Haplogroup B-M146
What is Paternal Haplogroup B-M146?
Haplogroup B-M146, also known as Haplogroup B-M181 (Y Chromosome Consortium long-form label), is a genealogical group of lineages defined by unique genetic markers present on the Y-chromosome. Your paternal haplogroup, or that of your father if you do not have a Y-chromosome, paints a picture of your ancient origins and the migrations of your ancestors. Although your paternal haplogroup reflects just one of your many ancestral lineages, it carries information about that lineage over tens of thousands of years.
Haplogroup B-M146 is descended from haplogroup B-M181. Among 23andMe research participants, haplogroup B-M146 is commonly found among populations in the United Kingdom.
It's important to note that your haplogroup doesn't define your current ethnic identity; rather, it provides an insight into your deep ancestry on the paternal side.
Paternal Haplogroup Origins B-M181Top Surnames with Haplogroup B-M146
For surnames with sufficient representation in the data, these percentages represent the frequency with which each surname is found in individuals exhibiting this genetic marker.
Haplogroup B-M146 is linked to some of the Hadza of Tanzania
B-M181 is found today among the Hadza of Tanzania, who stand out for the click consonants in their language. These clicks might be descendants of a linguistic feature that some researchers believe were part of early human languages spoken 60,000 years ago or more.Despite the presence of clicks, however, the Hadza language does not appear to be closely related to other known click based languages, including Sandawe, also found in Tanzania, and the famous click-based Khoesan languages of southern Africa. Both the Hadza and Sandawe languages were once considered a part of a single Khoesan language family, but more recent linguistic studies suggest that if the languages do share a common root, it was likely tens of thousands of years ago.
View from Ol Doinyo Lengai, Tanzania.