rs9494266

A SNP in the C6orf217 gene on chromosome 6. Its most notable genotype is G;G.

Gene
C6orf217
Location
Chr 6135,530,435 (GRCh38)
Highest magnitude
0.0Typical
Tested on
23andMe, AncestryDNA, FamilyTreeDNA
Minor allele frequency
24%

Genotypes

As shown in 23andMe and AncestryDNA files.

  1. G;GMost notableNot ratedNo summary available.Typical · 0.057% of people

On SNPedia: (G;G). Magnitude rates how notable a genotype is from 0 to 10, not how risky it is.

Frequency

Share of each genotype in 11 HapMap populations.

  • AverageG;G 57%
  • European ancestry (Utah)G;G 86%
  • Han Chinese (Beijing)G;G 84%
  • Japanese (Tokyo)G;G 88%
  • Yoruba (Nigeria)G;G 5%
  • African ancestry (Southwest US)G;G 18%
  • Chinese (Denver)G;G 84%
  • Gujarati IndianG;G 77%
  • Luhya (Kenya)G;G 7%
  • Mexican ancestry (Los Angeles)G;G 76%
  • Maasai (Kenya)G;G 10%
  • TuscanG;G 91%

Conditions, medicines and genes

Notes

From SNPedia

Notes

Originally reported to be associated with type-2 diabetes in a genome-wide association study; yet then reported not to be associated with either T2D or related metabolic traits in a large Danish population (ultimately 17,000 patients for the latter study).

Source and license

Adapted from rs9494266 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 Its entries can be incomplete, out of date or wrong, and nothing here is a diagnosis or medical advice.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.