[Verginius Rufus]

Really? Are there studies of present-day men from the DNA haplogroup R1b that shows a preponderance of boys over girls among their children?

[blam]

YES. I read it in the book, Origins Of The British an excellent book by Professor Stephen Oppenheimer.

My surname DNA project just contacted me to upgrade my DNA test from a 12 marker to a 37 marker test. I did.

Distribution of Haplogroup R1b in Europe

"R1b is the most common haplogroup in Western Europe, reaching over 80% of the population in Ireland, the Scottish Highlands, western Wales, the Atlantic fringe of France and the Basque country. It is also common in Anatolia and around the Caucasus, in parts of Russia and in Central and South Asia. Besides the Atlantic and North Sea coast of Europe, hotspots include the Po valley in north-central Italy (over 70%), the Ossetians of the North Caucasus (over 40%) and nearby Armenia (35%), the Bashkirs of the Urals region of Russia (50%), Turkmenistan (over 35%), the Hazara people of Afghanistan (35%), the Uyghurs of North-West China (20%) and the Newars of Nepal (11%). R1b-V88, a subclade specific to sub-Saharan Africa, is found in 60 to 95% of men in northern Cameroon."