DNA for Genealogy
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Haplogroups are populations with common marker values
Of the haplogroups that are found in the Little DNA Project:
- E3a is found mainly in western Africa, and in males of recent African descent.
- E3b is found mainly around the Mediterreanean and in small %'s in parts of Europe.
- I1a is found mainly in Scandanavia, and in British males with Viking ancestors.
- I1b is found mainly in central Europe and the Balkans.
- J2 is found mainly the Middle East, and in smaller percentages throughout Europe.
- R1a is a signature of the Indo-Europeans from Eastern Europe to England.
- R1b was the main population of western Europe before and after the last Ice Age.