page_title: Haplogroup LT
section_title: Structure
hierarchical_section_title: Haplogroup LT / Structure
context_page_description: Haplogroup LT or L298/P326, also known as K1, is a Y-chromosome DNA haplogroup. Its defining SNP mutations are L298 and P326.
  No confirmed cases of the basal paragroup LT* have been identified among living males or human remains.
context_section_description: It is generally believed that LT (L298/P326) originated somewhere in West Asia.
  LT is a direct descendant of haplogroup K (M9).
  The direct descendants of LT are haplogroup L (M20), also known as K1a, and haplogroup T (M184), also known as K1b.
caption: The modern distribution of haplogroup T in Africa, Asia and Europe.