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Caucasian Ancestry – Haplogroup G
History of Y-DNA Haplogroup G Sometime 60 millennia (60,000 years) ago, a lineage started to emigrate from Africa following the steps of the animal herds on which they depended for survival. This lineage derived from “Y-chromosomal Adam” had the SNP mutation M168. During this migration, at about 45,000 years ago, another mutation SNP M89 occurred. […]
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Y-Haplogroup J1 – Caucasus, North Africa, Southern Europe, Arabs, Jews
Haplogroup J1 Y-DNA haplogroup J1 (M267), is a major subclade of Major Haplogroup J (M304), along with its sibling clade Y-DNA haplogroup J2 (M172). This haplogroup is found in high frequencies of males in or near the Middle East region, and parts of the Caucasus, with minor instances in Sudan and Ethiopia. It is also […]
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Haplogroup I – North Europe, Balkans
Haplogroup I represents the largest and oldest haplogroup throughout Europe with few exceptions. The origins of haplogroup I are thought to begin with haplogroup IJ — from the Middle East as far back as 40,000 years ago. The mutation of Haplogroup I occurred some 25,000 years after the formation of haplogroup IJ. I includes Cro-Magnons […]
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