Introduction
Like haplogroups E3b and G, haplogroup J and its subclades originated in the Near East and spread across Europe and the Mediterranean during the Neolithic. It is common among Semitic populations, and includes the Cohen Modal Haplotype - the paternal genetic legacy of the Jewish priestly class. It is also present in North Africa, Arabia and the Caucasus. It is not to be confused with the mtDNA Haplogroup J, which also has a Near Eastern origin.
J Haplotype #1
The highest frequencies for this haplotype occur in Mediterranean countries, among American Hispanics and in the Caucasus. There are also several matches in Germany that may be attributed to the Jewish diaspora through Central and Eastern Europe. This haplotype may have come to Britain with Roman troops and settlers, with Norman troops and administrators, or with Flemish merchants of Sephardic ancestry.
| 19 |
389i |
389ii |
390 |
391 |
392 |
393 |
385a |
385b |
| 14 |
13 |
29 |
23 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
18 |
|
Geographical Locale
|
% |
| Crete, Greece |
12.50 |
| Virginia [Hispanic-American] |
4.35 |
| Caucasus [Azerbaijan] |
1.39 |
| Egypt |
1.20 |
| Dresden, Saxony |
1.16 |
| Sicily, Italy |
1.01 |
| Marche, Italy |
.93 |
| Cologne, Westphalia |
.74 |
| Lombardy, Italy |
.55 |
| Latium, Italy |
.45 |
| Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt |
.35 |
| Argentina [European] |
.33 |
| Berlin, Brandenburg |
.18 |
| Leipzig, Saxony |
.15 |
J Haplotype #2
The high frequency matches in Colombia are probably of a European Iberian origin. Most of the other matches fall in Western Asia or the Mediterranean region - or both. This haplotype may have come to Britain with Roman troops or settlers (e.g., Syrian archers, Iraqi boatmen or Sarmatian cavalry). It may also have arrived with Norman troops and administrators or Flemish merchants of Sephardic origin.
| 19 |
389i |
389ii |
390 |
391 |
392 |
393 |
385a |
385b |
| 14 |
13 |
29 |
23 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
19 |
|
Geographical Locale
|
% |
| Choco, Colombia [African] |
1.49 |
| Puglia, Italy |
1.42 |
| Caucasus [Azerbaijan] |
1.39 |
| Syria |
.88 |
| Turkey |
.63 |
| Leipzig, Saxony |
.15 |
J Haplotype #3
Two of the top four match frequencies for the haplotype below fall among Ashkenazi Jews and Syrians, and most of the other matches fall among groups known to have been influenced by the Jewish diaspora - Eastern Europe, Iberia and Germany.
This haplotype is clearly of Semitic origin and most likely came to North Britain with Roman troops recruited in the Middle East or one or another wave of Sephardic Jewish immigrants.
| 19 |
389i |
389ii |
390 |
391 |
392 |
393 |
385a |
385b |
| 14 |
13 |
31 |
23 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
17 |
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