The y-DNA haplogroup of Albert Einstein

[curupira]

Interesting to know, it seems to be quite common among Jewish populations. I wonder if it came from the Near East with Jewish diaspora, and how many generations it takes from the first one to set foot in Europe till Einstein.


Albert Einstein belonged to haplogroup E1b1b1*-m35*, with a sample taken from a paternal descendant of Naphtali Hirsch Einstein
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_haplogroups_of_historical_and_famous_figur es#Albert_Einstein

Within M35*, his subclade seems to belong to Z830*, "cluster B", a Jewish cluster.


Cluster Name : E-Z830*-B
Description : Z830* Cluster B - Jewish cluster (formerly E1b1b1* Cluster D)

Annotations :

Representative members of this cluster have been confirmed positive for a new SNP, Z830. Z830 is a subclade of Z827, which is a subclade of M35. While the official Family Tree DNA Haplotree won't be updated with these new SNPs for a while, the ISOGG tree has been updated.
http://www.haplozone.net/e3b/project/cluster/4

A few other family names which also belong to Z830*, "cluster B": Blumberg, Epstein, Geiger, Herzfeld, Loewenstein, Rabinowitz, etc.


Surname : Einstein
FTDNA's subclade : E1b1b1
Terminal SNP : M35*
SNPs currently tested : M123-, M281-, M293-, M35.1+, M78-, M81-, P72-, V6-
Cluster : E-Z830*-B
ISOGG's nomenclature : E1b1b1b2*
Tested with : Family Tree DNA
Ancestor's origin : Germany
http://www.haplozone.net/e3b/project/kitnum/N65053

http://i41.tinypic.com/28hhls6.jpg

[curupira]

The paternal lineage of Albert Einstein:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/Einsteins_familytree-english_version.png

[curupira]

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[VikLevaPatel]

According to sequencing.com (https://sequencing.com/):

Paternal Haplogroup
Although we don't know for certain, it is likely that Albert Einstein's paternal haplogroup is E. A paternal descendant of his great-great-grandfather has tested to be Haplogroup E1b1b1b2 (also known as E1b-Z830 which is a subgroup below E1b-M35). Paternal Haplogroup E1b-M35 accounts for approximately 20% of Ashkenazi and Sephardi Ychromosomes, and is one of the major founding lineages of the Jewish population. So it is plausible that Einstein is haplogroup E and likely the subgroup E1b-M35.

Maternal Haplogroup
Albert Einstein's maternal lineage is from Germany. People of German descent often have a maternal haplogroup of H or U. Maternal haplogroup H is the most likely though.

Autosomal Admixture
Determining Albert Einstein's full genetic ancestry would require knowing his DNA sequence. He is of Jewish (Ashkenazi) European ancestry, but specifics are not known.

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[Mark76]

Ironically, Adolf Hitler has also been identified as an E1b boi. Which makes him and Albie practically cousins.