India Y-DNA

FamilyTreeDNA holds for India: 1,477 kits with a Y-DNA result. On the paternal line the most common are GHIJK — 19%, K-M526* — 14% and R1a-Z94 — 11%. YFull has 210 samples for Y from the same area, and its mix of major branches is almost the same. The largest gap is L-M22: 5% on FTDNA against 10% on YFull.

1,477

kits

374 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.

15%

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.

574 · 38.9%

279 · 18.9%

248 · 16.8%

156 · 10.6%

53 · 3.6%

48 · 3.2%

38 · 2.6%

35 · 2.4%

16 · 1.1%

12 · 0.8%

5 · 0.3%

4 · 0.3%

3 · 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.

GHIJK-F1329* GHIJK

279 · 18.9% 48k years

K-M526*

212 · 14.4% 45k years

R-Z94* R1a-Z94

158 · 10.7% 4,600 years

R-M198* R1a-M198

109 · 7.4% 8,500 years

J-M172* J2

85 · 5.8% 28k years

L-M20* L

80 · 5.4% 24k years

L-M22 L-M22

76 · 5.1% 20k years

C-M216* C

46 · 3.1% 48k years

J-M241* J2b-M241

46 · 3.1% 9,500 years

O-M175* O

30 · 2.0% 32k years

R-Z2124 R1a-Z2124

30 · 2.0% 4,500 years

J-L25* J2a-L25

29 · 2.0% 8,800 years

J-PF5160*

25 · 1.7% 16k years

Q-M242* Q

25 · 1.7% 30k years

G-M201* G

22 · 1.5% 28k years

Q-M346* Q-M346

22 · 1.5% 21k years

R-M173* R1

17 · 1.2% 22k years

R-M417* R1a-M417

17 · 1.2% 5,300 years

CT-M168* CT

16 · 1.1% 66k years

J-M102* J2b-M102

12 · 0.8% 16k 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

574 · 38.9% 28k years

└ R1a-M198 R-M198

320 · 21.7% 8,500 years

└ Z93 R-Z93

194 · 13.1% 4,700 years

└ Z2124 R-Z2124

30 · 2.0% 4,500 years

└ R2 R-M479

182 · 12.3% 16k years

└ R1b-M269 R-M269

27 · 1.8% 6,500 years branch tree ↗

H-M69 H-M69

270 · 18.3% 39k years

└ M52 H-M52

174 · 11.8% 19k years

└ M82 H-M82

76 · 5.1% 16k years

J J-M304

248 · 16.8% 30k years

└ J2 J-M172

220 · 14.9% 28k years branch tree ↗

└ J2a J-M410

72 · 4.9% 20k years

└ L25 J-L25

29 · 2.0% 8,800 years

└ J2b-M102 J-M102

63 · 4.3% 16k years

└ M241 J-M241

48 · 3.2% 9,500 years

└ J1 J-M267

28 · 1.9% 19k years

L L-M20

156 · 10.6% 24k years

└ M27 L-M27

41 · 2.8% 8,500 years

└ M357 L-M357

29 · 2.0% 7,600 years

C C-M216

53 · 3.6% 48k years

Q Q-M242

48 · 3.2% 30k years

O O-M175

38 · 2.6% 32k years

└ O1b-M95 O-M95

26 · 1.8% 12k years

G G-M201

35 · 2.4% 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.

1,477

FTDNA

kits

210

YFull

samples

Macro-haplogroups

FTDNAYFull

FTDNA · YFull · Δ

38.9% · 42.4%+3.5

16.8% · 26.2%+9.4

18.9% · 11.0%−7.9

10.6% · 10.5%−0.1

3.2% · 4.3%+1

3.6% · 1.4%−2.2

2.6% · 0.5%−2.1

2.4% · 1.0%−1.4

1.1% · 0.0%−1.1

0.3% · 1.0%+0.6

0.3% · 1.0%+0.7

0.8% · 0.5%−0.3

Major branches (clades)

FTDNAYFull

FTDNA · YFull · Δ

R-Z94* R1a-Z94

10.7% · 20.5%+9.8

GHIJK-F1329* GHIJK

18.9% · 11.0%−7.9

K-M526*

14.4% · 9.0%−5.3

L-M22 L-M22

5.1% · 10.5%+5.3

R-M198* R1a-M198

7.4% · 0.0%−7.4

J-M241* J2b-M241

3.1% · 6.7%+3.6

R-Z2124 R1a-Z2124

2.0% · 6.7%+4.6

J-FGC1723*

0.5% · 6.2%+5.6

J-M172* J2

5.8% · 0.0%−5.8

L-M20* L

5.4% · 0.0%−5.4

J-L25* J2a-L25

2.0% · 3.8%+1.8

J-PF5160*

1.7% · 3.8%+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.

L-M20 L: 156 kits · 10.6% (×15.3) 24k years
R-Z94 R1a-Z94: 188 kits · 12.7% (×13.1) 4,600 years
L-M22 L-M22: 76 kits · 5.1% (×9.1) 20k years
C-M216 C: 53 kits · 3.6% (×5.6) 48k years
J-M102 J2b-M102: 63 kits · 4.3% (×4.1) 16k years
J-M241 J2b-M241: 48 kits · 3.2% (×4.2) 9,500 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.

Of the five most similar countries by the paternal and by the maternal line, 0 coincide. The male and female lines have different histories here, or a diaspora is showing.