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Y-DNA results:
Results already show that Archers come from many different patriarchs whose deep ancestry reaches to different parts of the world. Haplogroups are DNA signatures that are used to look at migrations of man.
Only males can test Y-DNA because it is the gene that makes a male a male. It is passed directly from father to son. Haplogroups are DNA signatures that are used to look at migrations of man. A resource on this topic is Spencer Wells, Deep Ancestry.
To learn more about the haplogroups and to see research and graphics of the Y-DNA tree, go to Additional information can be found by searching the internet for the haplogroup you are interested in. Be sure to specify Y-DNA Haplogroup.
•Y-DNA Haplogroup E appeared in Africa about 30-40 thousand years ago. Some migrated to the Middle East and spread out from there.
•Y-DNA Haplogroup I overwintered in the Balkans during the last Ice Age and some members of this group also overwintered in Iberia. The group expanded northward and eastward from the Balkans. The subgroup I1 today is found mainly in northwestern Europe; some I1’s are Norse Vikings, and others are Anglo-Saxons. N52390 has a genetic profile that puts him in the population that is more frequent in Europe than in England. 89335 and 108349 both have a genetic profile of I1 Anglo-Saxon. The Anglo-Saxons came into England mainly between 400-800 a.d.
•Y-DNA Haplogroup J began 15,000 years ago in the Fertile Crescent, an area that today includes Israel, the West Bank. Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and Iraq. J1emerged during the Neolithic Revolution in the Middle East, and some moved northward into western Europe while others moved back into North Africa. J2came out of the Near East, moved west along the Mediterranean to Italy and southern Spain. No J2’s got to Ireland, but they did get to Wales, England and Scotland in small numbers.
•Y-DNA Haplogroup R1b is the most prolific haplogroup in Europe and its frequency changes in a cline from west (where it reaches a saturation point of almost 100% in areas of Western Ireland) to east (where it becomes uncommon in parts of Eastern Europe and virtually disappears beyond the Middle East. Those who are in Haplogroup R1b might find the article by Kevin Campbell of interest. http://www.jogg.info/31/campbell.htm Campbell did not describe the location of OGAP27. These testers are kin.
mtDNA Results:
mtDNA is passed from the female to all of her children, so both females and males have mtDNA, but males cannot pass it to succeeding generations. mtDNA Haplogroups with the same name as Y-DNA Haplogroups have no relationship with each other. An example is that mtDNA Haplogroup K has a different history from Y-DNA Haplogroup K. mtDNA Haplogroups show the deep ancestry of the tester and are described in Spencer Wells, Deep Ancestry. Descriptions are also available on the tester's personal page under mtDNA - Results. Additional information can be found by searching the internet for the haplogroup you are interested in. Be sure to specify mtDNA Haplogroup.
•mtDNA Haplogroup B moved into East Asia about 50,000 years ago. This haplogroup along with F and M comprise about three-quarters of all mitochondrial lineages found in East Asia today. Some groups migrated to Southeast Asia and thence to Polynesia. Others crossed over the Bering straits to populate the Americas.
•mtDNA haplogroup H (also known as Helena)comprises 40 to 60 % of the mtDNA gene pool in Western Europe and as such is considered the most successful of the mtDNA haplogroups in reproducing itself. It also comprises about 20 % of southwest Asian lineages, 15 % of central Asian lineages and 5 % of northern Asian lineages.
•mtDNA Haplogroup J (also known as Jasmine) has a very wide distribution, being common in eastern and northern Europe, and is present as far east as the Indus Valley bordering Indian and Pakistan and as far south as the Arabian peninsula. mtDNA haplogroup J is largely considered one of the main genetic signatures of the Neolithic expansion and is associated with the spread of agriculture.
• mtDNA Haplogroup K (also known as Katrine) has a wide distribution including areas of Europe, northern Africa, India, Arabia, the northern Caucasus Mountains and throughout the near East.
• mtDNA Haplogroup L (includes mitochondrial Eve) is the root of the mtDNA tree and is prevalent in Africa. The L3 subclade was established about 80,000 years ago and contained the first modern humans to have left Africa through heading north. The major African American subclades are L2a (18.8%, sub-Saharan Africa), L1c (11%, Bantu and Semi-Bantu speakers of west-central tropical Africa), L1b (9.1%, West Africa), L3e2 (9.1%, Bantu speakers of West Africa),L3b (8.1%, West Africa), and L3d (6%, West Africa).
•mtDNA Haplogroup T began about 40,000 years ago and is present as far east as the Indus Valley and as far south as the Arabian Peninsula. It is also common in eastern and northeastern Europe and is considered one of the genetic signatures of the Neolithic expansion.
Results already show that Archers come from many different patriarchs whose deep ancestry reaches to different parts of the world. Haplogroups are DNA signatures that are used to look at migrations of man.
Only males can test Y-DNA because it is the gene that makes a male a male. It is passed directly from father to son. Haplogroups are DNA signatures that are used to look at migrations of man. A resource on this topic is Spencer Wells, Deep Ancestry.
To learn more about the haplogroups and to see research and graphics of the Y-DNA tree, go to Additional information can be found by searching the internet for the haplogroup you are interested in. Be sure to specify Y-DNA Haplogroup.
•Y-DNA Haplogroup E appeared in Africa about 30-40 thousand years ago. Some migrated to the Middle East and spread out from there.
•Y-DNA Haplogroup I overwintered in the Balkans during the last Ice Age and some members of this group also overwintered in Iberia. The group expanded northward and eastward from the Balkans. The subgroup I1 today is found mainly in northwestern Europe; some I1’s are Norse Vikings, and others are Anglo-Saxons. N52390 has a genetic profile that puts him in the population that is more frequent in Europe than in England. 89335 and 108349 both have a genetic profile of I1 Anglo-Saxon. The Anglo-Saxons came into England mainly between 400-800 a.d.
•Y-DNA Haplogroup J began 15,000 years ago in the Fertile Crescent, an area that today includes Israel, the West Bank. Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and Iraq. J1emerged during the Neolithic Revolution in the Middle East, and some moved northward into western Europe while others moved back into North Africa. J2came out of the Near East, moved west along the Mediterranean to Italy and southern Spain. No J2’s got to Ireland, but they did get to Wales, England and Scotland in small numbers.
•Y-DNA Haplogroup R1b is the most prolific haplogroup in Europe and its frequency changes in a cline from west (where it reaches a saturation point of almost 100% in areas of Western Ireland) to east (where it becomes uncommon in parts of Eastern Europe and virtually disappears beyond the Middle East. Those who are in Haplogroup R1b might find the article by Kevin Campbell of interest. http://www.jogg.info/31/campbell.htm Campbell did not describe the location of OGAP27. These testers are kin.
mtDNA Results:
mtDNA is passed from the female to all of her children, so both females and males have mtDNA, but males cannot pass it to succeeding generations. mtDNA Haplogroups with the same name as Y-DNA Haplogroups have no relationship with each other. An example is that mtDNA Haplogroup K has a different history from Y-DNA Haplogroup K. mtDNA Haplogroups show the deep ancestry of the tester and are described in Spencer Wells, Deep Ancestry. Descriptions are also available on the tester's personal page under mtDNA - Results. Additional information can be found by searching the internet for the haplogroup you are interested in. Be sure to specify mtDNA Haplogroup.
•mtDNA Haplogroup B moved into East Asia about 50,000 years ago. This haplogroup along with F and M comprise about three-quarters of all mitochondrial lineages found in East Asia today. Some groups migrated to Southeast Asia and thence to Polynesia. Others crossed over the Bering straits to populate the Americas.
•mtDNA haplogroup H (also known as Helena)comprises 40 to 60 % of the mtDNA gene pool in Western Europe and as such is considered the most successful of the mtDNA haplogroups in reproducing itself. It also comprises about 20 % of southwest Asian lineages, 15 % of central Asian lineages and 5 % of northern Asian lineages.
•mtDNA Haplogroup J (also known as Jasmine) has a very wide distribution, being common in eastern and northern Europe, and is present as far east as the Indus Valley bordering Indian and Pakistan and as far south as the Arabian peninsula. mtDNA haplogroup J is largely considered one of the main genetic signatures of the Neolithic expansion and is associated with the spread of agriculture.
• mtDNA Haplogroup K (also known as Katrine) has a wide distribution including areas of Europe, northern Africa, India, Arabia, the northern Caucasus Mountains and throughout the near East.
• mtDNA Haplogroup L (includes mitochondrial Eve) is the root of the mtDNA tree and is prevalent in Africa. The L3 subclade was established about 80,000 years ago and contained the first modern humans to have left Africa through heading north. The major African American subclades are L2a (18.8%, sub-Saharan Africa), L1c (11%, Bantu and Semi-Bantu speakers of west-central tropical Africa), L1b (9.1%, West Africa), L3e2 (9.1%, Bantu speakers of West Africa),L3b (8.1%, West Africa), and L3d (6%, West Africa).
•mtDNA Haplogroup T began about 40,000 years ago and is present as far east as the Indus Valley and as far south as the Arabian Peninsula. It is also common in eastern and northeastern Europe and is considered one of the genetic signatures of the Neolithic expansion.