Haplogroup J-M172

Haplogroup J2
Haplogroup J2
Possible time of origin	32000 ybp
Coalescence age	28000 ybp
Possible place of origin	Upper Mesopotamia, Western Iran
Ancestor	J-P209
Defining mutations	M172
Highest frequencies	Ingush 88.8%,; Chechens 56.7%,; Iranians 22.5%-45%, ; Georgians 21%-72%,; Azerbaijanis 24%-48%,; Iraqis 24%-25%,; Cretans 35%,; Uyghurs 34%,; Yaghnobis 32%,; Uzbeks 30.4%,; Greeks 10%-48%,; Muslim Kurds 28.4%,; Lebanese 30%,; Ashkenazi Jews 24-30%,; Turks 24%-40%,; Hazara 26.6%,; Kuwaiti 26%,; Cypriots 12.9%-37%,; Abkhaz 25%,; Bahrainis 27.6%,; Balkars 24%,; Italians 9%-36%,; Armenians 21%-24%,; Palestinians 29%, Lipka Tatars 18.9 %,; Mordvins 15.3%,; Kazan Tatars 15.1%,; Chuvash 14%,; Sephardi Jews 15 -20%-29%,; Ossetians 16%-24%,; Circassians 21.8%,; Maltese 21%,; Lemba 20.8%,; North Indian Shia Muslims 18%,; Albanians 16%,; Syrians 14%-29%,; Kalash people 9.1%.;

In human genetics, Haplogroup J-M172 or J2 is a Y-chromosome haplogroup which is a subclade (branch) of haplogroup J-M304. Haplogroup J-M172 is common in modern populations in Western Asia, Central Asia, South Asia, Southern Europe, Northwestern Iran and North Africa. It is thought that J-M172 may have originated in the Caucasus, Anatolia and/or Western Iran.

It is further divided into two complementary clades, J-M410 and J-M12 (M12, M102, M221, M314).