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)
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:
Y-STR markers and Y-STR haplotype
STR Match Finder
Y37 of Shamba
Without CDY
Y37 of Kapba
Without CDY and DYS464
