Changes: what appeared this week and this month

What changed between updates: FTDNA trees update weekly, YFull monthly. New kits and samples, new branches, renames, and where results appear most often.

New this month #

FTDNA, Y-DNA: +2,479 from 2026-10-09 to 2026-11-12; mtDNA (mitochondrial DNA): +1,107 from 2026-10-12 to 2026-11-11; YFull: new samples Y-DNA 768, mtDNA 324 (copy of 2026-11-02).

By country, branch and sample

FTDNA

Y FTDNA by week #

Each point is a copy of the FTDNA tree: 22 copies, from 18 September 2026 to 12 November 2026. They come at uneven intervals, so the axis follows the calendar.

Kits in the tree 717,606

+4,040 since the first copy

Branches in the tree 111,261

+1,671 since the first copy

Branches added per 100 new kits 41

Counted from the first copy.

No country among new kits 43%

Counted from the first copy.

Growth by country

Countries that gained the most kits, all on one scale.

United States +304 +1.0%

Finland +225 +2.3%

Saudi Arabia +178 +1.5%

Ireland +107 +0.5%

Dagestan +102 +10.6%

England +93 +0.3%

Iraq +81 +2.6%

Poland +61 +0.8%

2026-11-12: +14 kits, 108 new branches, 10 renames
2026-11-11: +21 kits, 76 new branches, 13 renames
2026-11-10: +108 kits, 89 new branches, 10 renames
2026-11-09: +248 kits, 7 new branches, 2 renames
2026-11-06: +2 kits, 139 new branches, 5 renames
2026-11-05: +8 kits, 41 new branches, 2 renames
2026-11-04: +71 kits, 91 new branches, 12 renames
2026-11-03: +35 kits, 76 new branches, 15 renames
2026-11-02: +197 kits, 20 new branches, 5 renames
2026-10-30: +25 kits, 100 new branches, 2 renames
2026-10-29: +12 kits, 100 new branches, 7 renames
2026-10-28: +224 kits, 32 new branches, 8 renames
2026-10-27: +595 kits, 37 new branches, 10 renames
2026-10-22: +270 kits, 17 new branches, 5 renames
2026-10-20: +59 kits, 10 new branches, 2 renames
2026-10-19: +331 kits, 19 new branches, 5 renames
2026-10-16: +259 kits, 34 new branches, 19 renames
2026-10-09: +209 kits, 183 new branches, 7 renames
2026-10-06: +235 kits, 137 new branches, 1 renames
2026-10-02: +588 kits, 273 new branches, 19 renames
2026-09-25: +529 kits, 92 new branches, 20 renames

FTDNA

mt FTDNA by week #

Each point is a copy of the FTDNA tree: 8 copies, from 28 September 2026 to 11 November 2026. They come at uneven intervals, so the axis follows the calendar.

Kits in the tree 509,921

+1,093 since the first copy

No country among new kits 53%

Counted from the first copy.

Growth by country

Countries that gained the most kits, all on one scale.

United States +117 +0.6%

England +42 +0.3%

Sweden +35 +0.4%

Ireland +31 +0.3%

Finland +29 +0.4%

France +24 +0.5%

Germany +21 +0.2%

Russia +16 +0.6%

2026-11-11: −6 kits, 0 new branches, 0 renames
2026-11-04: +379 kits, 0 new branches, 0 renames
2026-10-27: +553 kits, 0 new branches, 0 renames
2026-10-19: +181 kits, 0 new branches, 0 renames
2026-10-12: 0 kits, 0 new branches, 0 renames
2026-10-08: 0 kits, 0 new branches, 0 renames
2026-10-05: −14 kits, 0 new branches, 0 renames

FTDNA Discover

Discover and the public tree #

Discover and the public FTDNA tree number their branches the same way, so they can be checked node by node. Public tree of 2026-11-12: 111,261 branches; Discover copy of 2026-11-13: 110,982; shared 110,981.

only in the public tree

280

814 kits, 206 terminal branches

only in Discover

named differently

another parent

age not determined

5,642

2,896 kits, 4,314 terminal branches

Branches Discover does not know yet

Discover has not dated them yet, so the site shows no age for them. The ones with kits:

J-PF7263 ← J-ZS7763 400
G-S23438 ← G-CTS10391 17
I-FT129420 ← I-A18449 5
G-BY112639 ← G-Z40545 4
R-BY101760 ← R-S7268 4
E-FTB27637 ← E-FTB28333 3
E-FTF38605 ← E-FTF37299 3
G-FTF32291 ← G-FT221627 3
J-FT233775 ← J-FT234131 3
R-FT139387 ← R-FT137741 3
R-FT182138 ← R-BY66969 3
R-L1357 ← R-YP969 3
A-FTK21206 ← A-FTJ85629 2
E-BY63768 ← E-FT216781 2
E-FGC41627 ← E-Y3183 2
E-FT110985 ← E-BY215485 2
E-FT248338 ← E-FT248699 2
E-FTA4419 ← E-FT422375 2
E-FTD45172 ← E-FTD45341 2
E-FTE67071 ← E-FTE67479 2
E-FTF17816 ← E-FTF17318 2
E-FTG52797 ← E-FT273203 2
E-FTG63900 ← E-BY626 2
E-FTH66232 ← E-FTF67245 2
E-FTH96629 ← E-FTH96483 2

Branches only in Discover

J-FT365455 ← J-BY97605

Branches named differently in Discover

The same node, but another SNP in the name. The site takes ages by node id, so these pages keep their age.

G-CTS10391 ↔ G-S23438 41
J-ZS7763 ↔ J-PF7263 28
N-FTF29385 ↔ N-FTF29308 5
B-ZS373 ↔ B-ZS359 2
I-FTB15767 ↔ I-FTB15686 2
R-BY120085 ↔ R-BY99458 2
R-BY208299 ↔ R-BY207061 2
R-BY61507 ↔ R-BY18311 2
R-FGC20547 ↔ R-FGC20538 2
R-FTB2888 ↔ R-FTB2692 2
D-Y53800 ↔ D-Y59460 1
E-FTB28333 ↔ E-FTB27637 1
G-FT437335 ↔ G-Y278202 1
J-FT205125 ↔ J-ALK105 1
J-FT234131 ↔ J-FT233775 1
J-FT365455 ↔ J-FT364973 1
J-FTH17970 ↔ J-FTH16563 1
J-Y45404 ↔ J-FT72169 1
R-DC890 ↔ R-DC892 1
E-FTD45341 ↔ E-FTD45172 0
E-FTE67479 ↔ E-FTE67071 0
G-FT221627 ↔ G-FTF32291 0
I-FT232983 ↔ I-FT233050 0
I-FTF35403 ↔ I-Y69164 0
I-S2098 ↔ I-S2102 0

Branches with another parent in Discover

The parent in the public tree on the left, in Discover on the right.

Q-CTS479: Q-Z19672 → Q-CTS2737 115
G-S18765: G-S23438 → G-S23438 12
E-P116: E-FT319935 → E-CTS9106 7
I-FT12534: I-FT129420 → I-A18449 5
N-FTF29385: N-FTF29308 → N-Y335384 5
J-FT71055: J-FT71114 → J-FT70962 4
R-BY102896: R-BY106917 → R-CTS11070 4
E-FTJ33357: E-Y272062 → E-FGC72494 3
I-FTB635: I-FTA99589 → I-FTB708 3
R-FT377185: R-FT379244 → R-FT125533 3
B-ZS373: B-ZS359 → B-L1388 2
E-BY182688: E-BY183303 → E-FT5220 2
E-BY72000: E-BY143283 → E-BY36854 2
E-FT384240: E-BY63768 → E-FT216781 2
E-FT417792: E-Y186020 → E-FT44630 2
E-FTB28392: E-FTB27637 → E-FTB27637 2
G-FTG77926: G-FT383203 → G-FT382474 2
I-FT87996: I-FT88134 → I-FT88005 2
I-FTB15767: I-FTB15686 → I-FTB15859 2
I-FTB4532: I-FTA99589 → I-FTB708 2
I-Y280068: I-Y280122 → I-BY48593 2
J-FT380310: J-FTB12243 → J-ZS8485 2
J-FTC30244: J-FTC30301 → J-FTC30301 2
J-FTE89926: J-MF607252 → J-FTF23038 2
J-ZS8978: J-PF7263 → J-PF7263 2

Branches whose age Discover has not determined

Discover marks such branches “age not known”, and the site shows no age for them. The largest by kits:

O-F2453 39
R-PF6285 25
O-F1201 22
E-CTS10648 18
O-CTS352 18
O-PF4449 15
O-F1958 14
R-FT415278 13
R-PF7596 13
O-CTS4290 10
Q-C106868 10
O-F1134 9
C-CTS5490 8
H-FT374134 8
I-PF7399 8
O-F368 8
O-F728 8
Q-BZ1776 8
B-M43 7
E-BY4135 7
J-M137 7
O-F2557 7
R-PF2462 7
E-PF2576 6
G-Z6443 6

YFull

YFull by month #

2026-11-02: Y samples +309, mt +158, 262 new branches, 165 new Y×mt pairs
2026-10-01: Y samples +31, mt +6, 1 new branches, 5 new Y×mt pairs

TheYtree

TheYtree by week #

Two copies of the Chinese tree TheYtree at least a week apart. For every branch of this site that has a node there, we compare the samples under the node and its age. Counts nest: a sample in a sub-branch counts for every branch above it.

2026-11-13: 0 samples, 14 branches grew, 0 ages changed