Table 2 Construction of a Western European Y Haplogroup Sample Weighted According to the Relative Contribution from Each Country E3b G I J∗(xJ2) J2 K2 L R1b Other Total Weighted total European Y-Chromosomal Haplogroup Numbers from Previous Studies French12 2 0 6 - 4 0 0 31 2 45 45 Germans13 75 -a 287 - 49 - - 473 331 1215 38.4 English14 24 - 163 3 25 - - 616 45 876 40.8 Italians15 88 75 52 14 140 - - 280 50 699 35.4 159.6 Weighted Numbers Used French 2 0 6 0 4 0 0 31 2 45 German 2.4 0 9.1 0 1.5 0 0 14.9 10.5 38.4 English 1.1 0 7.6 0.1 1.2 0 0 28.7 2.1 40.8 Italy 4.5 3.8 2.6 0.7 7.1 0 0 14.2 2.5 35.4 Western European combined 9.9 3.8 25.3 0.8 13.8 0 0 88.8 17.1 159.6 Western European (integer) 10 4 25 1 14 0 0 89 17 160 a Rare haplogroup not typed in the relevant study; value set to zero.