I'm new to ancestry stuff, can someone please explain to me my results and if they are in the normal range for my ethnicity as I have almost a 3 point distance from my sample to the average Somali sample. Also I'm a bit confused about my haplogroups, my male haplogroup is EV32 which is Somali but my female haplogroup is K1a12a and I'm not sure where its from.
do you know anything about my female haplogroup?
It’s called maternal haplogroup, your maternal haplogroup
K1a12a is a specific sub-clade, or branch, of the human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroup K. It's a genetic lineage passed down through the maternal line. This haplogroup is found within the broader K haplogroup, which is known to have originated in West Asia.
Full Landheere elite mix, you just wasted 100 bucks on this test, you were better off sending it back home
K1a is from the neolithic middle east. The oldest tested pastorlist in Kenya (4000 years old) also had K1a.
It's rare maternal lineage (~2% of Somalis have it) but it's still deeply rooted
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
It's rare maternal lineage (~2% of Somalis have it) but it's still deeply rooted
Ancient DNA Reveals a Multi-Step Spread of the First Herders into Sub-Saharan Africa - PMC
How food production first entered eastern Africa ~5000 years ago and the extent to which people moved with livestock is unclear. We present genome-wide data from 41 individuals associated with Later Stone Age, Pastoral Neolithic (PN), and Iron Age ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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