Ghana Y-DNA

FamilyTreeDNA holds for Ghana: 423 kits with a Y-DNA result. On the paternal line the most common are E-M2 (E1b1a) — 36%, E-U174 — 22% and E-U175 — 20%.

423

kits

33 distinct finest branches

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.

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.

412 · 97.4%

3 · 0.7%

1 · 0.2%

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.

E-M2* E-M2 (E1b1a)

153 · 36.2% 18k years

E-U174

91 · 21.5% 4,800 years

E-U175 E-U175

83 · 19.6% 8,800 years

E-M191* E-M191

61 · 14.4% 5,900 years

CT-M168* CT

12 · 2.8% 66k years

E-L514*

7 · 1.7% 8,500 years

A-PR2921* A (tree root)

6 · 1.4% 234k years

E-M4706*

2 · 0.5% 9,200 years

E-M35* E1b1b-M35

1 · 0.2% 25k years

E-PF2179*

1 · 0.2% 14k years

E-L485*

1 · 0.2% 9,100 years

O-M175* O

1 · 0.2% 32k years

R-M173* R1

1 · 0.2% 22k years

R-L21* R1b-L21

1 · 0.2% 4,700 years

I-Y3548

1 · 0.2% 2,300 years

R-U152* R1b-U152

1 · 0.2% 4,700 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.

E-M2 (E1b1a) E-M2

398 · 94.1% 18k years

└ M191 E-M191

152 · 35.9% 5,900 years

└ U175 E-U175

83 · 19.6% 8,800 years

YFull has fewer than 30 samples from this country, too few to compare. 2 samples on YFull

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.

E-M2 E-M2 (E1b1a): 398 kits · 94.1% (×63.2) 18k years
E-M191 E-M191: 152 kits · 35.9% (×67.6) 5,900 years
E-M4895: 245 kits · 57.9% (×51.4) 9,400 years
E-U174: 91 kits · 21.5% (×51.7) 4,800 years
E-U175 E-U175: 83 kits · 19.6% (×47.8) 8,800 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.