France Y-DNA

FamilyTreeDNA holds for France: 6,453 kits with a Y-DNA result. On the paternal line the most common are R1b-L151 — 7%, R1b-U152 — 4% and R-L2* — 3%. YFull has 433 samples for Y from the same area, and its mix of major branches is broadly the same.

6,453

kits

2,344 distinct finest branches

17%

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.

29%

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.

4,237 · 65.7%

949 · 14.7%

476 · 7.4%

351 · 5.4%

340 · 5.3%

48 · 0.7%

20 · 0.3%

10 · 0.2%

7 · 0.1%

6 · 0.1%

2 · 0.0%

1 · 0.0%

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.

R-L151* R1b-L151

466 · 7.2% 5,100 years

R-U152* R1b-U152

257 · 4.0% 4,700 years

R-L2*

192 · 3.0% 4,700 years

R-M269* R1b-M269

179 · 2.8% 6,500 years

R-L21* R1b-L21

170 · 2.6% 4,700 years

R-Z49 R1b-Z49

169 · 2.6% 4,300 years

R-Z205

147 · 2.3% 3,500 years

R-ZZ12_1*

144 · 2.2% 4,600 years

R-P312* R1b-P312

116 · 1.8% 4,900 years

R-Z278

103 · 1.6% 3,300 years

I-S63*

96 · 1.5% 4,500 years

R-Z39589*

95 · 1.5% 4,500 years

R-FGC83504*

95 · 1.5% 4,300 years

R-U106* R1b-U106

93 · 1.4% 5,000 years

R-L20

92 · 1.4% 4,200 years

I-CTS595

85 · 1.3% 20k years

G-Z726

84 · 1.3% 4,200 years

I-M253* I1

83 · 1.3% 20k years

R-Z295*

80 · 1.2% 4,100 years

J-M172* J2

78 · 1.2% 28k 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

4,237 · 65.7% 28k years

└ R1b-L23 R-L23

3,854 · 59.7% 6,400 years

└ L51 R-L51

3,738 · 57.9% 6,100 years

└ P312 R-P312

2,644 · 41.0% 4,900 years

└ DF27 R-DF27

1,027 · 15.9% 4,700 years

└ U152 R-U152

781 · 12.1% 4,700 years

└ Z49 R-Z49

169 · 2.6% 4,300 years

└ L21 R-L21

647 · 10.0% 4,700 years

└ DF13 R-DF13

477 · 7.4% 4,600 years

└ U106 R-U106

587 · 9.1% 5,000 years

└ L48 R-L48

197 · 3.1% 4,500 years

I I-L758

949 · 14.7% 35k years

└ I1 I-M253

511 · 7.9% 20k years

└ DF29 I-DF29

332 · 5.1% 4,500 years

└ I2b I-M223

211 · 3.3% 17k years

J J-M304

476 · 7.4% 30k years

└ J2 J-M172

385 · 6.0% 28k years branch tree ↗

└ J2a J-M410

209 · 3.2% 20k years

E E-M96

351 · 5.4% 52k years

└ E1b1b-M35 E-M35

321 · 5.0% 25k years

└ E-M78 E-M78

186 · 2.9% 15k years

G G-M201

340 · 5.3% 28k years

└ G2a G-P15

288 · 4.5% 19k years

└ P303 G-P303

205 · 3.2% 12k 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.

6,453

FTDNA

kits

433

YFull

samples

Macro-haplogroups

FTDNAYFull

FTDNA · YFull · Δ

65.7% · 60.0%−5.6

14.7% · 19.6%+4.9

5.4% · 7.4%+2

7.4% · 6.9%−0.4

5.3% · 4.8%−0.4

0.7% · 0.2%−0.5

0.3% · 0.5%+0.2

0.1% · 0.5%+0.4

0.2% · 0.0%−0.2

0.1% · 0.0%−0.1

0.0% · 0.0%0

Major branches (clades)

FTDNAYFull

FTDNA · YFull · Δ

R-L151* R1b-L151

7.2% · 2.1%−5.1

R-U152* R1b-U152

4.0% · 5.1%+1.1

R-Z49 R1b-Z49

2.6% · 5.1%+2.5

I-CTS595

1.3% · 3.5%+2.1

R-L2*

3.0% · 2.8%−0.2

R-M269* R1b-M269

2.8% · 0.0%−2.8

R-Z31644

0.9% · 2.8%+1.9

R-L21* R1b-L21

2.6% · 1.2%−1.5

R-Z39589*

1.5% · 2.5%+1.1

R-Z205

2.3% · 2.1%−0.2

R-ZZ12_1*

2.2% · 1.6%−0.6

R-FGC83504*

1.5% · 2.1%+0.6

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.

R-SRY2627: 227 kits · 3.5% (×5.4) 3,900 years
R-Z195: 738 kits · 11.4% (×4.4) 4,700 years
R-Z274: 391 kits · 6.1% (×4.7) 4,600 years
R-Z209: 337 kits · 5.2% (×4.7) 4,300 years
R-Z202: 173 kits · 2.7% (×5.2) 3,600 years
R-Z205: 147 kits · 2.3% (×5.3) 3,500 years
R-Z46513: 273 kits · 4.2% (×4.5) 4,500 years
R-FGC83504: 283 kits · 4.4% (×4.5) 4,300 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.