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Haplogroup J1-Y6392

Macro-haplogroup
J
Parent clade
J1-P58
Formed (estimate)
c. 4,500 to 6,000 years before present
TMRCA (estimate)
c. 1,000 to 1,700 years ago

Overview

J1-Y6392 is a downstream derivative of the Arabian-centered J1-P58 radiation and likely formed among pastoral populations occupying the northern Arabian plateau during the early Bronze Age. These ancestral communities moved seasonally between grazing zones organized around wells, wadis and small oases, creating the mobility systems that underpinned early North Arabian tribal formation. Their archaeological horizon includes light seasonal encampments, caravan-linked rest points and early fortified oasis nodes. During the Bronze and Iron Ages, Y6392-bearing groups contributed to population movements shaping the Hejaz, Wadi Sirhan and southern Jordan regions. Founder effects observed in the phylogeny indicate early consolidation into stable clan structures. In the early Islamic period, additional dispersal carried downstream lineages into Iraq and the Gulf, where region-specific microbranches emerged.

Geographic distribution

Most common in Saudi Arabia; moderate in Jordan and Iraq; low in Syria, Kuwait and Egypt.

Ancient DNA

  • Bronze Age Levant samples show upstream J1-P58 ancestry compatible with proto Y6392.
  • Iron Age North Arabian burials reflect population structures linked to early Y6392 expansions.
  • Early Islamic Hejaz remains preserve downstream Y6392 microbranches.

Phylogeny & subclades

A structured J1-P58 branch characterized by pastoral mobility, desert ecological specialization and founder-driven expansions.

  • Y6392*
  • Hejaz clusters
  • Northern Arabian derivatives

Notes & context

A lineage critical for reconstructing demographic expansions in northern Arabia during the late prehistoric and early historic eras.