Haplogroup L2

Haplogroup L2 encompasses about a third of all sub-Saharan Africans arising about 59,000 – 78,000 years ago connecting with the evolutionary line of L1.  L2 marks the group that stayed behind and did not migrate to other continents. There are fours subclades L2a, L2b, L2c,L2d. The most widespread of the four is L2a and it forms the most widespread cluster in Africa – the most common lineage of African Americans.