cohen modal lineage is found in Haplogroup J*.

 

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A little Background on Haplogroup E3b

• The Jewish men from communities which developed in the Near East , Iran / Iraq, Kurds, Yemenites, Roman Jews, and Ashkenazim / European Jews have very similar, almost identical genetic profiles."Despite their long-term residence in different countries and isolation from one another, most Jewish populations were not significantly different from one another at the genetic level. The results support the hypothesis that the paternal gene pools of Jewish communities from Europe, North Africa and the Middle East descended from a common Middle Eastern ancestral population, and suggest that most Jewish communities have remained relatively isolated from neighboring non-Jewish communities during and after the Diaspora."(M.F. Hammer, Proc. Nat'l Academy of Science, June 9, 2000) Although the Ashkenazi (European) community separated from their Mediterranean ancestors some 1,200 years ago and lived among Central and Eastern European gentiles, their paternal gene pool still resembles that of other Jewish and Semitic groups, originating in the Middle East.A low rate of intermarriage between Diaspora Jews and local gentiles was the key reason for this continuity. Since the Jews first settled in Europe more than 50 generations ago, the intermarriage rate was estimated to be only about 0.5% in each generation. One theory claims that the Jews of Eastern Europe derive predominantly from Jewish migrants from the Rhineland or from Italy, being fairly direct descendants of the original ancient Jewish / Hebrew populations.There has not been enough historical evidence to decide between such theories. Now, with the newly developed genetic methods, it is possible to test these ideas, for example to see if there was a significant Slavic contribution to modern Ashkenazi Jewry. Early indications from this study seem to support the "Mediterranean To Europe To Eastern European" pattern.These genetic research findings support Jewish tradition both written and oral. After over one thousand years of history in the Land of Israel, Jews dispersed to many and distant locations throughout the world.Some Jewish exile communities were relatively stable for two millennia such as in Babylonia (Iraq) and Persia (Iran). Others developed centuries later, following successive migrations to North Africa and Europe.All of these communities maintained their Jewish customs and religious observance despite prolonged periods of persecution. Jews remained generally culturally isolated from their host communities. These genetic studies are a testimony to Jewish family faithfulness.Only the Jewish people in the history of mankind has retained its genetic identity for over 100 generations while being spread throughout the world truly unique and inspiring.
• Perhaps, even more unique and inspiring, is that this most unlikely scenario was a prophecy and a promise.

"And God shall scatter you among all the peoples from one end of the earth to the other end of the earth…" Devorim 28:64"And God shall return your captivity and be merciful to you, and will return and gather you from all the nations whither God has scattered you." Devorim 30:3"As the natural laws are set before Me, so shall the seed of Israel never cease from being a nation before Me, forever." Yirmiyahu 31:36By Rabbi Yaakov Kleiman