This project is for all J2/J-M172 > J2b/J-M102 tree, except for the M241 subclade.
(For J2b2a/M241, please join https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/m-241) 

If you don’t know your downstream haplogroup, you can use the Y-Haplogroup Predictor tool at www.nevgen.org with your Y25, Y37, Y67 or Y111 results.

J2b/J-M102 is a branch of J2/M172, and this project is a partnering sub-project to J2-M172 group.

There are several major branches in our Project:

J2b /M102 (parent haplogroup)

            Formed 27,000 years ago in the Middle East

1.       J2b1 /M205

Formed 16,000 years ago in the Middle East

Recent descendants: Middle East and Europe

https://www.yfull.com/tree/J-M205

2.       J2b2 /Z1827/Z1825

Formed 16,000 years ago in the Middle East

§  J2b2>Z593>FT3464/Y167175

Formed 13,000 years ago in the Middle East

Recent descendants: Iran, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Scotland, Ukraine

https://www.yfull.com/tree/J-Y167175

§  J2b2b1/CTS8204/Y18039

Formed 13,000 years ago in the Middle East

Recent descendants: Palestinian Territory, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Syria, 

                           Armenia, Italy, Hungary, England, Scotland

https://www.yfull.com/tree/J-Y18039

§  J2b2b2/Z42941 (xJ2b2b2a) 

Formed 13,000 years ago in the Middle East

Recent descendants: Libya, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Portugal, Italy

https://www.yfull.com/tree/J-Z42941

§  J2b2b2a/Z43000/Z42983

Formed 5,000 years ago in the Middle East

Recent descendants:

Ashkenazi: Romania, Ukraine, Hungary, Moldova, Slovakia, Lithuania, Belarus, Russia. 

Sephardic: Libya, Italy, Spain

https://www.yfull.com/tree/J-Z42983

3.      J2b/M102(xZ534)>Y143912

Recent descendants: Uzbekistan

https://www.yfull.com/tree/J-M102

There are two main goals for this Project:

1) Advance research into the phylogeny and geographic origins of lines above

2) Provide assistance to members in interpreting their matches and finding Y-DNA relatives.