Was Thomas Jefferson Part Middle Eastern?

By Alex in Politics, Science & Tech on Feb 8, 2007 at 1:28 am

Yes, according to Professor Mark Jobling of University of Leicester:

Thomas Jefferson’s haplogroup – shared with the two men from Britain
- is known as K2.

K2 makes up about 7% of the Y chromosome types found in Somalia, Oman, Egypt and Iraq. It has now been found at low frequencies in France, Spain, Portugal and Britain.

Of the K2s looked at by the study, Jefferson’s Y chromosome was most similar to that of a man from Egypt. But genetic relationships between different K2s are poorly understood, and this may have little significance.

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  1. michael
    Feb 8th, 2007 at 2:49 pm

    I think you miss the point of the article, which is that the study supports Jefferson’s claim to be of Welsh descent.


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