rs2959656

A SNP in the MEN1 gene on chromosome 11. Its most notable genotype is T;T: common in clinvar

Gene
MEN1
Location
Chr 1164,804,546 (GRCh38)
Highest magnitude
0.0Typical
Tested on
23andMe, AncestryDNA, FamilyTreeDNA
Minor allele frequency
15%

Genotypes

Plus strand, as in 23andMe and AncestryDNA files.

  1. T;TMost notableGoodcommon in clinvarTypical · 0.05% of people
  2. C;CGoodcommon genotypeTypical · 0.064% of people

SNPedia records rs2959656 on the minus strand: (A;A), (G;G). Magnitude rates how notable a genotype is from 0 to 10, not how risky it is.

Frequency

Share of each genotype in 10 HapMap populations.

  • AverageT;T 5% C;C 64%
  • European ancestry (Utah)T;T 0% C;C 98%
  • Han Chinese (Beijing)T;T 9% C;C 63%
  • Japanese (Tokyo)T;T 7% C;C 55%
  • Yoruba (Nigeria)T;T 12% C;C 42%
  • African ancestry (Southwest US)T;T 5% C;C 49%
  • Chinese (Denver)T;T 7% C;C 60%
  • Luhya (Kenya)T;T 7% C;C 51%
  • Mexican ancestry (Los Angeles)T;T 0% C;C 74%
  • Maasai (Kenya)T;T 5% C;C 55%
  • TuscanT;T 0% C;C 98%

Other MEN1 SNPs

All MEN1 SNPs

Source and license

Adapted from rs2959656 on SNPedia, using a snapshot taken October 16, 2026. SNPedia content is shared under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US, and this page is shared under the same license.

SNPedia is a community-edited wiki. Its entries can be incomplete, out of date or wrong, and nothing here is a diagnosis or medical advice. Magnitude is a community rating of how interesting a genotype is, not a risk score.