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My Private Y DNA Variants Found in Other Men in gnomAD and AllOfUs

 I participated in AllOfUs Research back in August 2024 to contribute in any way to genomic research with the use of my DNA. Africans have the greatest genetic diversity of all the continental peoples on our planet Earth by far, but people of African ancestry make up a tiny proportion of the participants. The great under-representation of people of African ancestry one of the reasons why I want to help contribute. My other reason is that I want to help with research studies on neurological and neurodevelopmental issues with my having Ataxia, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, ADHD.   My wanting to contribute is the main reason that I did FamilyTreeDNA Big Y-700.  I already knew that I had an African Y DNA haplogroup after doing 23andme test and told that I had E2b1 and then later told E-M85. Only 1 in 1,500 23andme customers share my E-M85 haplogroup group assignment. I did FamilyTreeDNA Big Y-700 Test, and I was assigned Y DNA haplogroup E-BY101982. Only six men are known to have...