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According to a recent study by Fregel et al.

2009, in spite of the geographic nearness between the Canary Islands and Morocco, the genetic heritage of the Canary islands male lineages, is mainly from European origin.

Indeed, nearly 67 % of the haplogroups resulting from are Euro – Eurasian ( R1a ( 2. 76 %), R1b ( 50. 62 %), I ( 9. 66 %) and G ( 3. 99 %)).

Unsurprisingly the Spanish conquest brought the genetic base of the current male population of the Canary Islands.

Nevertheless, the second most important Haplogroup family is from Northern Africa, Near and Middle East.

E1b1b ( 14 % including 8. 30 % of the typical Berber haplogroup E-M81 ), E1b1a and E1a ( 1. 50 %), J ( 14 %) and T ( 3 %) Haplogroups are present at a rate of 33 %.