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Haplogroup E in South Europeans belongs predominantly to four different subclades of E1b1b each one of which is more common in a different peninsula. E-M81 is more common in Iberia and mainly the western part of the Iberian peninsula, E-V22 is more common in Italia but absent from Sardinia, E-V13 is more common in the Balkans, especially Greeks and Albanians and E-M123 is more common in Anatolia and particularly Kurdish. The approximate frequency of each subclade is about 10% in each one of these areas not counting other subclades of E that might further increase its frequency in each place.
E-V13 E1b1b1a1b1a
E-V22 E1b1b1a1b2
E-M81 E1b1b1b1a
E-M123 E1b1b1b2a1
The four subclades E-V13, E-V22, E-M81 and E-M123 are parallel and stem from different haplogroups of E1b1b, which are respectively common in the Cushitic branch, the Egyptian branch, the Berberic branch and the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages. E-V13 is more closely related to E-V22 and E-M81 is more closely related to E-M123.
The African admixture and the frequency of African mtdna are also higher in Iberia, Italia and Anatolia than they are in the Balkans. The frequency of y-dna E1b1b however is higher in the Balkans. A different migration route is the most probable for each one of the four groups.
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