Ao Surname: Y-DNA Haplogroup
Published genetics research or a documented case study links the surname Ao to a specific Y-DNA paternal-line haplogroup.
C2b1a3a2-F8951
Clade C (C2)
Also spelled: Ao (敖); Aogiya/Aoga (敖佳氏, Manchu clan form); Daur Ao
Whole Y-chromosome sequencing showed the Ao (Daur) clan and the House of Aisin Gioro share a common paternal ancestor only a few hundred years ago, within a brother lineage of the Mongolic "C2 Star Cluster" associated with the Genghis Khan/Borjigin line, but genetically and genealogically distinct from Borjigin.
Source: Wang CZ, Wei LH, Wang LX, et al. "Relating Clans Ao and Aisin Gioro from northeast China by whole Y-chromosome sequencing." Journal of Human Genetics 64(8):775-780 (2019). doi:10.1038/s10038-019-0622-4
How to read this. A surname match means some people with that surname, in a specific study or family record, were found to share a haplogroup, most likely due to a shared patrilineal ancestor generations back. It is not proof that you personally carry that haplogroup: surnames change through adoption, remarriage, non-paternity events, and independent origin of the same name in different families. For your own confirmed haplogroup, test your DNA with our HaploAI Y-DNA/mtDNA predictor.
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