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| Haplogroup R1b-L2 | |
|---|---|
| Possible time of origin | 4400 years before present |
| Coalescence age | 4400 years before present |
| Possible place of origin | Western Europe |
| Ancestor | R-M269 R1b-P312 R1b-U152 |
| Highest frequencies | Northern and Western Italians[1] Swiss French Southwestern Germans |
R-L2 is ahuman Y-chromosome DNA haplogroup, characteristic of a part of the inhabitants ofItaly andWestern Europe in general. R-L2 is thought to have originated around theAlps or southernRhine, additionally, due to R-L2 having split off of R1b-U152 relatively early and it being a major branch, R-L2 carriers were largely contemporary with R-U152 carriers leading to R-L2 also having multiple large and diverse branches, of which some are respectively linked toEtruscans,Italics and the Alpine Celts.[2][3]
Interestingly, although Iron Age individuals were sampled from both Etruscan (n=3) and Latin (n=6) contexts, we did not detect any significant differences between the two groups with f4 statistics in the form of f4(RMPR_Etruscan, RMPR_Latin; test population, Onge), suggesting shared origins or extensive genetic exchange between them.