Y-DNA Haplogroup J and its Subclades - 2014

Because of continuing research, the structure of the Y-DNA Haplogroup Tree changes and ISOGG does its best to keep the tree updated with the latest developments in the field. The viewer may observe other versions of the tree on the Web. Email Alice Fairhurst if the differences need clarification or if you find any broken links on this page.

Contact People for Haplogroup J: Bonnie Schrack or Tim Janzen or Chris Rottensteiner

J   M304/Page16/PF4609, 12f2.1, CTS26/PF4489, CTS687/PF4503, CTS852/PF4504, CTS1033/PF4507, CTS1068/PF4508, CTS1250/PF4510/YSC0001255, CTS1561/PF4534, CTS2042/PF4536, CTS2769/PF4538, CTS3543/PF4540/YSC0001268, CTS3732/PF4541, CTS3872/PF4542, CTS3936/PF4543/YSC0001275, CTS4204/PF4545/YSC0001278, CTS4349/PF4547, CTS4356/PF4548, CTS4937/PF4549, CTS5280/PF4550, CTS5426/PF4552, CTS5545/M3163/PF4554/YSC0001284, CTS5628/PF4555, CTS5678/PF4556, CTS5691/PF4557, CTS5934, CTS6958/PF4561, CTS7028/PF4562, CTS7229/PF4563/YSC0001286, CTS7483/PF4565, CTS7565/M5960/PF4566, CTS7738/PF4568, CTS7832/PF4569, CTS8078/PF4570, CTS8160/PF4571, CTS8938/PF4577, CTS8974/PF4578, CTS9533/PF4582, CTS9877/PF4583, CTS10446/PF4586, CTS10858/PF4612, CTS11211/PF4614, CTS11291/PF4615, CTS11571/PF4617, CTS11750/PF4618/YSC0001250, CTS11765/PF4620, CTS11787/PF4621/YSC0001251, CTS12047/YSC0001253, CTS12683/PF4623, CTS12887/PF4624, CTS12913/PF4625, F1167/PF4516/YSC0001296, F1168/PF4517, F1181/PF4518/S35, F1381/PF4520, F1632/YSC0001301, F1633, F1634/PF4523/YSC0001302, F1744/S4968/YSC0001303, F1826, F1973/PF4546/YSC0001304, F2114/PF4551, F2116/PF4553/YSC0000785, F2174/PF4558/YSC0001305, F2390/PF4560, F2502/PF4564, F2707/PF4573, F2746/YSC0001309, F2769/PF4576, F2817/PF4579, F2839/PF4580, F2973/PF4585/YSC0001312, F3074/PF4587/YSC0001313, F3119/PF4588, F3138/PF4590, F3176/PF4592/YSC0001314, F3347/PF4608/YSC0001315, F3358/PF4611/YSC0001316, F4072/PF4509/S34, F4299/PF4589, F4300, FGC1599/S23720/Z7822, FGC1600/Z7805, FGC1601/Z7809, FGC1604/Z7814, FGC1605/Z7807, FGC1606/Z7810, FGC1607/Z7803, FGC1609/Z7816, FGC2789/Z7808, FGC2791/Z7821, FGC3271/S13155/Z7815, FGC7618/Z7811, L60/PF4537/S6, L134/PF4539, L778/PF4616/YSC0000236, M10434/S10188, P209/PF4584, PF4491, PF4492, PF4494, PF4495, PF4497, PF4498, PF4505/YSC0000064, PF4506/YSC0000066, PF4511/YSC0001321, PF4513, PF4515, PF4519, PF4521, PF4524, PF4528, PF4529, PF4530, PF4532, PF4533, PF4535/YSC0000165, PF4567/YSC0000197, PF4572, PF4575, PF4591, PF4593, PF4594, PF4595, PF4596/Z2442, PF4598, PF4602/YSC0001323, PF4603, PF4605, PF4606, PF4607, PF4619/YSC0000239, PF4622, S19861/Z6326, S22619/Z7820, YSC0000228, Z7802, Z7817, Z7818, Z7829, Z7830, Z16989
• J*   -
• J1   L255, L321/PF4646, M267/PF4782
• • J1*   -
• • J1a   CTS5368/Z2215
• • • J1a*   -
• • • J1a1   M365.1
• • • J1a2   L136
• • • • J1a2*   -
• • • • J1a2a   P56
• • • • J1a2b   P58/Page8/PF4698
• • • • • J1a2b*   -
• • • • • J1a2b1   L92.1, L93
• • • • • J1a2b2   L147.1
• • • • • • J1a2b2*   -
• • • • • • J1a2b2a   L222.2/S350.2
• • • • • • • J1a2b2a*   -
• • • • • • • J1a2b2a1   L65.2/S159.2
• • • • • J1a2b3   L817
• • • • • • J1a2b3*   -
• • • • • • J1a2b3a   L818/S4972
• • • • • • • J1a2b3a*   -
• • • • • • • J1a2b3a1   L816
• • • J1a3   CTS15/Z1828
• • • • J1a3*   -
• • • • J1a3a   Z1842
• J2   M172/Page28/PF4908, L228/PF4895/S321
• • J2*   -
• • J2a   M410, L152, L212/PF4988, L559/PF4986
• • • J2a*   -
• • • J2a1   L26/Page55/PF5110/S57, F4326/L27/PF5111/S396
• • • • J2a1*   -
• • • • J2a1a   M47, M322
• • • • J2a1b   M67/PF5137/S51
• • • • • J2a1b*   -
• • • • • J2a1b1   M92, M260/Page14
• • • • • • J2a1b1*   -   
• • • • • • J2a1b1a   L556, L560
• • • • • J2a1b2   M166
• • • • • J2a1b3   L210, L218, L227
• • • • J2a1c   M68
• • • • J2a1d   M319
• • • • J2a1e   M339
• • • • J2a1f   M419
• • • • J2a1g   P81/PF4275
• • • • J2a1h   L24/S286, L207.1
• • • • • J2a1h*   -
• • • • • J2a1h1   M158
• • • • • J2a1h2   L25/PF5345/S399
• • • • • • J2a1h2*   -   
• • • • • • J2a1h2a   DYS445≤7
• • • • • • • J2a1h2a*   -   
• • • • • • • J2a1h2a1   L70/PF5434/S287, L397/PF5446, L398/PF5449/S320
• • • • • • • • J2a1h2a1*   -
• • • • • • • • J2a1h2a1a   M137
• • • • • • • • J2a1h2a1b   M318
• • • • • • J2a1h2b   L243
• • • • • • J2a1h2c   L254
• • • • • • J2a1h2d   L192.2
• • • • • • • J2a1h2d*   --
• • • • • • • J2a1h2d1   L271
• • • • J2a1i   L88.2, L198
• • • J2a2   L581/PF5026/S398
• • • • J2a2*   -
• • • • J2a2a   P279/PF5065
• • • • • J2a2a*   -
• • • • • J2a2a1   M340
• • J2b   L282, M12, M102, M221, M314/PF4939
• • • J2b*   -
• • • J2b1   M205
• • • J2b2   M241
• • • • J2b2*   -
• • • • J2b2a   L283
• • • • • J2b2a*   -
• • • • • J2b2a1   Z1296
• • • • • • J2b2a1*   -
• • • • • • J2b2a1a   Z1297, Z1298
• • • • • • • J2b2a1a*   -
• • • • • • • J2b2a1a1   Z631, Z639

Experimental J1 Tree by Victor Mas.

Private SNPs - After having been investigated, these SNPs have not met the population distribution criteria for placement on the tree. Either too few confirmed positive testers have been found OR multiple confirmed testers were confined to either a single surname or to a small group of related males.

• L396 is located under J-L70. Listed 8 Mar 2011.
• M99, M280, M321, and P84 are downstream of J-M241. Listed 26 April 2012.
• M327 is downstream of M92, M260/Page14. Listed 27 April 2012.
• L229, L230, L231, L264 and L270.1 are located downstream from L25. Listed 6 August 2012.
• L174.1 is downstream of L147.1. Listed 6 August 2012.
• M62 is downstream from M267. Listed 7 August 2012.
• M390 is downstream from L136. Listed 7 August 2012.
• M367.1, and M368.1 are downstream from P58. Listed 7 August 2012.
• M369 is downstream from P58 and parallel to M367.1. Listed 7 August 2012.
• M163 is downstream of M67. Listed 7 August 2012.
• M289 is downstream of L24 and possibly parallel to M137. Listed 7 August 2012.

SNPs under Investigation - Additional testing is needed to confirm adequate positive samples and/or correct placement on the tree.

• Page52.2 is located at approximately J-L222.2. Listed on 2 March 2012.
• DYS455≤9 is located downstream of J-M241. Listed on 26 April 2012.
• CTS358.1/YSC0001270 and CTS7193.1 are located at approximately J-M304. Listed 9 March 2013.
• CTS8127.1/YSC0001289 is located at approximately J-M267. Listed 9 March 2013.
• YSC0000081.1 is located at approximately J-L147. Listed 9 March 2013.
• FGC3945.1/Z526.1 is located at approxmiately J-M102. Listed 21 July 2014.
• L729.3/M2087.3/Z15.3/Z548.3 is located at approximately J-M102. Listed 18 September 2014.
• A186.2/ZS2136.2 is located at approximately J-M267. Listed 15 November 2014.
• AD0000002/FGC1714, AD0000003/FGC1696, AD0000004/FGC1713, AD0000005/FGC7, AD0000006/FGC6, AD0000007/FGC5, AD0000008/FGC1, AD0000009/FGC2, AD0000010/FGC3, AD0000011/FGC4, BY145/Z18223, BY241, BY252/ZS3998, BY253/ZS4000, BY254/ZS3999, BY255/ZS4002, BY256/ZS4006, BY257/ZS4007, BY258/ZS4001, BY259, BY260/ZS4005, BY261/ZS4004, BY262/ZS4003 are located at approximately L222.2/S350.2. Listed 17 November 2014.
• BY2/FGC15178 is located at approximately M267/PF4782. Listed 17 November 2014.
• BY238/F492 is located at L207.1. Listed 17 November 2014.

Caveats for the information from Karafet et al (2008):

• The M419 mutation was not tested on P81 and P279 chromosomes because of the absence of positive control DNAs.

NOTES:

• King et al (2008) uses the notation of DYS445-6 rather than this tree's DYS445≤7.
• Identical SNPs that were discovered separately are listed in alphabetical order, not necessarily in the order of discovery, and separated by "/". Example: M67/S51.
• DYS413≤18 is in the same subclade as L26/Page55/PF5110/S57.

Y-DNA haplogroup J evolved in the ancient Near East and was carried into North Africa, Europe, Central Asia, Pakistan and India. J2 lineages originated in the area known as the Fertile Crescent. The main spread of J2 into the Mediterranean area is thought to have coincided with the expansion of agricultural peoples during the Neolithic period. The timing of the demographic events that brought J2 to Central Asia, Pakistan, and India is not yet known. J1 lineages may have a more southern origin, as they are more often found in the Levant region, other parts of the Near East, and North Africa, with a sparse distribution in the southern Mediterranean flank of Europe, and in Ethiopia.

There is a descending gradient in the frequency of occurrence of haplogroup J from the Middle East toward the northwest of Europe, reaching about 3% of the population on the northwest Atlantic coast. The occurrence of J in Europe is undoubtedly due both to the Neolithic expansion and to episodic migrations, though the relative proportion of those two sources is controversial and may not be the same in different locations.

A significant fraction of Jews belong to haplogroup J, but Jews represent a small minority of the European members of the haplogroup. The "Cohen Modal Haplotype" is a specific set of six Y-STR marker values that occurs in both J1 and J2, though at a much higher frequency in J1.

References:

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Additional Resources:

ISOGG Wiki - What you need to know about Genetic Genealogy.
The Y-Haplogroup J DNA Project, Bonnie Schrack and Tim Janzen.
J1* Haplogroup Y-DNA Project, Peter Hrechdakian, James Honeychuck, Paul Givargidze.
J1b (J-M365) Haplogroup Y-DNA Project, Ricardo Costa de Oliveira.
J1c3 Haplogroup Y-DNA Project, Jaber Al Haddad.
J1c3d1 (J-L222.2) Haplogroup Y-DNA Project.
J2 Haplogroup Y-DNA Project, Angela Cone.
J2 Haplogroup Arab Y-DNA Project, Kamal Al-Gazzah.
J2 Haplogroup Jewish Y-DNA Project, Debra Katz.
The J2b-M102 DNA Project, Roman Sychev.
J2b (455=8) Y-DNA Project.
J2Plus Project, Donn Devine.
J-L24 Y-DNA Project, Alfred Aberto, Debra Katz, Tim Janzen, Kamal Al-Gazzah.

Corrections/Additions made since 1 January 2014:

• Added S320, S350.2 to tree on January 6 2014.
• Added F1181, F4072, PF4509, PF4518 on 23 January 2014.
• Added F4326, PF5026 to tree on 31 January 2014.
• Added PF4537, S4972 to tree on 1 February 2014.
• Added .1 to L270 in Private on 6 February 2014.
• Added Chris Rottensteiner as a Contact Person on 30 April 2014.
• Added FGC3945.1/Z526.1 to Investigation on 21 July 2014.
• Added CTS26/PF4489, CTS687/PF4503, CTS852/PF4504, CTS1033/PF4507, CTS1068/PF4508, CTS1250/PF4510/YSC0001255, CTS1561/PF4534, CTS2042/PF4536, CTS2769/PF4538, CTS3543/PF4540/YSC0001268, CTS3732/PF4541, CTS3872/PF4542, CTS3936/PF4543/YSC0001275, CTS4204/PF4545/YSC0001278, CTS4349/PF4547, CTS4356/PF4548, CTS4937/PF4549, CTS5280/PF4550, CTS5426/PF4552, CTS5545/M3163/PF4554/YSC0001284, CTS5628/PF4555, CTS5678/PF4556, CTS5691/PF4557, CTS5934, CTS6958/PF4561, CTS7028/PF4562, CTS7229/PF4563/YSC0001286, CTS7483/PF4565, CTS7565/M5960/PF4566, CTS7738/PF4568, CTS7832/PF4569, CTS8078/PF4570, CTS8160/PF4571, CTS8938/PF4577, CTS8974/PF4578, CTS9533/PF4582, CTS9877/PF4583, CTS10446/PF4586, CTS10858/PF4612, CTS11211/PF4614, CTS11291/PF4615, CTS11571/PF4617, CTS11750/PF4618/YSC0001250, CTS11765/PF4620, CTS11787/PF4621/YSC0001251, CTS12047/YSC0001253, CTS12683/PF4623, CTS12887/PF4624, CTS12913/PF4625, F1167/PF4516/YSC0001296, F1168/PF4517, F1381/PF4520, F1632/YSC0001301, F1633, F1634/PF4523/YSC0001302, F1744/S4968/YSC0001303, F1826, F1973/PF4546/YSC0001304, F2114/PF4551, F2116/PF4553/YSC0000785, F2174/PF4558/YSC0001305, F2390/PF4560, F2502/PF4564, F2707/PF4573, F2746/YSC0001309, F2769/PF4576, F2817/PF4579, F2839/PF4580, F2973/PF4585/YSC0001312, F3074/PF4587/YSC0001313, F3119/PF4588, F3138/PF4590, F3176/PF4592/YSC0001314, F3347/PF4608/YSC0001315, F3358/PF4611/YSC0001316, F4299/PF4589, F4300, FGC1599/S23720/Z7822, FGC1600/Z7805, FGC1601/Z7809, FGC1604/Z7814, FGC1605/Z7807, FGC1606/Z7810, FGC1607/Z7803, FGC1609/Z7816, FGC2789/Z7808, FGC2791/Z7821, FGC3271/S13155/Z7815, FGC7618/Z7811, L778/PF4616/YSC0000236, M10434/S10188, PF4491, PF4492, PF4494, PF4495, PF4497, PF4498, PF4505/YSC0000064, PF4506/YSC0000066, PF4511/YSC0001321, PF4513, PF4515, PF4519, PF4521, PF4524, PF4528, PF4529, PF4530, PF4532, PF4533, PF4535/YSC0000165, PF4567/YSC0000197, PF4572, PF4575, PF4591, PF4593, PF4594, PF4595, PF4596/Z2442, PF4598, PF4602/YSC0001323, PF4603, PF4605, PF4606, PF4607, PF4619/YSC0000239, PF4622, S19861/Z6326, S22619/Z7820, YSC0000228, Z7802, Z7817, Z7818, Z7829, Z7830, Z16989 to tree on 14 September 2014.
• Added L729.3/M2087.3/Z15.3/Z548.3 to Investigation on 18 September 2014.
• Added A186.2/ZS2136.2 to Investigation on 15 November 2014.
• Added AD0000002/FGC1714, AD0000003/FGC1696, AD0000004/FGC1713, AD0000005/FGC7, AD0000006/FGC6, AD0000007/FGC5, AD0000008/FGC1, AD0000009/FGC2, AD0000010/FGC3, AD0000011/FGC4, BY2/FGC15178, BY145/Z18223, BY238/F492, BY241, BY252/ZS3998, BY253/ZS4000, BY254/ZS3999, BY255/ZS4002, BY256/ZS4006, BY257/ZS4007, BY258/ZS4001, BY259, BY260/ZS4005, BY261/ZS4004, BY262/ZS4003 to J Investigation on 17 November 2014.

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