E-M4706
E-M4706 is a branch of the FamilyTreeDNA Y tree with 1,955 kits that gave a country, counting all sub-branches. It is most common in these samples: Ghana (38% of kits), Kenya (31% of kits), Jamaica (25% of kits). The branch's common ancestor lived about 9,200 years ago: the FTDNA Discover estimate runs from 8,000 to 11k years ago. YFull has 672 samples in this branch and dates its common ancestor to 9,000 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 | 728 | 2.4% | |
| Saudi Arabia | 216 | 1.8% | |
| Ghana | 162 | 38% | |
| United States (Native American)United States | 68 | 3.7% | |
| Cameroon | 56 | 23% | |
| Jamaica | 55 | 25% | |
| Kuwait | 53 | 2.4% | |
| Nigeria | 31 | 21% | |
| Kenya | 30 | 31% | |
| United Arab Emirates | 30 | 2.2% | |
| Puerto Rico | 25 | 4.2% | |
| Spain | 24 | 0.6% | |
| England | 23 | <0.1% | |
| Oman | 23 | 4.8% | |
| Congo, the Democratic Republic of the | 19 | · | |
| Bahrain | 17 | 2.2% | |
| Haiti | 16 | · | |
| Qatar | 16 | 2.3% | |
| Scotland | 15 | 0.1% | |
| Dominican Republic | 14 | 8.1% |
93 more
The remaining countries and regions (93), 334 kits in total: Iraq 14, Barbados 13, South Africa 12, Uganda 10, Zimbabwe 10, Mexico 9, Portugal 9, Brazil 8, Honduras 8, Ireland 8, Libya 8, Mali 8, Morocco 8, St. Vincent and the Grenadines 8, United Kingdom 8, Yemen 8, Bahamas 7, Tanzania 7, Trinidad and Tobago 7, Canada 6, France 6, Angola 5, Benin 5, Central African Republic 5, Equatorial Guinea 5, Germany 5, Algeria 4, Cape Verde 4, Colombia 4, Grenada 4, Guinea-Bissau 4, Guyana 4, Panama 4, Syrian Arab Republic 4, Chad 3, Cuba 3, Egypt 3, Georgia 3, Palestinian Territory 3, Senegal 3, Sudan 3, Suriname 3, Togo 3, Venezuela 3, Australia 2, Azerbaijan 2, Burkina Faso 2, Cayman Islands 2, Comoros 2, Denmark 2, El Salvador 2, Gabon 2, Liberia 2, Mauritania 2, Rwanda 2, Sierra Leone 2, Spain (Valencia) 2, Tunisia 2, US Virgin Islands 2, Zambia 2, Antigua and Barbuda 1, Belgium 1, Belize 1, Bulgaria 1, Congo, Republic of the 1, Cote D'Ivoire (Republic of the Ivory Coast) 1, Ethiopia 1, French Guiana 1, Guatemala 1, Guinea 1, Iran 1, Israel 1, Israel (Druze) 1, Italy 1, Kazakhstan 1, Lebanon 1, Madagascar 1, Malta 1, Martinique 1, Netherlands 1, Netherlands Antilles 1, New Zealand 1, Nicaragua 1, Niger 1, Portugal (Azores) 1, Reunion 1, Saint Kitts and Nevis 1, Spain (Madrid) 1, St. Lucia 1, Sweden 1, Syrian Arab Republic (Druze) 1, Turkey 1, Wales 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.
- Gulf Arabs: 3.0% of samples (3 of 101)
- English: 2.5% of samples (26 of 1,050)
- Arabs: 1.0% of samples (26 of 2,477)
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: 10 kits.
Surnames #
Surnames that testers entered at FTDNA, over the whole branch with its sub-branches: 79 distinct among 270 kits. FTDNA gives surnames per branch only, with no country attached, so they cannot be split by country.
- Williams 16
- Johnson 13
- Payne 10
- Jones 9
- Robinson 9
- Thomas 8
- Austin 7
- Carter 7
- Revels 7
- Smith 7
- الخوفي 7
- Brown 5
- Collins 5
- Taylor 5
- Graham 4
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-M4706: 672 samples. The common ancestor lived 9,000 years ago (7,900–11k); the branch split off 9,100 years ago (8,200–11k).