1. Two Family Trees Making the Same Claim
If we study the Table of Nations in Genesis chapter 10, and consider what light might be shed on it
by modern genetic mapping of world migrations, or vice versa, we realize an important point: the Table of
Nations in Genesis 10 (see Table 2 and Map 11) claims to show a family tree of the nations or ethnic groupings, based on descent through the male line only, which is precisely the same claim made for the family tree of Y-Chromosome Haplogroups (see Table 3 and Maps 2 and 3), except of course that instead of nations they are genetic groupings called haplogroups. Those of us who believe strongly in the inerrancy of the Word of God believe that the facts laid out in Genesis 10 are true, so if the assumptions that underlie the YChromosome Haplogroup tree are also valid, then we should be able to establish some sort of correspondence. Unfortunately, at first glance no such correspondence is apparent. Is such a correspondence even possible?
The structure of the two tables is somewhat different, the Table of Nations being a tree of fathers and
sons (or ancestors and descendant peoples),2 causing it to widen out quickly, whereas the Haplogroup tree
splits at mutations, making it much narrower. Even so, as I said above, since both tables make the same
claim, then if both are based on valid assumptions, they should show some clear correlation…
