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Shamba/Kapba

Surname: Shamba and Kapba
Ethnicity: Abkhaz
Settlement: Barmysh and Tkhina (Abkhazia)
Haplogroup: J2a > J-L70 > J-CTS3601

Legend of origin

One of the legends of the Shamba family says that the Shamba are descended from a noble Jew Shambu Bagarat, whose family played a key role in the Armenian kingdom for centuries.

Regarding Kapba, there is a legend about the possible origin of the historical surname from Persia

Tamga (Clan Sign)

The tamga of the Shamba clan
The tamga of the Kapba clan

Haplogroup and subclade

37 markers were tested in the YSEQ laboratory 

Haplogroup J2a has been identified, and a subclade leads to J-L70 > J-CTS3601

Full path:
Adam > A0-T > A1 > A1b > BT > CT > CF > F > GHIJK > HIJK > IJK > IJ > J > J2 > M410 > J-PF4610 > J-L26 > J-PF5087 > J-PF5160 > J-L24 > J-Y22662 > J-L25 > J-Z438 > J-Z387 > J-L70 > J-Z423 > J-Z435 > J-CTS3601

CTS3601 contains a range of palaeoDNAs:

Marcellino & Pietro 300-500 CE (Late Antique Rome)
Muğla 20572 1325-1425 CE (Medieval Turkey)
Kiskőrös 23 710-750 CE (Medieval Avar)
Kiskőrös 14 620-660 CE (Early Avar, Europe Iron Age)

Heat map of the J-CTS3601:

Shamba/Kapba 10

Y-STR markers and Y-STR haplotype

STR-s of Shamba
STR-s of Kapba

STR Match Finder

Y37 of Shamba

Shamba/Kapba 11

Without CDY

Shamba/Kapba 12

Y37 of Kapba

Shamba/Kapba 13

Without CDY and DYS464

Shamba/Kapba 14
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