E-M4257
E-M4257 is a branch of the FamilyTreeDNA Y tree with 804 kits that gave a country, counting all sub-branches. It is most common in these samples: Ghana (13% of kits), Jamaica (9.9% of kits), Costa Rica (9.5% of kits). The branch's common ancestor lived about 6,000 years ago: the FTDNA Discover estimate runs from 5,200 to 6,900 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.
| Country / region | kits | Share of branch | Share of country |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 282 | 0.9% | |
| Saudi Arabia | 195 | 1.6% | |
| Ghana | 53 | 13% | |
| Kuwait | 32 | 1.4% | |
| Jamaica | 22 | 9.9% | |
| United States (Native American)United States | 22 | 1.2% | |
| Bahrain | 12 | 1.6% | |
| Puerto Rico | 12 | 2.0% | |
| Cameroon | 8 | 3.3% | |
| Brazil | 7 | 1.0% | |
| Mexico | 7 | 0.3% | |
| Nigeria | 7 | 4.8% | |
| Rwanda | 7 | · | |
| Congo, the Democratic Republic of the | 6 | · | |
| Costa Rica | 6 | 9.5% | |
| Haiti | 6 | · | |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 0.4% | |
| Morocco | 5 | 0.9% | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 5 | 7.8% | |
| Yemen | 5 | 0.3% |
56 more
The remaining countries and regions (56), 99 kits in total: Dominican Republic 4, Honduras 4, Iraq 4, Qatar 4, Scotland 4, South Africa 4, France 3, Kenya 3, Oman 3, Sierra Leone 3, Zimbabwe 3, Algeria 2, Angola 2, Austria 2, Canada 2, Egypt 2, Germany 2, Guyana 2, Ireland 2, Israel 2, Nicaragua 2, Palestinian Territory 2, Spain 2, St. Vincent and the Grenadines 2, United Kingdom 2, Zambia 2, Bahamas 1, Barbados 1, Belize 1, Benin 1, Burkina Faso 1, Chile 1, Colombia 1, Congo, Republic of the 1, Cuba 1, England 1, Grenada 1, Italy 1, Kazakhstan 1, Lebanon 1, Liberia 1, Lithuania 1, Malta 1, Netherlands Antilles 1, Panama 1, Philippines 1, Portugal 1, Romania 1, Seychelles 1, Spain (Andalusia) 1, St. Lucia 1, Sudan 1, Syrian Arab Republic 1, Uganda 1, Ukraine 1, US Virgin Islands 1.
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.
- Spaniards: 3.4% of samples (4 of 118)
- Gulf Arabs: 3.0% of samples (3 of 101)
- Arabs: 1.0% of samples (25 of 2,477)
- English: 0.8% of samples (8 of 1,050)
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.
1 small sub-branch more without a page: 2 kits.
Surnames #
Surnames that testers entered at FTDNA, over the whole branch with its sub-branches: 25 distinct among 61 kits. FTDNA gives surnames per branch only, with no country attached, so they cannot be split by country.
- Goins 6
- Bunch 5
- Williams 5
- Rodriguez 3
- Alamir 2
- Anderson 2
- Chisholm 2
- Clark 2
- Collins 2
- Evans 2
- Gabennesch 2
- Gardner 2
- Goings 2
- Jones 2
- Kent 2
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-Z1720: 335 samples. YFull publishes no age for this branch.