G-L91 (Y-DNA)

This project is for people who have tested and been assigned the paternal haplogroup G2a2b (L91) and also for people who are believed to have belonged to this paternal haplogroup based on tests done on descendants.

Defining Mutations

• L91

(Haplogroup G Categories; Haplogroup G Origins & Dating.)

Origin

The origin of haplogroup G is controversial. The most recent study (2010) estimates the common ancestor of all men in haplogroup G lived in Asia about 17,000 years ago, and the ancestor of the G2 subgroup lived about 15,000 years ago.

Distribution

Men with the haplogroup G marker moved into Europe in Neolithic times. It is one of the least common haplogroups in Europe. Haplogroup G2a might have been the main Neolithic link that ties the farmers that went north across the Balkans to Central Europe, and those that followed the western, maritime route to the Western Mediterranean. See Dienekes Anthropology Blog, Y-chromosome, mtDNA, and autosomal DNA from Treilles (5,000 years ago, Neolithic France).

Subclades of G

• G2a – G-P15
  • G2a2a – M286
  • G2a2b – L91
  • G2a3a – M406
  • G2a3b1 – G-P303
    • G2a3b1a – G-L140
      • G2a3b1a1 – G-U1
        • G2a3b1a1a – L13/S13
        • G2a3b1a1d – G-U1, DYS392=12
      • G2a3b1a2a – G-L42/S146 (ISOGG: G2a3b1a2a1)

Famous Members

• Ötzi the Iceman

How to Participate

To participate in this project, join or follow the project, add your oldest known ancestor who belonged to this haplogroup. The profile must be set to public in order to add it.

Resources

• Haplogroup G Project
• Eupedia, Haplogroup G (Y-DNA)
• Facebook, Haplogroup G
• https://sites.google.com/site/haplogroupgproject/xtra-samples-g2a4