Since members of a haplogroup tend to be found in the same region of the world, your paternal haplogroup can say something about where some of your paternal-line ancestors lived.
When a genetic variant arises in an individual and is passed down through the paternal lines, it will be present in living descendants. As they spread out geographically, they also diversified genetically. These maps reflect human migration over tens of thousands of years, a period in which humans migrated from eastern Africa to inhabit every continent on Earth except Antarctica. The Paternal Haplogroup Report displays a series of maps showing the migration of humans with a certain haplogroup. Maps | Naming Structure | Phylogenetic Tree | Science Behind | Common Questions Paternal Haplogroup Maps
If a female customer connects with her father or full brother via DNA Relatives or Share and Compare, her Paternal Haplogroup Report is automatically updated to show his paternal haplogroup.īe sure to check out our “ Getting Started with the Haplogroup Reports” for a brief overview of this report and where to find the report within your account. However, a woman can learn about the origins of some of her paternal ancestors from the paternal haplogroup of her male-line relatives. Because females do not have Y chromosomes, females do not have paternal haplogroups. Only males will receive a Y-chromosome (paternal) haplogroup assignment. If you are male, the Paternal Haplogroup Report provides information about your Y-chromosome haplogroup, which we also call a "paternal haplogroup" because it is passed down from fathers to their sons through the generations. Paternal haplogroups are families of Y chromosomes defined by specific sets of shared genetic variants.