Mozabite (Mzab) Surname: Y-DNA Haplogroup
Published genetics research or a documented case study links the surname Mozabite (Mzab) to a specific Y-DNA paternal-line haplogroup.
E-M81
Clade E1b1b
Also spelled: Mzab, M'zabite, Beni Mzab, Ibadi Berbers of Mzab
The Ibadi Berber-speaking Mzab confederation of five fortified ksour towns shows among the highest and most homogeneous E-M81 frequencies documented in North Africa, consistent with centuries of religious/social endogamy. Corroborated by Bekada A, Fregel R, Cabrera VM, et al. (2013) PLoS ONE 8(2):e56775 (E-M81 ~87%, n=20).
Source: Dugoujon JM, Coudray C, Torroni A, Cruciani F, Scozzari R, Moral P, Louali N, Kossmann M (2009). "The Berber and the Berbers: Genetic and Linguistic Diversities." In: d'Errico F, Hombert JM (eds), Becoming Eloquent, John Benjamins, pp.123-146.
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