Haplogroup G is found at modest percentages amongst Jewish men within multiple subgroups of
haplogroup G (Y-DNA)
Haplogroup G (M201) is a human Y-chromosome haplogroup. It is one of two branches of the parent haplogroup GHIJK, the other being Haplogroup HIJK, HIJK.
G-M201 is most commonly found among various ethnic groups of the Caucasus, but is also wide ...
, with the majority falling within the G2b and G2c category. Haplogroups that are more commonly found amongst Jews are Haplogroups E and J.
Jewish ethnic divisions
Jewish ethnic divisions refer to many distinctive communities within the world's ethnically Jewish population. Although considered a self-identifying ethnicity, there are distinct ethnic subdivisions among Jews, most of which are primarily the ...
, ranging from about a third of
Moroccan Jews
Moroccan Jews ( ar, اليهود المغاربة, al-Yahūd al-Maghāriba he, יהודים מרוקאים, Yehudim Maroka'im) are Jews who live in or are from Morocco. Moroccan Jews constitute an ancient community dating to Roman times. Jews b ...
to almost none reported among the Indian, Yemenite and Iranian communities.
Haplogroup G Found within Jewish Communities
The following percentages of haplogroup G persons have been found in the various Jewish communities listed in descending order by percentage of G.
See also
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genetic genealogy
Genetic genealogy is the use of genealogical DNA tests, i.e., DNA profiling and DNA testing, in combination with traditional genealogical methods, to infer genetic relationships between individuals. This application of genetics came to be used b ...
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Haplogroup G (Y-DNA) Country by Country
In human genetics, Haplogroup G (M201) is a Y-chromosome haplogroup
None of the sampling done by research studies shown here would qualify as true random sampling, and thus any percentages of haplogroup G provided country by country are only rough ...
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jews With Haplogroup G (Y-Dna)
* Y-DNA Haplogroup G - Jewish Diaspora
Haplogroup
A haplotype is a group of alleles in an organism that are inherited together from a single parent, and a haplogroup (haploid from the el, ἁπλοῦς, ''haploûs'', "onefold, simple" and en, group) is a group of similar haplotypes that share ...