Kurdish DNA

[image] The Y-DNA lineage of the Sheikhs of Barzan, who are currently the ruling family of Iraqi Kurdistan, as confirmed by Darvan Mansour Barzani, belongs to Q-L245 and almost certainly falls under the YP1228 > BZ246 mutation, as members from Barzan area also belong to this line. Darvan

[image] The complete deep origins of 328 Kurdish patrilineal lineages that have been sponsored or purchased through Whole Genome Sequencing (30x or higher), or through Y-700 and equivalent STR-based testing. The following also includes Kurdish samples sequenced through scientific studies

[image] Comparing Kurds against four new, probable Sassanian-era Iranian samples from an unknown region. Autosomally, these ancient Iranians are a three-way mix of Hurrians (plus excess Semitic ancestry on top of what's already within the Hurrians), Sintashta, and BMAC. A small amount of

[image] Patrilineal lineage R1a-Z93 > CTS6 > Y37891 is shaping up to be one of the original Kurdish genetic markers. It is currently shared between three lines: the Rabatî family, as tested by Hawpa leader Sarhoz Rabaty; secondly various Kurmanjis, particularly from the Shadiyan and

[image] Almost half of Kurdish Y-DNA paternal lineages are traceable to Iron Age Iranians of south-central Asia, inferred through a combination of Late Neolithic–Iron Age ancient samples from central Asia and Y-haplogroup diversity data from modern populations sharing the same root

[image] Why are the ancient Lullubi at Bakr Awa genetically close to Kurds? 15 out of 20 samples are very distant racially from Kurds. The 5 samples that artificially plot "closer" to Kurds and north-west Iranians such as Tats are in fact autosomally very distinct, proven in the

[image] Nechirvan Barzani, with his beard and long hair, looks exactly like Hasanlu

[image] 6.5% of Kurdish men belong to paternal Y-700 lineages traceable to the Greco-Anatolian world of antiquity. All the following clades have no post-Islamic matches, which strongly implies roots deep within history. Most notably, the massive Reshwan tribe have a major founder effect

[image] 9% of the Kurdish paternal Y-700 lineages that exists among the Kurds are traceable to genetic populations indigenous to late chalcolithic Mesopotamia or Zagros. The leaves 91% of the Kurdish lineages belonging to populations that had moved there from the bronze age and onwards,

[image] The Y-DNA samples at Bakr Awa, representing populations in Lullubum and Zamua, are just one part of a much larger phenomenon, which indicates that the Zagros Mountains were subject to extensive population settlements during the Bronze and Iron Ages from peoples further west and

[image] The following pie chart shows the ethnic origins of modern Kurdish patrilines, roughly dated to the Bronze and Iron Ages, based on fully sequenced Y-haplogroup data. Several months ago, I released a preliminary draft, and this can be considered the first finalised draft. I will

[image] Autosomal composition of Kurds from two perspectives: a Chalcolithic to Bronze Age scale, and from the perspective of the medieval era. The former can be replicated on G25, and the latter can be replicated on G25 and qpAdm. The precise breakdown should not be taken too literally,

[image] It has been just over a year since the last update regarding the total sample size of Kurdish Y-DNA lineages sequenced to Y-700 or equivalent level. Sample size has increased from 279 to 339, largely thanks to all the sponsors who have spent ~$449 per kit. Altogether, somewhere

[image] J2-L25 > Z7700 currently represents 6.6% of Kurdish Y-DNA lineages (334 samples). J2-L25 is estimated to descend from a man born around 6785 BCE. Given the modern and ancient distribution of this lineage, an Archaeological place of origin towards the tail end of the Caspian

[image] 19% of the paternal lineages among Kurds are traceable to Proto-Semitic/early Semitic speakers, who originated in the Levant around 3500 BCE. The greatest bulk of the Semitic lineages among Kurds diverge from other Semites sometime just before and during the Achaemenid era.