El-Hayez Surname: Y-DNA Haplogroup
Published genetics research or a documented case study links the surname El-Hayez to a specific Y-DNA paternal-line haplogroup.
E-M81
Clade E1b1b
Also spelled: El Hayz, El-Haiz
This small, historically isolated Western Desert oasis population (n=35) shows co-dominant Near Eastern J1 and North African E-M81 (28.6%) Neolithic-era paternal lineages, distinct from the Nile Valley.
Source: Kujanova M, Pereira L, Fernandes V, Pereira JB, Cerny V (2009). "Near Eastern Neolithic genetic input in a small oasis of the Egyptian Western Desert." American Journal of Physical Anthropology 140(2):336-346.
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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