Svega 13% Rumuna ima R1b Haplogroup koji je karakteristican za romanske narode Zapadne Evrope.
Rumuni su genetski najblizi Slovenima.
Eurasia
* In Western Europe, R1b is present in Irish 90-98%,[41] Basques: 90-95%,[42] Bretons: 80-89%,[43] Scottish: 77%, Catalans: 75%,[42] English: 75%, Belgians: 70%,[29] Portuguese: 70%,[33] France (Strasbourg): 67.6%, France (Lyon), 66.7%,[44], Spanish (as a whole): 65%,[45] Italians (continental Italy): 40%,[46] Germans: 39%,[47] Norwegians: 25.9%,[48] Sicilians: 24.5%,[49] Maltese: 21.9%,[50] Swedes: 20%,[48] Sardinians: 19%.[51]
* In Eastern Europe, R1b is present in Czechs and Slovaks: 35.6%,[42] Poles: 20%[47]-16.4%,[42] Latvians: 15%,[52] Hungarians: 13.3%, Russians: 10%,[52] Estonians: 9%,[52] Lithuanians: 5%,[52] Belarusians: 4.2%, Ukrainians: 2.0%[42]-18.9%,[53] Sami: 3.9%.[54]
* In the Balkans, R1b is present in Greeks: 13.5%[55]-22.8%,[42] Slovenes: 21%,[52] Albanians: 17.6%,[42]
Romanians: 13%,[53] Bulgarians: 17.0%,[33] Croats: 15.7%,[52] Serbs: 10.6%,[52] Herzegovinians: 3.6%,[52] Bosnians: 1.4%[52].
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup_R1b_(Y-DNA)
Rumuni poseduju 22% ilirskih gena-dosta vise nego romanskih gena,,
Haplogroup I
Haplogroup IJ (Y-DNA).jpg
Time of origin 25,000-30,000 years BP
Place of origin Europe or Asia Minor
Ancestor IJ
Descendants I1, I2
Defining mutations M170, M258, P19, P38, P212, U179
Highest frequencies Croats 45% (North)- 74% (South)[1], Bosniaks 48%[1], Norwegians 40%[2][3], Sardinians 37%[4]-42%[2], Swedes 26% (North)[2]-50% (Gotland & Värmland)[5], Danes 39%[2][6], Germans 37.5%[7], Serbs 36% (Serbia[8], Bosnia[1]), Icelanders 33%, Finns 20% (Eastern)[9]-41% (Western)[9], Hungarians 11%[7]-28%[10], Macedonia 20%[7]-25%, Netherlands 25%, England +20%,
Romanians/Moldovans 22%[2]-48% (Buhuşi & Piatra Neamţ)[11], Bulgaria +20%
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup_I_(Y-DNA)