Vainakh (Chechen and Ingush) Y-DNA

[Black Wolf]

I have always found the Vainakhs (Chechens and Ingush) to be a very interesting group of people. They are natives of the Caucasus and linguistically they belong to the Northeast Caucasian or Nakho-Dagestanian language family. They also have a very strong clan system that has helped to preserve their culture over the years as they faced invasions and warred with numerous foreign groups with the Russians being the most recent. Another reason that I am interested in the Vainakhs is because the have the highest percentage of Y-DNA haplogroup J2a among them of any group in the entire world. Pretty much all of the J2a among the Vainakhs is part of the J2a1b-M67 subclade. The Ingush have the most J2a of any group in the world at around 88% overall. Next come the Chechens at around 55% J2a overall. Other Y-DNA haplogroups such as J1, and L3 make up most of the rest of Vainakh Y-DNA. Within the Caucasus genes and language tend to correlate quite strongly with each other and this is mainly due to isolation (mountainous terrain), and genetic drift.

https://www.familytreedna.com/public/Vainakh/default.aspx?section=yresults

https://www.familytreedna.com/public/chechen-noahcho/default.aspx?section=yresults

https://www.familytreedna.com/public/Ingush/default.aspx?section=yresults

https://www.familytreedna.com/public/nakhdna/default.aspx?section=yresults

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y-DNA_haplogroups_by_populations_of_the_Caucasus

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3355373/

[StonyArabia]

They lack the Y-DNA T it seems which is high among Balkars and Ossetians

[Black Wolf]

They lack the Y-DNA T it seems which is high among Balkars and Ossetians

Yes that is true.