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Mordovia: haplogroups

FamilyTreeDNA has 190 kits with a Y-DNA result and 8 kits with mtDNA (mitochondrial DNA). Only kits that name Mordovia are counted here; those who gave just the country are on the Russia page. On the paternal line the most common are R1a-CTS1211 — 23%, I1-DF29 — 14% and J2a — 9%. For mt that is fewer than 50, so those shares below are a rough guide only. YFull has 71 samples for Y from the same area, and its mix of major branches is broadly the same. The largest gap is J2: 16% on FTDNA against 38% on YFull.

Compare with…
52.3
Y-DNA · kits per 100,000 men
rank 4 of 12 among Russian regions. About 363,000 men (census, 2021). A kit's country is the ancestor's homeland, not where the tester lives

Paternal line · Y-DNA

190 kits · 25 branches
Main 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).
R
68 · 35.8% 28k years
R1a-Z282
59 · 31.1% 4,800 years
Z280
50 · 26.3% 4,700 years
CTS1211
43 · 22.6% 4,400 years
Y35
32 · 16.8% 4,300 years
Z92
3 of 190 4,200 years
M458
9 · 4.7% 4,300 years
R1b-Z18
4 of 190 4,300 years
N1a-M178
37 · 19.5% 14k years
N-CTS2929
12 · 6.3% 4,000 years
N-Z1933
3 of 190 2,400 years
I
35 · 18.4% 35k years
I1-DF29
26 · 13.7% 4,500 years
Z63
12 · 6.3% 4,300 years
L22
11 · 5.8% 3,900 years
Z2338
3 of 190 3,800 years
Z59
3 of 190 4,300 years
I2a-CTS10228
7 · 3.7% 3,300 years
J2
31 · 16.3% 28k years
J2a
17 · 8.9% 20k years
L25
8 · 4.2% 8,800 years
J2b-Z600
14 · 7.4% 5,400 years
O2
6 · 3.2% 29k years
G2a-L497
4 of 190 7,600 years
E-V13
3 of 190 5,200 years
other
6 · 3.2%

Among the rest: Q 2, C 1.

Maternal line · mtDNA

8 kits · 1 branch
Main mt-tree branches grouped by letter, sub-branches indented. Each branch counts every kit in it and in its sub-branches. Age is how many years ago the branch's common foremother lived, from FTDNA data where available.
H
5 · 63% (5 of 8, 95% confidence interval: 31–86%) 11k years
other
3 of 8 (3 of 8, 95% confidence interval: 14–69%)

Among the rest: C 1, T 1, U 1.

Migration paths of the characteristic branches #

Paths of the region's main characteristic branches, as modelled by FamilyTreeDNA Discover, on one calendar clock: in each year a branch stands where its ancestral line was. Grey is a stretch of path shared by several branches; the large marker is the branch itself.

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The time scale is logarithmic: the closer to the present, the longer a year takes.

The same branches are in the tree on this page.

Mordovia: Y-DNA #

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-Y33: 22 kits · 11.6% (95% confidence interval: 8–17%) (×19.9) 3,900 years
  • R-Y2898: 19 kits · 10.0% (95% confidence interval: 6–15%) (×19.2) 3,700 years
  • R-CTS1211 R1a-CTS1211: 43 kits · 22.6% (95% confidence interval: 17–29%) (×13.9) 4,400 years
  • R-Z280 R1a-Z280: 50 kits · 26.3% (95% confidence interval: 21–33%) (×11.9) 4,700 years
  • J-Z1296: 13 kits · 6.8% (95% confidence interval: 4–11%) (×16.8) 4,300 years
  • R-CTS3402: 30 kits · 15.8% (95% confidence interval: 11–22%) (×12.5) 4,000 years
  • I-S2077: 12 kits · 6.3% (95% confidence interval: 4–11%) (×13.1) 3,900 years
  • N-FGC52464: 10 kits · 5.3% (95% confidence interval: 3–9%) (×12.2) 2,800 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.

1–9%10–12%13–18%19–31%32–52%Mordoviaunder 100 kits
All 111 countries and regions by similarity
  1. Tatarstan 52%
  2. Chuvashia 49%
  3. Czech Republic 49%
  4. Ukraine 49%
  5. Estonia 49%
  6. Slovakia 48%
  7. Poland 48%
  8. Latvia 46%
  9. Lithuania 46%
  10. Hungary 44%
  11. Slovenia 44%
  12. Albania 43%
  13. Serbia 42%
  14. Bashkortostan 42%
  15. Bulgaria 42%
  16. Bosnia and Herzegovina 41%
  17. Belarus 41%
  18. Macedonia 40%
  19. Croatia 38%
  20. Austria 36%
  21. Romania 35%
  22. Moldova 32%
  23. Greece 31%
  24. Montenegro 31%
  25. Germany 30%
  26. Sweden 30%
  27. Denmark 27%
  28. Azerbaijan 26%
  29. Adygea 26%
  30. Finland 25%
  31. Italy 25%
  32. Karelia 25%
  33. Kazakhstan 24%
  34. Turkey 23%
  35. Switzerland 21%
  36. Norway 21%
  37. Netherlands 20%
  38. United States 20%
  39. Tajikistan 20%
  40. Canada 20%
  41. Brazil 19%
  42. France 19%
  43. Belgium 19%
  44. Spain 18%
  45. Dagestan 18%
  46. Italy (Sicily) 17%
  47. England 17%
  48. United Kingdom 17%
  49. Georgia 17%
  50. Iran 17%
  51. Australia 17%
  52. Uzbekistan 16%
  53. Lebanon 16%
  54. Portugal 15%
  55. Armenia 15%
  56. United States (Native American) 14%
  57. Mexico 14%
  58. South Africa 14%
  59. Tunisia 13%
  60. Afghanistan 13%
  61. Iraq 13%
  62. Cuba 13%
  63. Colombia 13%
  64. Luxembourg 13%
  65. Puerto Rico 12%
  66. Scotland 12%
  67. China 12%
  68. Syria 12%
  69. Bahrain 12%
  70. Israel 12%
  71. England (Cornish) 12%
  72. Chile 12%
  73. Egypt 12%
  74. Wales 11%
  75. Argentina 11%
  76. Pakistan 10%
  77. Northern Ireland 10%
  78. Vietnam 10%
  79. Kuwait 10%
  80. South Korea 10%
  81. India 10%
  82. United Arab Emirates 10%
  83. Ireland 10%
  84. Saudi Arabia 10%
  85. Japan 10%
  86. Morocco 10%
  87. New Zealand 9%
  88. Philippines 9%
  89. Mongolia 9%
  90. Qatar 9%
  91. Palestine 9%
  92. Jordan 9%
  93. Jamaica 9%
  94. Indonesia 8%
  95. Algeria 8%
  96. Peru 8%
  97. Iceland 7%
  98. Dominican Republic 7%
  99. Libya 7%
  100. Sri Lanka 6%
  101. Chechnya 5%
  102. Oman 5%
  103. Yemen 5%
  104. Orstkhoy (Aosta Valley in FTDNA) 3%
  105. Isle of Man 3%
  106. Sudan 3%
  107. Cameroon 2%
  108. Ingushetia 2%
  109. Somalia 1%
  110. Nigeria 1%
  111. Ghana 1%
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 2026-11-02. The tree shows only its top three levels.

Y-DNA

190
FTDNA
kits
71
YFull
samples
FTDNAYFull
FTDNA · YFull · Δ
R R-M207
35.8% · 29.6%−6.2
R1a-Z282 R-Z282
31.1% · 26.8%−4.3
Z280 R-Z280
26.3% · 23.9%−2.4
M458 R-M458
4.7% · 2.8%−1.9
R1b-Z18 R-Z18
2.1% · 0.0%−2.1
N1a-M178 N-M178
19.5% · 14.1%−5.4
N-CTS2929
6.3% · 1.4%−4.9
N-Z1933
1.6% · 1.4%−0.2
I I-L758
18.4% · 7.0%−11.4
I1-DF29 I-DF29
13.7% · 5.6%−8.1
Z63 I-Z63
6.3% · 2.8%−3.5
L22 I-L22
5.8% · 2.8%−3
Z59 I-Z59
1.6% · 0.0%−1.6
I2a-CTS10228 I-CTS10228
3.7% · 1.4%−2.3
J2 J-M172
16.3% · 38.0%+21.7
J2a J-M410
8.9% · 16.9%+8
L25 J-L25
4.2% · 8.5%+4.2
J2b-Z600 J-Z600
7.4% · 21.1%+13.8
O2 O-M122
3.2% · 2.8%−0.3
G2a-L497 G-L497
2.1% · 0.0%−2.1
E-V13
1.6% · 1.4%−0.2

mtDNA

YFull has fewer than 30 samples from this country, too few to compare. 6 samples on YFull

The same country on the project maps

In the FTDNA geographic projects a member puts the place of their paternal or maternal ancestor on the map. Here those points are set against the public tree: solid bar the tree, hatched bar the points on the maps, copy of 2026-10-20. A person in several projects counts once. Branches as in the tree above: each counts every kit in it and in its sub-branches.

Y-DNA FTDNA 190 · Projects 68

FTDNAProjects
FTDNA · Projects · Δ
R R-M207
35.8% · 23.5%−12.3
R1a-Z282 R-Z282
31.1% · 14.7%−16.3
Z280 R-Z280
26.3% · 13.2%−13.1
CTS1211 R-CTS1211
22.6% · 10.3%−12.3
Y35 R-Y35
16.8% · 8.8%−8
N1a-M178 N-M178
19.5% · 7.4%−12.1
N-CTS2929
6.3% · 0.0%−6.3
I I-L758
18.4% · 13.2%−5.2
I1-DF29 I-DF29
13.7% · 2.9%−10.7
Z63 I-Z63
6.3% · 1.5%−4.8
L22 I-L22
5.8% · 0.0%−5.8
J2 J-M172
16.3% · 36.8%+20.4
J2a J-M410
8.9% · 10.3%+1.3
J2b-Z600 J-Z600
7.4% · 16.2%+8.8
72
Y-DNA · People on the map
68 of them have a branch of the tree; relatives with one ancestor at one place count as one, 72 such votes
72%
Y-DNA · SNP-confirmed
that many have the branch confirmed by an SNP test, the rest predicted from STRs
82%
agreement with YFull · Y
how closely the Y tree branches match between FTDNA and YFull, each branch counted without its sub-branches. 100% is identical, below 80% is visibly different.
J-M172 +21.7
gap to YFull · Y
the Y branch whose share differs most between the two companies: FTDNA 16.3%, YFull 38.0%
17%
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.
23%
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.

New this month #

FTDNA: how much the kit count grew between the tree copies of 2026-10-09 and 2026-11-12. A kit that moved to a new sub-branch after refinement is not counted as new. YFull: samples YFull itself marks as new, in the copy of 2026-11-02; YFull drops the mark after a few weeks.

+32
Y-DNA, FTDNA
new kits, 2026-10-09 → 2026-11-12
+4
Y-DNA, YFull
new samples as of 2026-11-02
+1
mtDNA, YFull
new samples as of 2026-11-02

Y-DNA: branches that grew

New Y-DNA samples in YFull

New mtDNA samples in YFull

YFull

Peoples and languages on YFull #

Native language reported by YFull customers from this region. These are the testers' own answers, not a census.

Data on this page: FamilyTreeDNA Y tree, 12 November 2026: 190 kits; FamilyTreeDNA mtDNA tree, 11 November 2026: 8 kits; YFull Y tree, 2 November 2026: 71 samples; YFull mtDNA tree, 2 November 2026: 6 samples.

How to cite: ftdnastat, "Mordovia: Y-DNA and mtDNA haplogroups", https://ftdnastat.github.io/en/c/russia-mordovia/, data of 2026-11-14, build 20261114-18dba71.

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