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FTDNA Y-tree branch

C-M216 C

C-M216 is a branch of the FamilyTreeDNA Y tree with 1,762 kits that gave a country, counting all sub-branches. It is most common in these samples: Canada (First Nations) (76% of kits), Mongolia (57% of kits), Kazakhstan (42% of kits). The branch's common ancestor lived about 48k years ago: the FTDNA Discover estimate runs from 42k to 54k years ago.

1,762
kits in the branch
with a country given, including all sub-branches
210
on the branch itself
kits whose test did not resolve a sub-branch
21%
Big Y
share of kits with a Big Y test among all kits of the branch, sub-branches included
2
sub-branches
2 with their own page, 0 without
48k years
age by Discover
the common ancestor lived 42k to 54k years ago

Where it is found #

Countries and regions given by the branch's carriers. “Share of branch” is the part of the branch's kits that belongs to the country. “Share of country” is the part of that country's kits that falls into the branch; it is computed only for countries with at least 50 kits.

Where it is found
Country / region kits Share of branch Share of country
Kazakhstan 313 42%
Mongolia 258 57%
Russian Federation 154 2.2%
China 116 11%
Japan 72 14%
United States (Native American)United States 66 3.6%
India 53 3.6%
New Zealand (Māori)New Zealand 42 ·
Korea, Republic of 40 17%
Uzbekistan 39 15%
Canada (First Nations)Canada 38 76%
Saudi Arabia 37 0.3%
United States 34 0.1%
Indonesia 33 5.3%
Turkey 28 1.1%
Kyrgyzstan 27 29%
Germany 23 0.1%
Canada 22 1.3%
Philippines 21 5.1%
Iraq 20 0.6%
76 more

The remaining countries and regions (76), 326 kits in total: Poland 18, England 14, Australia 12, Australia (Aboriginal Australian) 11, Azerbaijan 10, New Zealand 10, Vanuatu 10, Italy 9, Rapa Nui (Easter Island) 9, Scotland 9, Ukraine 9, Ireland 8, Oman 8, Society Islands 8, Taiwan, Province of China 8, France 7, Russia (Republic of Dagestan) 7, Spain 7, Tajikistan 7, United States (Kānaka Maoli) 7, Vietnam 6, Afghanistan 5, Armenia 5, Greece 5, Kuwait 5, Malaysia 5, Marquesas Islands 5, Russia (Republic of Adygea) 5, Bangladesh 4, Czech Republic 4, Mexico 4, Papua New Guinea 4, Syrian Arab Republic 4, Austral Islands 3, Cook Islands 3, Fiji 3, Israel 3, Micronesia 3, Pakistan 3, Portugal 3, Russia (Republic of Bashkortostan) 3, Russia (Republic of Kalmykia) 3, Samoa 3, Slovakia 3, United Arab Emirates 3, Algeria 2, American Samoa 2, Hong Kong 2, Hungary 2, Iran 2, Libya 2, Russia (Republic of Karachay-Cherkessia) 2, Sri Lanka 2, Thailand 2, Yemen 2, Austria 1, Cambodia 1, Colombia 1, Cyprus 1, Ecuador 1, Finland 1, Georgia 1, Guyana 1, Lebanon 1, Lithuania 1, Mauritius 1, Montenegro 1, Northern Ireland 1, Norway 1, Puerto Rico 1, Qatar 1, Romania 1, Russia (Republic of Altai) 1, Russia (Republic of Buryatia) 1, Singapore 1, United Kingdom 1.

YFull

Most common among these peoples #

From YFull samples that gave a mother tongue: the part of a people's samples that falls into this branch. Peoples with at least 3 samples in the branch are listed.

Sub-branches #

Sub-branches that have their own page (50 kits or more). The bar is the kits in the sub-branch with its own sub-branches; the age is when its common ancestor lived.

C2 C-M217
1,181 · 67.0% 34k years
C-F3393
371 · 21.1% 47k years

On the branch itself, without a resolved sub-branch: 210 kits.

Surnames #

Surnames that testers entered at FTDNA, over the whole branch with its sub-branches: 31 distinct among 96 kits. FTDNA gives surnames per branch only, with no country attached, so they cannot be split by country.

YFull

The same branch on YFull #

YFull builds its tree from the same SNPs; the node is matched by name or by a shared SNP. TMRCA is when the common ancestor of all samples lived, formed is when the branch split from its parent. Intervals are 95%.

C: 779 samples. YFull publishes no age for this branch.

In the site's findings #

2 more
  • Distinctive branch for India: 3.6% of kits, 5.6 times the world share
  • Distinctive branch for Australia: 3.3% of kits, 5.1 times the world share