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Ecuador: haplogroups

FamilyTreeDNA has 67 kits with a Y-DNA result and 51 kits with mtDNA (mitochondrial DNA). On the paternal line the most common are R1b-P312 — 31%, Q-M3 — 24% and E1b1b-M35 — 9%. On the maternal line the most common are B2b — 27%, C1b — 22% and A2 — 20%.

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0.7
Y-DNA · kits per 100,000 men
rank 107 of 123 among countries. About 9.0 million men (UN, 2023). A kit's country is the ancestor's homeland, not where the tester lives
0.3
mtDNA · kits per 100,000 people
rank 74 of 93 among countries. About 18 million people (UN, 2023)

Mitotree, the mt tree of FTDNA Discover, has about 206 more samples from here that the public mt tree lacks: mostly academic studies, GenBank among them (copy of 11 November 2026). This page is built from the public FTDNA tree.

Paternal line · Y-DNA

67 kits · 10 branches
Main branches of the Y tree. Each branch counts every kit in it and in its sub-branches; sub-branches are indented. Age is how many years ago the branch's common ancestor lived (TMRCA).
R1b-L51
24 · 36% 6,100 years
P312
21 · 31% 4,900 years
DF27
12 · 18% 4,700 years
Z195
5 · 7% 4,600 years
U152
4 of 67 4,700 years
DF19
3 of 67 4,600 years
Q-L54
22 · 33% 17k years
M3
16 · 24% 14k years
E1b1b-M35
6 · 9% 25k years
J2a
4 of 67 20k years
other
11 · 16%

Among the rest: I 2, N 1, T 1, C 1, G 1, O 1.

Maternal line · mtDNA

51 kits · 7 branches
Main mt-tree branches grouped by letter, sub-branches indented. Each branch counts every kit in it and in its sub-branches. Age is how many years ago the branch's common foremother lived, from FTDNA data where available.
B2
19 · 37% 18k years
B2b
14 · 27% 18k years
B2b-T152C!
3 of 51
C1b
11 · 22% 19k years
A2
10 · 20% 17k years
A2ac
3 of 51 13k years
D1
3 of 51 21k years
other
8 · 16%

Among the rest: L 1, R 1, HV 1, H 1, K 1.

Migration paths of the characteristic branches #

Paths of the region's main characteristic branches, as modelled by FamilyTreeDNA Discover, on one calendar clock: in each year a branch stands where its ancestral line was. Grey is a stretch of path shared by several branches; the large marker is the branch itself. Above the map you can pick the paternal line (Y-DNA) or the maternal one (mtDNA).

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  • Q-M3 · 24%
  • R-DF27 · 18%
  • Shared trunk
  • Territory: Ecuador

The time scale is logarithmic: the closer to the present, the longer a year takes.

The same branches are in the tree on this page.

Ecuador: Y-DNA #

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.

  • Q-CTS3814: 22 kits · 32.8% (95% confidence interval: 23–45%) (×49.2) 16k years
  • Q-M3 Q-M3: 16 kits · 23.9% (95% confidence interval: 15–35%) (×48.0) 14k years
  • R-DF27 R1b-DF27: 12 kits · 17.9% (95% confidence interval: 11–29%) (×3.8) 4,700 years

Ecuador: mtDNA #

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.

  • B2b: 14 kits · 27.5% (95% confidence interval: 17–41%) (×277.2)
  • C1b: 11 kits · 21.6% (95% confidence interval: 12–35%) (×41.6)
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 2026-11-02.

Y-DNA

YFull has fewer than 30 samples from this country, too few to compare. 7 samples on YFull

mtDNA

YFull has fewer than 30 samples from this country, too few to compare. 5 samples on YFull

21%
Y-DNA · 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.
22%
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.
4%
mtDNA · 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.

Data on this page: FamilyTreeDNA Y tree, 12 November 2026: 67 kits; FamilyTreeDNA mtDNA tree, 11 November 2026: 51 kits; YFull Y tree, 2 November 2026: 7 samples; YFull mtDNA tree, 2 November 2026: 5 samples.

How to cite: ftdnastat, "Ecuador: Y-DNA and mtDNA haplogroups", https://ftdnastat.github.io/en/c/ecuador/, data of 2026-11-14, build 20261114-18dba71.

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