Ar-Raqqah L-M20

[raspberry]

Hello, I read that L-M20 was found in 51% of Syrians from Al-Raqqah, a northern Syrian city (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup_L-M20). Why is this y-dna so common in especially that city? Does anyone know and can explain?

[Anabasis]

I cant answer your question properly why is so dense in raqqa but what i know according to thier STR values, they are L-M27 L1a1, which is very frequent in South india but also exsist in Kuwait and Suudia Arabia.

STR values;
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3312577/bin/NIHMS41078-supplement-TableS1.pdf

L-Project
https://www.familytreedna.com/public/Y-Haplogroup-L/default.aspx?section=yresults

[jesus]

I cant answer your question properly why is so dense in raqqa but what i know according to thier STR values, they are L-M27 L1a1, which is very frequent in South india but also exsist in Kuwait and Suudia Arabia.

STR values;
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3312577/bin/NIHMS41078-supplement-TableS1.pdf

L-Project
https://www.familytreedna.com/public/Y-Haplogroup-L/default.aspx?section=yresults

Also exists in Iran, parts of Levant and Armenia as far as I remember. For the OP, they probably sampled a closely related family or a tribe(founder effects are probably the reason)

[Anabasis]

Also exists in Iran, parts of Levant and Armenia as far as I remember. For the OP, they probably sampled a closely related family or a tribe(founder effects are probably the reason)

It seems you are very right. Most probably some of them are in same clan.

16 L-m20 sample in Raqqa samples have 0 distance with each other

[Abd.H]

STR values;
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3312577/bin/NIHMS41078-supplement-TableS1.pdf

There are around 350 samples from Syria here ,but there are only 3 samples from my province ,although its inhabitants make up 7% of the population :eek:

[Fried]

I cant answer your question properly why is so dense in raqqa but what i know according to thier STR values, they are L-M27 L1a1, which is very frequent in South india but also exsist in Kuwait and Suudia Arabia.

STR values;
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3312577/bin/NIHMS41078-supplement-TableS1.pdf

L-Project
https://www.familytreedna.com/public/Y-Haplogroup-L/default.aspx?section=yresults
A prediction of L-subclades using Nevgen.org predictor


L1a-M27:
1. 11AJ116 L1a-M27
2. Al-Hasaka 1AJ112 L1a-M27
3. Al-Raqqa 10BA8 L1a-M27
4. Al-Raqqa 11AJ119 L1a-M27
5. Al-Raqqa 12AJ120 L1a-M27
6. Al-Raqqa 13AJ100 L1a-M27
7. Al-Raqqa 14AL15 L1a-M27
8. Al-Raqqa 15BA10 L1a-M27
9. Al-Raqqa 16AL15 L1a-M27
10. Al-Raqqa 16BA10 L1a-M27
11. Al-Raqqa 17BA10 L1a-M27
12. Al-Raqqa 1BA8 L1a-M27
13. Al-Raqqa 2AJ118 L1a-M27
14. Al-Raqqa 2AM78 L1a-M27
15. Al-Raqqa 3AM54 L1a-M27
16. Al-Raqqa 3AM78 L1a-M27
17. Al-Raqqa 3BA10 L1a-M27
18. Al-Raqqa 3BA9 L1a-M27
19. Al-Raqqa 4AJ117 L1a-M27
20. Al-Raqqa 4AM54 L1a-M27
21. Al-Raqqa 4BA8 L1a-M27
22. Al-Raqqa 5AJ118 L1a-M27
23. Al-Raqqa 5AM54 L1a-M27
24. Al-Raqqa 6AJ115 L1a-M27
25. Al-Raqqa 6AJ118 L1a-M27
26.Al-Raqqa 6AM54 L1a-M27
27. Al-Raqqa 6BA9 L1a-M27
28. Al-Raqqa 7AJ119 L1a-M27
29. Al-Raqqa 8AJ120 L1a-M27
30. Al-Raqqa 8AM54 L1a-M27
31. Al-Raqqa 8BA8 L1a-M27
32. Al-Raqqa 9AJ115 L1a-M27
33. Al-Raqqa 9AJ118 L1a-M27
34. Al-Raqqa 9BA9 L1a-M27
35. Damascus 17B77 L1a-M27
36. Damascus 20B45 L1a-M27
37. Halab (Aleppo) 5AJ120 L1a-M27
38. Halab (Aleppo) 7AL16 L1a-M27
39. Halab (Aleppo) 13AJ119 L1a-M27
40. Halab (Aleppo) 4S85 L1a-M27
41. Halab (Aleppo) 2AJ120 L1a-M27
42. NAHLE 5BA10 L1a-M27

L1b-M317:
43. Halab (Aleppo) 18BA8 L1b-M349 60%
44. Halab (Aleppo) 2BA10 L1b-PH3524 89.7%
45. Halab (Aleppo) 12S83 L1b-SK1414 68.7%
46. Damascus 1B77 L1b-SK1414

Unsupported:
47.Al-Raqqa 21BA10 Unsupported subclade 55.6%
48. HOMS 22B44 Unsupported subclade
49. HOMS 17B44 Unsupported subclade
It's about 6% unsupported subclades (but they look like subbranches of L1a-M27) ,8% L1b-M317 and 86% L1a-M27.
32 Al-Raqqa samples consist of 100% L1a-M27.
8 Aleppo samples consist of 5 L1a-M27(62.5%) and 3 L1b-M317(37.5%).
3 Damascus samples consist of 2 L1a-M27(67%) and 1 L1b-M317(33%).
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11zcqWNzpcpx3nQjKFlunzSEbmgp3O8Sdi882jlxETNU/edit?usp=sharing
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