Bulgaria Y-DNA

FamilyTreeDNA holds for Bulgaria: 884 kits with a Y-DNA result. On the paternal line the most common are I-S20602* — 8%, I-Y3548 — 8% and E-BY3880* — 7%. YFull has 227 samples for Y from the same area, and its mix of major branches is almost the same. The largest gap is R-CTS7822: 4% on FTDNA against 7% on YFull.

884

kits

510 distinct finest branches

21%

on leaves

share of kits that reached the finest branch of the tree. The rest stopped at a broad branch: their test was not detailed enough.

35%

Big Y

rough share of kits with a Big Y test, a full read of the Y chromosome. It is estimated from the branches where the region's kits sit, so it is an estimate, not a count.

Each colour is one of the eight most common macro-haplogroups worldwide (the first letter of the haplogroup, such as R or J). Everything else is grey.RIJENGQTother

Level 1

Macro-haplogroups #

The first letter of the haplogroup, the broadest division of the Y tree. Percentages of all the region's kits.

231 · 26.1%

224 · 25.3%

180 · 20.4%

164 · 18.6%

45 · 5.1%

17 · 1.9%

10 · 1.1%

5 · 0.6%

4 · 0.5%

3 · 0.3%

1 · 0.1%

Level 2

Major branches (clades) #

The major branches the region's kits belong to. Each kit is counted once, in the finest major branch its test reached. Asterisk: kits left on the branch itself because they fall into none of its major sub-branches. A branch counts as major when it holds at least 0.4% of all kits worldwide.

I-S20602*

73 · 8.3% 2,500 years

I-Y3548

69 · 7.8% 2,300 years

E-BY3880*

58 · 6.6% 4,300 years

R-L1029

41 · 4.6% 2,400 years

R-CTS7822

34 · 3.8% 5,400 years

E-S2979

33 · 3.7% 3,700 years

J-L70

31 · 3.5% 4,000 years

E-CTS5856*

26 · 2.9% 4,500 years

J-M172* J2

19 · 2.1% 28k years

R-M12149* R1b-Z2103 (M12149)

13 · 1.5% 5,700 years

R-YP237

13 · 1.5% 3,700 years

R-CTS1211* R1a-CTS1211

12 · 1.4% 4,400 years

J-Z1296

12 · 1.4% 4,300 years

J-M410* J2a

11 · 1.2% 20k years

J-Z529*

10 · 1.1% 15k years

I-P37* I2a

9 · 1.0% 20k years

R-M269* R1b-M269

9 · 1.0% 6,500 years

J-Z2507*

9 · 1.0% 4,500 years

J-M92 J2a-M92

9 · 1.0% 8,000 years

E-M35* E1b1b-M35

8 · 0.9% 25k years

Level 3

Key branches tree #

Tree of the main branches. Each branch counts every kit in it and in its sub-branches; sub-branches are indented. Branches of at least 1% of the sample are shown; pass-through branches with no side branches are skipped. Age is how many years ago the branch's common ancestor lived (TMRCA), from FTDNA Discover.

R R-M207

231 · 26.1% 28k years

└ R1a-M198 R-M198

114 · 12.9% 8,500 years

└ Z282 R-Z282

97 · 11.0% 4,800 years

└ M458 R-M458

53 · 6.0% 4,300 years

└ Z280 R-Z280

44 · 5.0% 4,700 years

└ CTS1211 R-CTS1211

38 · 4.3% 4,400 years

└ R1b-M269 R-M269

113 · 12.8% 6,500 years branch tree ↗

└ L23 R-L23

104 · 11.8% 6,400 years

└ Z2103 (M12149) R-M12149

52 · 5.9% 5,700 years

└ Z2106 R-Z2106

39 · 4.4% 5,500 years

└ L51 R-L51

50 · 5.7% 6,100 years

I I-L758

224 · 25.3% 35k years

└ I2a I-P37

162 · 18.3% 20k years

└ CTS10228 I-CTS10228

145 · 16.4% 3,300 years

└ I1 I-M253

39 · 4.4% 20k years

J J-M304

180 · 20.4% 30k years

└ J2 J-M172

143 · 16.2% 28k years branch tree ↗

└ J2a J-M410

89 · 10.1% 20k years

└ L25 J-L25

41 · 4.6% 8,800 years

└ J2b-M102 J-M102

35 · 4.0% 16k years

└ J1 J-M267

36 · 4.1% 19k years

E1b1b-M35 E-M35

160 · 18.1% 25k years

└ E-V13 E-V13

133 · 15.0% 5,200 years

G G-M201

45 · 5.1% 28k years

YFull

The same country on YFull #

The same country at the second company, YFull. Its samples are placed on the FTDNA tree by shared mutations, so the branches are comparable. FTDNA share on the left, YFull on the right, then the difference in percentage points. Republics and other sub-regions are taken out of the country, as at FTDNA. Starred branches are nearly empty at YFull: every test there is whole-genome and reaches the fine branches. Only YFull customers (YF number) are counted, no ancient DNA. YFull data of 2026-09-29.

884

FTDNA

kits

227

YFull

samples

Macro-haplogroups

FTDNAYFull

FTDNA · YFull · Δ

26.1% · 30.4%+4.3

25.3% · 24.7%−0.7

20.4% · 17.2%−3.2

18.6% · 16.7%−1.8

5.1% · 6.6%+1.5

1.9% · 0.9%−1

0.6% · 1.8%+1.2

1.1% · 1.3%+0.2

0.5% · 0.0%−0.5

0.3% · 0.4%+0.1

0.1% · 0.0%−0.1

Major branches (clades)

FTDNAYFull

FTDNA · YFull · Δ

I-Y3548

7.8% · 10.6%+2.8

E-BY3880*

6.6% · 8.8%+2.2

I-S20602*

8.3% · 7.0%−1.2

R-CTS7822

3.8% · 7.0%+3.2

R-L1029

4.6% · 3.1%−1.6

E-S2979

3.7% · 3.1%−0.6

J-L70

3.5% · 2.2%−1.3

J-Z1296

1.4% · 3.1%+1.7

E-CTS5856*

2.9% · 0.0%−2.9

J-M410* J2a

1.2% · 2.2%+1

G-Z6779

0.8% · 2.2%+1.4

J-M172* J2

2.1% · 0.0%−2.1

Distinctive branches #

Branches found here far more often than worldwide: their share is more than 3× the world share. The multiplier is in brackets. Branches of at least 10 kits are included.

I-S20602: 142 kits · 16.1% (×16.7) 2,500 years
I-Y3548: 69 kits · 7.8% (×14.1) 2,300 years
E-CTS5856: 125 kits · 14.1% (×9.2) 4,500 years
E-BY3880: 99 kits · 11.2% (×9.4) 4,300 years
J-L70: 31 kits · 3.5% (×8.7) 4,000 years
E-Z5018: 41 kits · 4.6% (×7.6) 3,800 years
R-CTS7822: 34 kits · 3.8% (×8.0) 5,400 years
J-Z387: 38 kits · 4.3% (×7.6) 7,000 years

Most similar countries #

Countries whose mix of major branches looks most like this one. The number is similarity: 100% is the same mix, lower means less in common. Computed only for countries with 100+ kits.

Greece 79%
Ukraine 75%
Hungary 75%
Serbia 73%
Romania 72%

Of the five most similar countries by the paternal and by the maternal line, 1 coincide. The male and female lines have different histories here, or a diaspora is showing.