Haplogroup K (mtDNA)

Haplogroup K is a human genetics haplogroup of the mitochondria.

It is the most common subgroup of haplogroup U8 and has an estimated age of about 12,000 years.

In Europe it is widespread especially around the Alps and in the British Isles; the Iceman Ötzi belonged to a subset of the mtDNA haplogroup K1 to which are currently no known survivors. The haplogroup is found in low frequency in North Africa, the Middle East and South Asia, further have about 32 % of the haplotypes of the Ashkenazi Jews haplogroup K.

In his popular book The Seven Daughters of Eve Bryan Sykes is the original mother of this haplogroup the name Katrine.

Pedigree

This phylogenetic tree of the subgroups of Haplogroup K is based on a paper by Mannis van Oven and Manfred Kayser and subsequent scientific research.

• U8b'K U8b K K1 K1a K1A1 K1a1a K1a1a1

• K1a1b1 K1a1b1a
• K1a1b1b

• K1a1b2a

• K1a2a
• K1a2b

• K1a3a K1a3a1
• K1a3a1a

• K1a4a K1a4a1 K1a4a1a
• K1a4a1b

• K1a4b1

• K1a7
• K1a8 K1a8a

• K1a12a

• K1b1 K1b1a K1b1a1

• K1b2a
• K1b2b

• K1c1 K1c1a
• K1c1b

• K2a K2a1 K2a1a

• K2a2a

• K2b1 K2b1a