Qalaat-El-Andalous Surname: Y-DNA Haplogroup
Published genetics research or a documented case study links the surname Qalaat-El-Andalous to a specific Y-DNA paternal-line haplogroup.
E-M81
Clade E1b1b
Also spelled: Kalaat el Andalous, Calaa
Despite this community's Andalusian oral tradition and toponymy referencing Moors expelled from Spain, its paternal lineage is 89.5% E-M81 and 10.5% J1 - overwhelmingly autochthonous North African/Near Eastern, with no significant European Y-DNA signal.
Source: Elkamel S, Marques SL, Alvarez L, Gomes V, Boussetta S, Mourali-Chebil S, Khodjet-El-Khil H, Cherni L, Benammar-Elgaaied A, Prata MJ (2021). "Insights into the Middle Eastern paternal genetic pool in Tunisia: high prevalence of T-M70 haplogroup in an Arab population." Scientific Reports 11:15728.
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