Mexico Y-DNA

FamilyTreeDNA holds for Mexico: 2,281 kits with a Y-DNA result. On the paternal line the most common are Q-M3 — 25%, R1b-L151 — 7% and R-ZZ12_1* — 6%. YFull has 110 samples for Y from the same area, and its mix of major branches is noticeably different. The largest gap is Q-M3: 25% on FTDNA against 9% on YFull.

2,281

kits

817 distinct finest branches

13%

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.

20%

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.

828 · 36.3%

734 · 32.2%

251 · 11.0%

186 · 8.2%

142 · 6.2%

74 · 3.2%

37 · 1.6%

11 · 0.5%

5 · 0.2%

4 · 0.2%

3 · 0.1%

2 · 0.1%

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.

Q-M3 Q-M3

567 · 24.9% 14k years

R-L151* R1b-L151

160 · 7.0% 5,100 years

R-ZZ12_1*

129 · 5.7% 4,600 years

R-Z278

109 · 4.8% 3,300 years

Q-CTS3814*

89 · 3.9% 16k years

I-CTS595

52 · 2.3% 20k years

Q-M242* Q

43 · 1.9% 30k years

E-PF2546 E-PF2546

33 · 1.4% 2,400 years

J-YSC0000234*

29 · 1.3% 5,400 years

R-Z205

26 · 1.1% 3,500 years

R-FTT1*

25 · 1.1% 4,600 years

R-M269* R1b-M269

23 · 1.0% 6,500 years

R-U152* R1b-U152

23 · 1.0% 4,700 years

Q-L54* Q-L54

21 · 0.9% 17k years

R-ZZ5_1*

21 · 0.9% 4,400 years

J-Z1296

21 · 0.9% 4,300 years

J-M92 J2a-M92

20 · 0.9% 8,000 years

J-CTS9721*

20 · 0.9% 9,600 years

E-M81* E-M81

18 · 0.8% 4,500 years

J-M267* J1

18 · 0.8% 19k 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.

R1b-L51 R-L51

757 · 33.2% 6,100 years

└ P312 R-P312

554 · 24.3% 4,900 years

└ DF27 R-DF27

399 · 17.5% 4,700 years

└ L21 R-L21

78 · 3.4% 4,700 years

└ DF13 R-DF13

63 · 2.8% 4,600 years

└ U152 R-U152

58 · 2.5% 4,700 years

Q Q-M242

734 · 32.2% 30k years

└ L54 Q-L54

677 · 29.7% 17k years

└ M3 Q-M3

567 · 24.9% 14k years

J J-M304

251 · 11.0% 30k years

└ J2 J-M172

141 · 6.2% 28k years branch tree ↗

└ J2a J-M410

104 · 4.6% 20k years

└ J1 J-M267

102 · 4.5% 19k years

└ P58 J-P58

78 · 3.4% 9,800 years

E E-M96

186 · 8.2% 52k years

└ E1b1b-M35 E-M35

143 · 6.3% 25k years

└ E-M81 E-M81

54 · 2.4% 4,500 years

└ E-M78 E-M78

48 · 2.1% 15k years

I I-L758

142 · 6.2% 35k years

└ I2a I-P37

59 · 2.6% 20k years

└ M26 I-M26

48 · 2.1% 12k years

└ I2b I-M223

41 · 1.8% 17k years

G G-M201

74 · 3.2% 28k years

└ G2a G-P15

68 · 3.0% 19k 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.

2,281

FTDNA

kits

110

YFull

samples

Macro-haplogroups

FTDNAYFull

FTDNA · YFull · Δ

36.3% · 35.5%−0.8

32.2% · 17.3%−14.9

11.0% · 17.3%+6.3

8.2% · 11.8%+3.7

6.2% · 8.2%+2

3.2% · 6.4%+3.1

1.6% · 2.7%+1.1

0.5% · 0.9%+0.4

0.2% · 0.0%−0.2

0.1% · 0.0%−0.1

Major branches (clades)

FTDNAYFull

FTDNA · YFull · Δ

Q-M3 Q-M3

24.9% · 9.1%−15.8

Q-CTS3814*

3.9% · 8.2%+4.3

R-L151* R1b-L151

7.0% · 0.0%−7

R-Z278

4.8% · 6.4%+1.6

R-ZZ12_1*

5.7% · 3.6%−2

E-PF2546 E-PF2546

1.4% · 5.5%+4

R-FTT1*

1.1% · 5.5%+4.4

J-YSC0000234*

1.3% · 4.5%+3.3

R-Z205

1.1% · 2.7%+1.6

J-Z1296

0.9% · 2.7%+1.8

J-CTS9721*

0.9% · 2.7%+1.9

R-Z31644

0.7% · 2.7%+2

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.

Q-M3 Q-M3: 567 kits · 24.9% (×49.8) 14k years
Q-CTS3814: 656 kits · 28.8% (×43.0) 16k years
R-Z278: 109 kits · 4.8% (×11.6) 3,300 years
R-Z295: 127 kits · 5.6% (×7.9) 4,100 years
R-DF27 R1b-DF27: 399 kits · 17.5% (×3.7) 4,700 years
R-ZZ12_1: 186 kits · 8.2% (×4.0) 4,600 years
R-Z195: 211 kits · 9.3% (×3.6) 4,700 years
E-L19: 63 kits · 2.8% (×4.6) 14k 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.