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I have I-M253 (Y-DNA) too, my ancestors between 1733 - 1918 have been living in South-west Finland. But some Exact Y-DNA matches I have also in Worcestershire, England and one in Southern Sweden and one in Central Sweden. One step matches I have in Swineshead, Lincolnshire (England) and in Kreien (Nothern Germany) and several in Sweden and some in Norway. We may say that men in South-West Finland have something common (at genetical level) with men in other European countries.
I have some Tidwells who are Y37 GD3 matches with me. I haven't found any Tidwell Big Y results. I have done Big Y-700 and my terminal haplogroup has been defined as I-A6181. It belongs to the I1 (I-M253) haplogroup.
My paternal line has been in Finland at least from 1500s according to written documents, but most probably couple of centuries earlier since the Viking times or so.