FTDNA Y-tree branch

E-M123

E-M123 is a branch of the FamilyTreeDNA Y tree with 3,536 kits that gave a country, counting all sub-branches. It is most common in these samples: Eritrea (26% of kits), Yemen (11% of kits), Cyprus (8.6% of kits). The branch's common ancestor lived about 18k years ago: the FTDNA Discover estimate runs from 16k to 21k years ago. YFull has 1,707 samples in this branch and dates its common ancestor to 18k years ago.

3,536

kits in the branch

with a country given, including all sub-branches

on the branch itself

kits whose test did not resolve a sub-branch

28%

Big Y

share of kits with a Big Y test among all kits of the branch, sub-branches included

sub-branches

2 with their own page, 0 without

18k years

age by Discover

the common ancestor lived 16k to 21k years ago

18k years

age by YFull

common ancestor (TMRCA); the branch split from its parent 19k 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
Saudi Arabia	537	15.2%	4.5%
Poland	230	6.5%	3.1%
Ukraine	216	6.1%	4.9%
Yemen	180	5.1%	11%
Germany	166	4.7%	0.9%
Russian Federation	146	4.1%	2.0%
Belarus	143	4.0%	8.4%
Italy	127	3.6%	2.1%
Lithuania	123	3.5%	6.6%
United States	117	3.3%	0.4%
Kuwait	112	3.2%	5.0%
Iraq	111	3.1%	3.5%
Turkey	92	2.6%	3.7%
England	77	2.2%	0.3%
France	54	1.5%	0.8%
United Arab Emirates	53	1.5%	3.9%
Armenia	50	1.4%	4.3%
Romania	47	1.3%	4.4%
Hungary	44	1.2%	2.3%
Greece	43	1.2%	3.3%

93 more

The remaining countries and regions (93), 868 kits in total: Syrian Arab Republic 41, Spain 40, Austria 39, Bahrain 37, Palestinian Territory 34, Portugal 34, Egypt 32, United Kingdom 30, Iran 29, Switzerland 27, Oman 26, Lebanon 25, Slovakia 25, Latvia 23, Ireland 21, Scotland 21, Czech Republic 20, Mexico 20, Netherlands 20, Sweden 19, Algeria 17, Azerbaijan 16, Eritrea 15, Qatar 15, Jordan 14, Bulgaria 12, Puerto Rico 12, Israel 11, Tunisia 11, Brazil 10, Russia (Republic of Dagestan) 10, Sudan 10, Canada 9, Moldova 9, United States (Native American) 8, Cyprus 7, Georgia 6, Belgium 5, Colombia 5, Costa Rica 5, Ethiopia 5, Libya 5, Denmark 4, South Africa 4, Wales 4, Afghanistan 3, Croatia 3, Iraq (Kurdistan) 3, Macedonia 3, Morocco 3, Peru 3, Russia (Republic of Adygea) 3, Venezuela 3, Australia 2, Dominican Republic 2, Ecuador 2, Finland 2, India 2, Malta 2, Pakistan 2, Russia (Republic of Bashkortostan) 2, Russia (Republic of Chechnya) 2, Spain (Asturias) 2, Spain (Galicia) 2, Uzbekistan 2, Albania 1, Belgium (Flanders) 1, Bosnia and Herzegovina 1, Cape Verde 1, Comoros 1, El Salvador 1, Italy (Friuli-Venezia Giulia) 1, Italy (Sardinia) 1, Italy (Sicily) 1, Kazakhstan 1, Kosovo 1, Lebanon (Druze) 1, Netherlands Antilles 1, New Zealand 1, Nicaragua 1, Northern Ireland 1, Norway 1, Portugal (Azores) 1, Portugal (Madeira) 1, Russia (Republic of Chuvashia) 1, Russia (Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria) 1, Russia (Republic of Karelia) 1, Serbia 1, Slovenia 1, Somalia 1, Spain (Andalusia) 1, Suriname 1, Tajikistan 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.

Sephardic Jews (Ladino): 19% of samples (7 of 36)
Arabic-speaking Jews: 14% of samples (5 of 35)
Hijazi Arabs: 14% of samples (21 of 155)
Ashkenazi Jews (Eastern Yiddish): 13% of samples (7 of 52)
Ashkenazi Jews (Yiddish): 13% of samples (20 of 153)
Kurds (Kurmanji): 10% of samples (3 of 30)
Azerbaijanis: 9.7% of samples (6 of 62)
Kurds: 9.5% of samples (6 of 63)

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.

E-M34

3,384 · 95.7% 16k years

E-FT20896

73 · 2.1% 16k years

On the branch itself, without a resolved sub-branch: 79 kits.

Surnames #

Surnames that testers entered at FTDNA, over the whole branch with its sub-branches: 108 distinct among 321 kits. FTDNA gives surnames per branch only, with no country attached, so they cannot be split by country.

Slagle 13
Coryell 11
Thomas 11
السرحان E-BY61923 11
Alsanea 8
Boucher 8
Bagwell 7
Gibbs 7
Shirley 7
Burnham 6
Hoyt 5
Miller 5
Rose 5
Gold 4
Grant 4

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%.

E-M123: 1,707 samples. The common ancestor lived 18k years ago (16k–19k); the branch split off 19k years ago (18k–21k).