Italy Y-DNA
FamilyTreeDNA holds for Italy: 6,019 kits with a Y-DNA result. On the paternal line the most common are R1b-U152 — 7%, J2 — 5% and R1b-L151 — 3%. YFull has 426 samples for Y from the same area, and its mix of major branches is broadly the same. The largest gap is J-Z1296: 1% on FTDNA against 4% on YFull.
Macro-haplogroups #
The first letter of the haplogroup, the broadest division of the Y tree. Percentages of all the region's kits.
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.
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.
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.
Macro-haplogroups
Major branches (clades)
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.
- J-L70: 140 kits · 2.3% (×5.8) 4,000 years
- J-Z387: 175 kits · 2.9% (×5.2) 7,000 years
- J-M172 J2: 1,146 kits · 19.0% (×3.1) 28k years
- R-U152 R1b-U152: 722 kits · 12.0% (×3.2) 4,700 years
- G-M201 G: 710 kits · 11.8% (×3.2) 28k years
- G-P15 G2a: 512 kits · 8.5% (×3.1) 19k years
- G-CTS574: 397 kits · 6.6% (×3.2) 16k years
- J-L25 J2a-L25: 237 kits · 3.9% (×3.4) 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.
- Greece 84%
- Switzerland 81%
- Austria 80%
- Germany 80%
- France 79%