Shammar Surname: Y-DNA Haplogroup
Published genetics research or a documented case study links the surname Shammar to a specific Y-DNA paternal-line haplogroup.
J1-M267 (majority), R1a-M17 (notable secondary)
Clade J
Also spelled: Shimar, Al Shammar, Shammar Aljarba
Sample of 21 Kuwaiti Shammar tribesmen; over half carried J1-M267 but with an unusually high secondary frequency of R1a-M17, one of the higher R1a frequencies recorded in an Arabian Peninsula tribal sample.
Source: Mohammad T, Xue Y, Evison M, Tyler-Smith C. "Genetic structure of nomadic Bedouin from Kuwait." Heredity (Edinb). 2009 Nov;103(5):425-433. doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.72.
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