
Gengar
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See, every man has two chromosomes, an X-chromosome and a Y-chromosome (women, on the other hand, have two X chromosomes). When you get your DNA or blood tested, we can find out your paternal haplogroup, known as Y-DNA, which is passed on from father to son, and stretches back thousands of years ago.
Eastern European men, like South Asian men, usually have R1a as their Y-DNA haplogroup. Western European men usually have R1b as their Y-DNA haplogroup. Nordic men usually have I2 as their Y-DNA haplogroup. East Asian men usually have C as their Y-DNA haplogroup, and African men usually have E as their Y-DNA haplogroup.
And guess what, my Y-DNA haplogroup is literally L.
No wonder I keep taking Ls in life. Even my damn paternal haplogroup is L. Some jokes just write themselves.
That said, my Y-DNA haplogroup is found in only 5.1% of Pakistan, and it's even found in Afghans and Chechens. Both are extremely high T peoples.
It doesn't mean we share any recent ancestry, mind you. It just means we were cousins 18,000 years ago in our case. Afghans, Chechens, and I all have different subclades of this Y-DNA haplogroup, but unlike me, they don't take any Ls. They give Ls to others.
The earliest man to carry my haplogroup was a man in Armenia, 6000 years ago. Which is interesting, because most Armenians don't have this Y-DNA haplogroup IIRC.
Eastern European men, like South Asian men, usually have R1a as their Y-DNA haplogroup. Western European men usually have R1b as their Y-DNA haplogroup. Nordic men usually have I2 as their Y-DNA haplogroup. East Asian men usually have C as their Y-DNA haplogroup, and African men usually have E as their Y-DNA haplogroup.
And guess what, my Y-DNA haplogroup is literally L.
No wonder I keep taking Ls in life. Even my damn paternal haplogroup is L. Some jokes just write themselves.
That said, my Y-DNA haplogroup is found in only 5.1% of Pakistan, and it's even found in Afghans and Chechens. Both are extremely high T peoples.
It doesn't mean we share any recent ancestry, mind you. It just means we were cousins 18,000 years ago in our case. Afghans, Chechens, and I all have different subclades of this Y-DNA haplogroup, but unlike me, they don't take any Ls. They give Ls to others.
The earliest man to carry my haplogroup was a man in Armenia, 6000 years ago. Which is interesting, because most Armenians don't have this Y-DNA haplogroup IIRC.