Denmark Y-DNA

FamilyTreeDNA holds for Denmark: 1,633 kits with a Y-DNA result. On the paternal line the most common are I-S63* — 5%, I1 — 4% and I-S7660 — 3%. YFull has 102 samples for Y from the same area, and its mix of major branches is broadly the same. The largest gap is I-Z2040: 2% on FTDNA against 7% on YFull.

1,633

kits

813 distinct finest branches

16%

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.

28%

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.

777 · 47.6%

684 · 41.9%

41 · 2.5%

40 · 2.4%

33 · 2.0%

26 · 1.6%

18 · 1.1%

12 · 0.7%

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-S63*

86 · 5.3% 4,500 years

I-M253* I1

59 · 3.6% 20k years

I-S7660

55 · 3.4% 2,900 years

R-U106* R1b-U106

54 · 3.3% 5,000 years

R-L151* R1b-L151

47 · 2.9% 5,100 years

I-Z2535

41 · 2.5% 3,800 years

I-Z2040

39 · 2.4% 4,000 years

I-L22* I1-L22

36 · 2.2% 3,900 years

R-M269* R1b-M269

34 · 2.1% 6,500 years

I-P109*

33 · 2.0% 3,600 years

I-S2361

33 · 2.0% 3,900 years

R-M417* R1a-M417

28 · 1.7% 5,300 years

I-L813

28 · 1.7% 2,900 years

I-Z141*

26 · 1.6% 3,900 years

I-FGC20030

26 · 1.6% 3,900 years

R-Z18* R1b-Z18

25 · 1.5% 4,300 years

I-S2293

25 · 1.5% 4,300 years

R-S1690

24 · 1.5% 3,600 years

R-P312* R1b-P312

23 · 1.4% 4,900 years

I-DF29* I1-DF29

22 · 1.3% 4,500 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

777 · 47.6% 28k years

└ R1b-M269 R-M269

604 · 37.0% 6,500 years branch tree ↗

└ L51 R-L51

566 · 34.7% 6,100 years

└ U106 R-U106

315 · 19.3% 5,000 years

└ L48 R-L48

138 · 8.5% 4,500 years

└ Z18 R-Z18

39 · 2.4% 4,300 years

└ P312 R-P312

199 · 12.2% 4,900 years

└ L21 R-L21

58 · 3.6% 4,700 years

└ DF13 R-DF13

44 · 2.7% 4,600 years

└ DF27 R-DF27

51 · 3.1% 4,700 years

└ U152 R-U152

41 · 2.5% 4,700 years

└ R1a-M198 R-M198

163 · 10.0% 8,500 years

└ Z282 R-Z282

117 · 7.2% 4,800 years

└ Z284 R-Z284

52 · 3.2% 4,200 years

I I-L758

684 · 41.9% 35k years

└ I1 I-M253

545 · 33.4% 20k years

└ DF29 I-DF29

400 · 24.5% 4,500 years

└ Z58 I-Z58

170 · 10.4% 4,500 years

└ L22 I-L22

164 · 10.0% 3,900 years

└ I2b I-M223

94 · 5.8% 17k years

E E-M96

41 · 2.5% 52k years

└ E1b1b-M35 E-M35

36 · 2.2% 25k years

J J-M304

40 · 2.4% 30k years

└ J2 J-M172

37 · 2.3% 28k years branch tree ↗

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.

1,633

FTDNA

kits

102

YFull

samples

Macro-haplogroups

FTDNAYFull

FTDNA · YFull · Δ

47.6% · 47.1%−0.5

41.9% · 42.2%+0.3

2.4% · 4.9%+2.5

2.5% · 2.9%+0.4

2.0% · 2.0%−0.1

1.6% · 0.0%−1.6

1.1% · 1.0%−0.1

0.7% · 0.0%−0.7

0.1% · 0.0%−0.1

Major branches (clades)

FTDNAYFull

FTDNA · YFull · Δ

I-Z2040

2.4% · 6.9%+4.5

I-S63*

5.3% · 1.0%−4.3

I-S7660

3.4% · 4.9%+1.5

I-FGC20030

1.6% · 4.9%+3.3

I-Z2535

2.5% · 3.9%+1.4

I-S2361

2.0% · 3.9%+1.9

I-M253* I1

3.6% · 0.0%−3.6

R-U106* R1b-U106

3.3% · 1.0%−2.3

R-L151* R1b-L151

2.9% · 2.9%+0.1

I-L813

1.7% · 2.9%+1.2

R-P312* R1b-P312

1.4% · 2.9%+1.5

R-Y2898

0.4% · 2.9%+2.5

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-S7660: 55 kits · 3.4% (×7.4) 2,900 years
I-P109: 88 kits · 5.4% (×6.3) 3,600 years
I-M253 I1: 545 kits · 33.4% (×3.1) 20k years
I-S63: 486 kits · 29.8% (×3.1) 4,500 years
I-Z2535: 41 kits · 2.5% (×5.2) 3,800 years
I-Z2040: 39 kits · 2.4% (×5.1) 4,000 years
I-DF29 I1-DF29: 400 kits · 24.5% (×3.0) 4,500 years
I-CTS6364: 194 kits · 11.9% (×3.2) 4,200 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.