The Russian Journal of Genetic Genealogy, Vol 1, No 1 (2010)

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Origin of “Jewish” clusters of E1b1b1 (M35) haplogroup

Akper Aliev

Abstract


Among the haplogroups represented among modern Jews, the frequency of more than 10% can be divided into three of them. They are J1 (M267), J2 (M172) and E1b1b1 (M35) [1]. According to recent studies, J1 and J2 claim the role of «haplogroups of Abraham», the legendary ancestor of the Jews and Arabs [2]. Despite the fact that the genealogical aspect of Jewish history is studied in sufficient detail [1, 3], the question about appearing in the Jewish community of the various«Jewish clusters» of subclades of the E1b1b1 haplogroup so far have been neglected. This leads us to the question of how and when were they formed?

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