Poland Y-DNA

FamilyTreeDNA holds for Poland: 7,353 kits with a Y-DNA result. On the paternal line the most common are R-YP256 — 6%, R-L1029 — 5% and R-Y2898 — 4%. YFull has 1,206 samples for Y from the same area, and its mix of major branches is almost the same. The largest gap is R-Y2898: 4% on FTDNA against 9% on YFull.

7,353

kits

2,602 distinct finest branches

19%

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.

31%

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.

3,830 · 52.1%

1,066 · 14.5%

1,033 · 14.0%

651 · 8.9%

296 · 4.0%

254 · 3.5%

112 · 1.5%

79 · 1.1%

18 · 0.2%

6 · 0.1%

3 · 0.0%

2 · 0.0%

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.

R-YP256

473 · 6.4% 2,300 years

R-L1029

367 · 5.0% 2,400 years

R-Y2898

284 · 3.9% 3,700 years

R-M417* R1a-M417

243 · 3.3% 5,300 years

R-YP237

238 · 3.2% 3,700 years

I-Y3548

187 · 2.5% 2,300 years

N-FGC52464

170 · 2.3% 2,800 years

R-Z92

169 · 2.3% 4,200 years

R-M198* R1a-M198

156 · 2.1% 8,500 years

J-YSC0000234*

141 · 1.9% 5,400 years

R-Z2124 R1a-Z2124

139 · 1.9% 4,500 years

J-M267* J1

138 · 1.9% 19k years

R-L260*

136 · 1.8% 2,800 years

R-CTS1211* R1a-CTS1211

126 · 1.7% 4,400 years

I-S20602*

125 · 1.7% 2,500 years

R-M269* R1b-M269

123 · 1.7% 6,500 years

E-M34* E-M34

113 · 1.5% 16k years

R-CTS11962*

106 · 1.4% 3,100 years

R-CTS3402*

102 · 1.4% 4,000 years

Q-M242* Q

101 · 1.4% 30k 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

3,830 · 52.1% 28k years

└ R1a-M198 R-M198

2,694 · 36.6% 8,500 years

└ Z282 R-Z282

2,147 · 29.2% 4,800 years

└ M458 R-M458

1,112 · 15.1% 4,300 years

└ Z280 R-Z280

981 · 13.3% 4,700 years

└ CTS1211 R-CTS1211

790 · 10.7% 4,400 years

└ R1b-M269 R-M269

1,037 · 14.1% 6,500 years branch tree ↗

└ L23 R-L23

914 · 12.4% 6,400 years

└ L51 R-L51

774 · 10.5% 6,100 years

└ U106 R-U106

359 · 4.9% 5,000 years

└ P312 R-P312

342 · 4.7% 4,900 years

J J-M304

1,066 · 14.5% 30k years

└ J2 J-M172

554 · 7.5% 28k years branch tree ↗

└ J2a J-M410

366 · 5.0% 20k years

└ J1 J-M267

472 · 6.4% 19k years

└ P58 J-P58

317 · 4.3% 9,800 years

I I-L758

1,033 · 14.0% 35k years

└ I1 I-M253

437 · 5.9% 20k years

└ DF29 I-DF29

335 · 4.6% 4,500 years

└ I2a I-P37

417 · 5.7% 20k years

└ CTS10228 I-CTS10228

322 · 4.4% 3,300 years

E E-M96

651 · 8.9% 52k years

└ E1b1b-M35 E-M35

568 · 7.7% 25k years

G G-M201

296 · 4.0% 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.

7,353

FTDNA

kits

1,206

YFull

samples

Macro-haplogroups

FTDNAYFull

FTDNA · YFull · Δ

52.1% · 60.3%+8.2

14.0% · 16.7%+2.6

14.5% · 7.8%−6.7

8.9% · 7.2%−1.6

4.0% · 2.1%−2

3.5% · 3.9%+0.4

1.5% · 1.2%−0.4

1.1% · 0.2%−0.8

0.2% · 0.3%+0.1

0.1% · 0.2%+0.1

0.0% · 0.1%0

0.0% · 0.1%+0.1

Major branches (clades)

FTDNAYFull

FTDNA · YFull · Δ

R-YP256

6.4% · 10.0%+3.5

R-Y2898

3.9% · 9.1%+5.3

R-L1029

5.0% · 7.1%+2.1

R-YP237

3.2% · 4.7%+1.5

I-Y3548

2.5% · 4.0%+1.4

N-FGC52464

2.3% · 3.5%+1.2

R-Z92

2.3% · 3.4%+1.1

R-M417* R1a-M417

3.3% · 0.2%−3.1

R-CTS1211* R1a-CTS1211

1.7% · 2.4%+0.7

R-CTS11962*

1.4% · 2.3%+0.9

R-L260*

1.8% · 2.2%+0.4

I-FGC20030

1.1% · 2.2%+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.

R-YP256: 473 kits · 6.4% (×15.6) 2,300 years
R-L260: 609 kits · 8.3% (×13.8) 2,800 years
R-Y2604: 1,083 kits · 14.7% (×10.4) 4,100 years
R-CTS11962: 473 kits · 6.4% (×7.9) 3,100 years
R-CTS3402: 664 kits · 9.0% (×7.2) 4,000 years
R-CTS1211 R1a-CTS1211: 790 kits · 10.7% (×6.6) 4,400 years
R-Y33: 324 kits · 4.4% (×7.7) 3,900 years
R-YP237: 238 kits · 3.2% (×7.8) 3,700 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.