Montenegro Y-DNA

FamilyTreeDNA holds for Montenegro: 190 kits with a Y-DNA result. On the paternal line the most common are I-Y3548 — 19%, R-CTS7822 — 17% and E-S2979 — 8%. YFull has 187 samples for Y from the same area, and its mix of major branches is almost the same. The largest gap is I-Y3548: 19% on FTDNA against 34% on YFull.

190

kits

139 distinct finest branches

38%

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.

62%

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.

59 · 31.1%

53 · 27.9%

41 · 21.6%

21 · 11.1%

6 · 3.2%

5 · 2.6%

2 · 1.1%

1 · 0.5%

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.

I-Y3548

36 · 18.9% 2,300 years

R-CTS7822

32 · 16.8% 5,400 years

E-S2979

16 · 8.4% 3,700 years

E-BY3880*

16 · 8.4% 4,300 years

J-M92 J2a-M92

8 · 4.2% 8,000 years

I-S7660

8 · 4.2% 2,900 years

J-Z1296

7 · 3.7% 4,300 years

NO-M214* NO

5 · 2.6% 38k years

E-V13* E-V13

5 · 2.6% 5,200 years

R-L1029

4 · 2.1% 2,400 years

I-S20602*

4 · 2.1% 2,500 years

I-P109*

3 · 1.6% 3,600 years

R-CTS3402*

3 · 1.6% 4,000 years

I-L38 I2-L38

3 · 1.6% 4,800 years

R-Z92

3 · 1.6% 4,200 years

R-L2*

3 · 1.6% 4,700 years

E-P2*

2 · 1.1% 43k years

G-M201* G

2 · 1.1% 28k years

G-CTS2230*

2 · 1.1% 4,500 years

G-L1259* G2a-L1259

2 · 1.1% 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.

I I-L758

59 · 31.1% 35k years

└ I2a-CTS10228 I-CTS10228

40 · 21.1% 3,300 years

└ I1-L22 I-L22

11 · 5.8% 3,900 years

└ I2-L38 I-L38

3 · 1.6% 4,800 years

R R-M207

53 · 27.9% 28k years

└ R1b-L23 R-L23

39 · 20.5% 6,400 years

└ CTS7556 R-CTS7556

32 · 16.8% 5,100 years

└ L51 R-L51

6 · 3.2% 6,100 years

└ U152 R-U152

3 · 1.6% 4,700 years

└ R1a-Z282 R-Z282

14 · 7.4% 4,800 years

└ Z280 R-Z280

9 · 4.7% 4,700 years

└ CTS1211 R-CTS1211

6 · 3.2% 4,400 years

└ M458 R-M458

4 · 2.1% 4,300 years

E-V13 E-V13

38 · 20.0% 5,200 years

J2 J-M172

19 · 10.0% 28k years branch tree ↗

└ J2a-M92 J-M92

8 · 4.2% 8,000 years

└ J2b-Z600 J-Z600

7 · 3.7% 5,400 years

N N-M231

5 · 2.6% 23k years

G2a G-P15

4 · 2.1% 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.

190

FTDNA

kits

187

YFull

samples

Macro-haplogroups

FTDNAYFull

FTDNA · YFull · Δ

31.1% · 41.2%+10.1

27.9% · 27.3%−0.6

21.6% · 18.2%−3.4

11.1% · 8.0%−3

3.2% · 1.1%−2.1

2.6% · 2.7%0

1.1% · 0.0%−1.1

0.5% · 0.5%0

Major branches (clades)

FTDNAYFull

FTDNA · YFull · Δ

I-Y3548

18.9% · 33.7%+14.7

R-CTS7822

16.8% · 18.2%+1.3

E-BY3880*

8.4% · 10.2%+1.7

E-S2979

8.4% · 6.4%−2

J-M92 J2a-M92

4.2% · 3.2%−1

I-S7660

4.2% · 2.7%−1.5

J-Z1296

3.7% · 1.6%−2.1

NO-M214* NO

2.6% · 2.7%0

I-S20602*

2.1% · 2.7%+0.6

E-V13* E-V13

2.6% · 1.6%−1

R-L1029

2.1% · 1.6%−0.5

R-Y2898

0.5% · 1.6%+1.1

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.

I-Y3548: 36 kits · 18.9% (×34.3) 2,300 years
R-CTS7822: 32 kits · 16.8% (×35.0) 5,400 years
E-BY3880: 33 kits · 17.4% (×14.6) 4,300 years
E-S2979: 16 kits · 8.4% (×17.2) 3,700 years
E-V13 E-V13: 38 kits · 20.0% (×11.1) 5,200 years
I-L460: 47 kits · 24.7% (×4.3) 23k years
I-P109: 11 kits · 5.8% (×6.8) 3,600 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.