Tatarstan: haplogroups

Name: Tatarstan: Y-DNA and mtDNA haplogroups
Creator: ftdnastat
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

FamilyTreeDNA has 117 kits with a Y-DNA result and 25 kits with mtDNA (mitochondrial DNA). Only kits that name Tatarstan are counted here; those who gave just the country are on the Russia page. On the paternal line the most common are R1a-M198 — 24%, N1a-M178 — 17% and R1b-U106 — 9%. For mt that is fewer than 50, so those shares below are a rough guide only. YFull has 277 samples for Y from the same area, and its mix of major branches is broadly the same. The largest gap is R1a-M198: 24% on FTDNA against 40% on YFull.

Compare with…

6.3

Y-DNA · kits per 100,000 men

rank 11 of 12 among Russian regions. About 1.9 million men (census, 2021). A kit's country is the ancestor's homeland, not where the tester lives

Paternal line · Y-DNA

117 kits · 24 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).

44 · 37.6% 28k years

R1a-M198

28 · 23.9% 8,500 years

Z280

19 · 16.2% 4,700 years

Y35

15 · 12.8% 4,300 years

Z92

3 of 117 4,200 years

Z2123

3 of 117 4,300 years

R1b-U106

10 · 8.5% 5,000 years

Z304

6 · 5.1% 4,200 years

28 · 23.9% 23k years

N1a-M178

20 · 17.1% 14k years

N-CTS2929

6 · 5.1% 4,000 years

N-Z1936

6 · 5.1% 4,500 years

P43

8 · 6.8% 4,600 years

13 · 11.1% 35k years

8 · 6.8% 20k years

Z63

4 of 117 4,300 years

I2a

3 of 117 20k years

J2a

10 · 8.5% 20k years

M67

3 of 117 13k years

G2a

9 · 7.7% 19k years

4 of 117 11k years

G2a1-Z6552

3 of 117 17k years

4 of 117 24k years

3 of 117 28k years

other

6 · 5.1%

Among the rest: E 2, Q 1, O 1.

Maternal line · mtDNA

25 kits · 4 branches

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.

13 · 52% 11k years

H2a

3 of 25 8,000 years

3 of 25 11k years

3 of 25 20k years

other

9 · 36%

Among the rest: D 2, HV 2, U 2, V 1, J 1, K 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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R-CTS3402 · 13%
N-CTS3103 · 10%
Shared trunk
Territory: Tatarstan

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.

Tatarstan: 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-CTS3402: 15 kits · 12.8% (95% confidence interval: 8–20%) (×10.2) 4,000 years
R-Z280 R1a-Z280: 19 kits · 16.2% (95% confidence interval: 11–24%) (×7.3) 4,700 years
NO-M214 NO: 29 kits · 24.8% (95% confidence interval: 18–33%) (×5.2) 38k years
N-Tat: 20 kits · 17.1% (95% confidence interval: 11–25%) (×4.9) 13k years
R-PF6162: 28 kits · 23.9% (95% confidence interval: 17–32%) (×3.6) 5,000 years
N-CTS3103: 12 kits · 10.3% (95% confidence interval: 6–17%) (×3.1) 4,700 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.

1–15%16–20%21–27%28–36%37–58%Tatarstanunder 100 kits

All 111 countries and regions by similarity

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

117

FTDNA

kits

277

YFull

samples

FTDNAYFull

FTDNA · YFull · Δ

R R-M207

37.6% · 47.7%+10

R1a-M198 R-M198

23.9% · 40.4%+16.5

Z280 R-Z280

16.2% · 22.4%+6.1

Z2123 R-Z2123

2.6% · 3.2%+0.7

R1b-U106 R-U106

8.5% · 2.2%−6.4

Z304 R-Z304

5.1% · 0.7%−4.4

N N-M231

23.9% · 16.6%−7.3

N1a-M178 N-M178

17.1% · 11.9%−5.2

N-CTS2929

5.1% · 3.6%−1.5

N-Z1936

5.1% · 4.3%−0.8

P43 N-B523

6.8% · 4.7%−2.1

I I-L758

11.1% · 7.9%−3.2

I1 I-M253

6.8% · 3.2%−3.6

Z63 I-Z63

3.4% · 1.1%−2.3

I2a I-P37

2.6% · 3.6%+1

J2a J-M410

8.5% · 6.9%−1.7

M67 J-M67

2.6% · 1.1%−1.5

G2a G-P15

7.7% · 7.6%−0.1

U1 G-U1

3.4% · 3.6%+0.2

G2a1-Z6552 G-Z6552

2.6% · 1.8%−0.8

L L-M20

3.4% · 0.4%−3.1

T T-M184

2.6% · 1.1%−1.5

mtDNA

FTDNA

kits

YFull

samples

FTDNAYFull

FTDNA · YFull · Δ

52.0% · 44.7%−7.3

H2a

12.0% · 2.1%−9.9

12.0% · 6.4%−5.6

12.0% · 8.5%−3.5

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 117 · Projects 174

FTDNAProjects

FTDNA · Projects · Δ

R R-M207

37.6% · 35.1%−2.5

R1a-M198 R-M198

23.9% · 23.0%−0.9

Z280 R-Z280

16.2% · 10.9%−5.3

Y35 R-Y35

12.8% · 6.3%−6.5

R1b-U106 R-U106

8.5% · 3.4%−5.1

N N-M231

23.9% · 21.8%−2.1

N1a-M178 N-M178

17.1% · 13.2%−3.9

N-CTS2929

5.1% · 5.2%0

N-Z1936

5.1% · 3.4%−1.7

P43 N-B523

6.8% · 4.0%−2.8

I I-L758

11.1% · 13.8%+2.7

I1 I-M253

6.8% · 7.5%+0.6

J2a J-M410

8.5% · 2.9%−5.7

G2a G-P15

7.7% · 7.5%−0.2

192

Y-DNA · People on the map

174 of them have a branch of the tree; relatives with one ancestor at one place count as one, 191 such votes

72%

Y-DNA · SNP-confirmed

that many have the branch confirmed by an SNP test, the rest predicted from STRs

85%

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.

R-M198 +16.5

gap to YFull · Y

the Y branch whose share differs most between the two companies: FTDNA 23.9%, YFull 40.4%

49% / 30%

reached the finest branch: YFull / FTDNA

share of YFull samples and FTDNA kits that reached the finest branch of the FTDNA tree. On average a YFull sample sits 37.4 branchings from the root, an FTDNA kit 34.1

30%

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.

46%

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.

Y-DNA, FTDNA

new kits, 2026-10-09 → 2026-11-12

mtDNA, FTDNA

new kits, 2026-10-12 → 2026-11-11

Y-DNA, YFull

new samples as of 2026-11-02

Y-DNA: branches that grew

mtDNA: branches that grew

H1u: +1
H6b: +1

New Y-DNA samples in YFull

G-Y439377 · Tatars
J-Y568325 · Chuvash
N-FTJ22502 · Tatars
N-Y39282 · Erzyas
R-FTB11209 · Russians
R-FTG14175 · Tatars
R-Y181395

YFull

Peoples and languages on YFull #

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

Tatars 190 / 22
Russians 37 / 10

YFull

Recent kin across borders #

Shared young paternal branches: YFull customers from this country and from the partner country have a common paternal-line ancestor no older than 500 years. The comparison accounts for how linked a country is abroad overall: shown are partners with more shared branches than its general openness would give. It reflects recent migration and shared ancestry, not ethnicity.

Recent kin across borders
Region	shared branches	expected	×	chance?
Nizhegorodskaya oblast' (Russia)	5	0.06	81.8	unlikely by chance p < 0.001
Bashkortostan	5	0.07	75.5	unlikely by chance p < 0.001

Ancient samples

From excavations on this territory: 34 samples by Y-DNA and 0 samples by mtDNA. The oldest: 4,502 BCE, Eneolithic Russian.

Karayakupovo culture 7 · Imenkovo culture 6 · Volosovo culture 5 · Volga Bulgars 5 · Chiyalik 5

All ancient samples →

Data on this page: FamilyTreeDNA Y tree, 12 November 2026: 117 kits; FamilyTreeDNA mtDNA tree, 11 November 2026: 25 kits; YFull Y tree, 2 November 2026: 277 samples; YFull mtDNA tree, 2 November 2026: 47 samples.

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

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