Awki-1 / Yahuar Huacac-Viracocha Inka patriline Surname: Y-DNA Haplogroup
Published genetics research or a documented case study links the surname Awki-1 / Yahuar Huacac-Viracocha Inka patriline to a specific Y-DNA paternal-line haplogroup.
AWKI-1 haplotype (Q-M3)
Clade Q (Native American)
Also spelled: Awqi, Auqui
Documented descendants (per genealogical records compiled by historian Ronald Elward) of the pre-Inca-imperial rulers Yahuar Huacac and Viracocha share a common Y-chromosome founder lineage estimated to 1000-1500 AD, named "Awki" after the Quechua word for crown prince; also detected among Aymara populations near Lake Titicaca, consistent with Inca origin myths.
Source: Sandoval JR, Lacerda DR, Jota MS, Elward R, Acosta O, Pinedo D, et al. "Genetic ancestry of families of putative Inka descent." Molecular Genetics and Genomics. 2018;293(4):873-881.
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