Where Jats came from (Haplogroup Q)

We have already discussed haplogroups L, R, and today we'll discuss Haplogroup Q which occurs with frequency 15.6% in Jats population. With its origins in central Siberia, descendants of this group are linked to the Huns, Mongols, and Turkic people. In Europe it is found in southern Sweden, among Ashkenazi Jews, and in central and Eastern Europe. A subclade of this haplogroup is associated with Native American populations, and the mutation occurred 8 to 12 thousand years ago during the migration to the Americas through the Bering Strait. In contrast Q1b2 is found almost exclusively in the Indian subcontinent. The two Q1b branch split from each others some 15,000 years ago, during the Late Paleolithic period. Data is still sparse about this subclade, but is it reasonable to assume that it has been in South Asia at least since the end of the last Ice Age, long before the Indo-European migrations. #Jatt #Jat #Jaat #Jutt #Jutes #Sikh #Haplogroup #genetics