Jamaica: summary
FamilyTreeDNA holds for Jamaica: 222 kits with a Y-DNA result and 148 kits with mtDNA. On the paternal line the most common are E-U175 — 15%, E-U174 — 14% and E-L514* — 5%. On the maternal line the most common are L2a — 22%, L1b — 14% and L3e — 11%.
Detailed pages for each line are linked below the summaries.
Paternal line · Y-DNA
n=222 · 24 branches shownMain 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).
E
└ M2 (E1b1a)
└ M191
└ U175
└ V13
R
└ R1b-L23
└ L51
└ P312
└ L21
└ DF13
└ DF27
└ U106
└ L48
└ CTS7556
└ R1a-Z282
I
└ I1-DF29
└ L22
└ Z58
└ I2b
O
J2a-L25
H-M69
Maternal line · mtDNA
n=148 · 15 branches shownMost common mt-tree branches, shortened to the form U5a or H13a. Age is how many years ago the branch's common foremother lived, from FTDNA data where available.
Jamaica: mtDNA details →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
15%
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.
28%
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.
45%
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.
Paternal and maternal neighbours differ. 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.
YFull
Peoples and languages on YFull #
Native language reported by YFull customers from this country. People from regions with a page of their own (republics, autonomies) are shown there. These are the testers' own answers, not a census.
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