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- Y-DNA haplogroup
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I collected 194 Y DNA samples from Puerto Ricans at 23andme. I'm pretty sure all are Puerto Rican, if not Puerto Rican they are almost certainly Latino.
Here are the results. Puerto Rican Y DNA.
About 90% of Puerto Rican Y DNA is Spanish. It also looks like something around 70-90% of their mtDNA is Native American. It makes sense because 90% of Spanish colonist were male, so their only option was to marry Native women. African input on mtDNA and Y DNA looks equal, which would make sense if a similar amount of African men and women slaves were brought to Puerto Rico.
23andme nomenclature is out of date, so I don't know what deep subclade labels mean. I think I'll email some of the individuals and ask for their Y DNA file, so I can figure out what subclade according to ISOGG they belong to. Getting Y DNA files from Puerto Rico will help learn about Spanish Y DNA, and their mtDNA will help learn about the mtDNA of Native Caribbeans. It looks like about 100% Native Caribbeans belonged to C1b and A2.
Most Puerto Rican autosomal results I've seen look 70-80%+ Spanish, 10-20% Native American, and 5-10% West African.
Here are the results. Puerto Rican Y DNA.
About 90% of Puerto Rican Y DNA is Spanish. It also looks like something around 70-90% of their mtDNA is Native American. It makes sense because 90% of Spanish colonist were male, so their only option was to marry Native women. African input on mtDNA and Y DNA looks equal, which would make sense if a similar amount of African men and women slaves were brought to Puerto Rico.
23andme nomenclature is out of date, so I don't know what deep subclade labels mean. I think I'll email some of the individuals and ask for their Y DNA file, so I can figure out what subclade according to ISOGG they belong to. Getting Y DNA files from Puerto Rico will help learn about Spanish Y DNA, and their mtDNA will help learn about the mtDNA of Native Caribbeans. It looks like about 100% Native Caribbeans belonged to C1b and A2.
Most Puerto Rican autosomal results I've seen look 70-80%+ Spanish, 10-20% Native American, and 5-10% West African.