Nadene Goldfoot 
Pashtuns have the oral history of being Beni Israel, sons of Israel. Pashtuns are the largest ethnic group in Afghanistan, accounting for about 42 percent of the population,
I see that the company, FAMILY TREE DNA has 219 members of Afghan Pakistani DNA, now. This is good. They say, "Please visit our blogsite at www.dna-afghan-pak.blogspot.com and our Facebook Page, where members share their research and opinions on issues."
C3-M217, Afghanistan's ethnic group, found in East Asia 2.04% in Pashtuns, In ***** 3 people carried this in the sample, 1 found in FTDNA's testing, Originated in southern Asia, found with highest diversity in India.
E, In *****1 person carried this in the sample. Originated in Africa some 50,000 years ago, common ancestry with D. Found in Middle East.
F, In ***** 1 person carried this in the sample first in Africa some 45,000 years ago, 2nd wave of expansion out of Africa, ancestor of the Y chromosome haplogroups, oldest one.
*G2b-M377, part of G2 is found in some Pashtuns who are Iranic and on a much lower scale among all major Jewish groups, Palestinians, Lebanese and Syrians. Up to the time of WW2, it was most common in Eastern Europe. Distribution of G2b is sparse, unique. The extreme rarity of G2b in northern Pakistan might mean it originated outside the country, brought there a historic period from further wet. Pakistan was part of the Achaemenid Persian Empire conquered by Alexander the Great, then part of the Greco-Bactrian kingdom. These 2 Pakistani G2b haplotypes are divergent from the Ashkenazi Jewish clade, do not indicate a recent common origin. Turkish G2b is closer but not the same. With Jews in Israel from many places, G2b was 3.7% of population in one study. Afghanistan study of 5 Pashtuns in Wrdak region, 60% of sample, maybe due to local founder effect. Possible it started about 1,000 CE in NE West Asia from G2 (P287), highest frequency in Pashtuns, Sephardic Jews, Ashkenazi Jews, Mizrahi Jews, Palestinians, Lebanese, Syrians, SW Syria. In ***** 12 people carried this in the sample. 4 found in FTDNA's testing May have originated along the eastern edge of the Middle East or in India or Pakistan 30000 years ago . G2 branch of this lineage containing the P15 mutation is found most often in the Caucasus, Balkans, Italy and Middle East. 7% of Ashkenazi Jews have this.
H-M69, found in India' Pashtuns 20.41%, In ***** 4 people carried this in the sample. 6 found in FTDNA's testing, arose 20,000 to 30,000 years ago and almost entirely restricted to India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan where it probably originated.
J1, In ***** 3 people carried this in the sample. 3 found in FTDNA's study, 10,000 to 15,000 years ago in Fertile Crescent includes Jews, Arab, Armenians, Kurds, highest in Iran and Iraq, carried by traders to central Asia, India and Pakistan. While the majority of J is not Jewish, the majority of Jewish men are J's. The Cohen Modal Haplotype is found in haplogroup J1.
J2-M172, Afghanistan's ethnic group, In ***** 7 people carried this in the sample. Found in Central Asia, Mediterranean and south into India. 11 found in FTDNA's testing. connected to the spread of agriculture during Neolithic Period from Anatolia, found in central Asia, Mediterranean, south into India. Many Jews carry this, also.
*L-M20, Afghanistan's ethnic group, also in India at 20.41%, In ***** 8 people carried Lin the sample. 6 found in FTDNA's testing
L1a, 2 found in FTDNA's testing
L1b, 1 found in FTDNA's testing
L1c, Known Pashtuns, 6 found in FTDNA's testing; L is common in India, likely originated here 30,000 years ago.
P, In ***** 1 person carried this in the sample, originated in Eurasia 35,000 to 45,000 years ago, in Europe, all indigenous people of the Americas.
Q, 1.3% finding 2 people. In ***** 1 person carried this in the sample.in southern Afghanistan.
Q is found in 5% of the male Jewish Ashkenazi population. 13 found in FTDNA's testing. , originated 15,000 to 20,000 years ago migrated through northern Eurasia into Americas, lately found in Ur, Iraq where Abraham lived. My Jewish father's line is Q, and at 111 allele testing is QBZ67
*R1a1a-M17, Afghanistan's ethnic group, found in Eurasia, 51.02% in Pashtuns, in *****97 people carried this in the sample. ( Overall, only haplogroups R1a1a*-M198 (62.1%), L3*-M357 (7.4%) and G2c-M377 (5.3%) display frequencies >5% and collectively comprise nearly three-fourths of the Afghanistan paternal gene pool in one study ). 18 found in FTDNA's study, 8 from India, Bangladesh, 9 known Pashtuns, Believed to have originated in NW Asia between 30,000 to 35,000 years ago. This is the line that so many Jewish Levites carry as their Y haplogroup that I've been writing about (12/22/2021).
R-M512 , 9 Pashtuns of Afghanistan, Pakistan
R1b1b2, In *****, 1 person was found in the sample. 3 from Pakistan in FTDNA's study
R2a-M124, found in India's Pashtuns 20.41%, In ***** 5 people carried this in the sample, 5 from FTDNA's testing , Much rarer than R1, found only in Indian, Iranian and central Asian populations.
Undecided 31 people as yet not classified in a group on FTDNA's testing
Genotyping revealed 32 haplogroups present in Afghanistan's ethnic groups among our samples. Haplogroups R1a1a-M17, C3-M217, J2-M172, and L-M20 were the most frequent when Afghan ethnic groups were pooled, together comprising >66% of the chromosomes.
Pashtuns have the oral history of being Beni Israel, sons of Israel. Pashtuns are the largest ethnic group in Afghanistan, accounting for about 42 percent of the population,
I see that the company, FAMILY TREE DNA has 219 members of Afghan Pakistani DNA, now. This is good. They say, "Please visit our blogsite at www.dna-afghan-pak.blogspot.com and our Facebook Page, where members share their research and opinions on issues."
Male Y haplogroups of Pashtuns
C3-M217, Afghanistan's ethnic group, found in East Asia 2.04% in Pashtuns, In ***** 3 people carried this in the sample, 1 found in FTDNA's testing, Originated in southern Asia, found with highest diversity in India.
E, In *****1 person carried this in the sample. Originated in Africa some 50,000 years ago, common ancestry with D. Found in Middle East.
F, In ***** 1 person carried this in the sample first in Africa some 45,000 years ago, 2nd wave of expansion out of Africa, ancestor of the Y chromosome haplogroups, oldest one.
*G2b-M377, part of G2 is found in some Pashtuns who are Iranic and on a much lower scale among all major Jewish groups, Palestinians, Lebanese and Syrians. Up to the time of WW2, it was most common in Eastern Europe. Distribution of G2b is sparse, unique. The extreme rarity of G2b in northern Pakistan might mean it originated outside the country, brought there a historic period from further wet. Pakistan was part of the Achaemenid Persian Empire conquered by Alexander the Great, then part of the Greco-Bactrian kingdom. These 2 Pakistani G2b haplotypes are divergent from the Ashkenazi Jewish clade, do not indicate a recent common origin. Turkish G2b is closer but not the same. With Jews in Israel from many places, G2b was 3.7% of population in one study. Afghanistan study of 5 Pashtuns in Wrdak region, 60% of sample, maybe due to local founder effect. Possible it started about 1,000 CE in NE West Asia from G2 (P287), highest frequency in Pashtuns, Sephardic Jews, Ashkenazi Jews, Mizrahi Jews, Palestinians, Lebanese, Syrians, SW Syria. In ***** 12 people carried this in the sample. 4 found in FTDNA's testing May have originated along the eastern edge of the Middle East or in India or Pakistan 30000 years ago . G2 branch of this lineage containing the P15 mutation is found most often in the Caucasus, Balkans, Italy and Middle East. 7% of Ashkenazi Jews have this.
H-M69, found in India' Pashtuns 20.41%, In ***** 4 people carried this in the sample. 6 found in FTDNA's testing, arose 20,000 to 30,000 years ago and almost entirely restricted to India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan where it probably originated.
J1, In ***** 3 people carried this in the sample. 3 found in FTDNA's study, 10,000 to 15,000 years ago in Fertile Crescent includes Jews, Arab, Armenians, Kurds, highest in Iran and Iraq, carried by traders to central Asia, India and Pakistan. While the majority of J is not Jewish, the majority of Jewish men are J's. The Cohen Modal Haplotype is found in haplogroup J1.
J2-M172, Afghanistan's ethnic group, In ***** 7 people carried this in the sample. Found in Central Asia, Mediterranean and south into India. 11 found in FTDNA's testing. connected to the spread of agriculture during Neolithic Period from Anatolia, found in central Asia, Mediterranean, south into India. Many Jews carry this, also.
*L-M20, Afghanistan's ethnic group, also in India at 20.41%, In ***** 8 people carried Lin the sample. 6 found in FTDNA's testing
L1a, 2 found in FTDNA's testing
L1b, 1 found in FTDNA's testing
L1c, Known Pashtuns, 6 found in FTDNA's testing; L is common in India, likely originated here 30,000 years ago.
P, In ***** 1 person carried this in the sample, originated in Eurasia 35,000 to 45,000 years ago, in Europe, all indigenous people of the Americas.
Q, 1.3% finding 2 people. In ***** 1 person carried this in the sample.in southern Afghanistan.
Q is found in 5% of the male Jewish Ashkenazi population. 13 found in FTDNA's testing. , originated 15,000 to 20,000 years ago migrated through northern Eurasia into Americas, lately found in Ur, Iraq where Abraham lived. My Jewish father's line is Q, and at 111 allele testing is QBZ67
*R1a1a-M17, Afghanistan's ethnic group, found in Eurasia, 51.02% in Pashtuns, in *****97 people carried this in the sample. ( Overall, only haplogroups R1a1a*-M198 (62.1%), L3*-M357 (7.4%) and G2c-M377 (5.3%) display frequencies >5% and collectively comprise nearly three-fourths of the Afghanistan paternal gene pool in one study ). 18 found in FTDNA's study, 8 from India, Bangladesh, 9 known Pashtuns, Believed to have originated in NW Asia between 30,000 to 35,000 years ago. This is the line that so many Jewish Levites carry as their Y haplogroup that I've been writing about (12/22/2021).
R-M512 , 9 Pashtuns of Afghanistan, Pakistan
R1b1b2, In *****, 1 person was found in the sample. 3 from Pakistan in FTDNA's study
R2a-M124, found in India's Pashtuns 20.41%, In ***** 5 people carried this in the sample, 5 from FTDNA's testing , Much rarer than R1, found only in Indian, Iranian and central Asian populations.
Undecided 31 people as yet not classified in a group on FTDNA's testing
Genotyping revealed 32 haplogroups present in Afghanistan's ethnic groups among our samples. Haplogroups R1a1a-M17, C3-M217, J2-M172, and L-M20 were the most frequent when Afghan ethnic groups were pooled, together comprising >66% of the chromosomes.
Resource: https://www.familytreedna.com/public/dna_afghan_pak/default.aspx?section=yresults
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup_G-M377
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0034288
http://dienekes.blogspot.com/2012/03/rare-look-at-y-chromosomes-of.html
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267787589_The_origin_of_the_Pashtuns_Pathans *****
https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/dna-afghan-pak/about/background
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