FTDNA Y-tree branch

G-M285 G1

G-M285 is a branch of the FamilyTreeDNA Y tree with 456 kits that gave a country, counting all sub-branches. It is most common in these samples: Kazakhstan (5.8% of kits), Iraq (Kurdistan) (3.8% of kits), Russia (Republic of Bashkortostan) (2.0% of kits). The branch's common ancestor lived about 20k years ago: the FTDNA Discover estimate runs from 18k to 23k years ago.

456

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

26%

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

20k years

age by Discover

the common ancestor lived 18k to 23k 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	43	9.4%	5.8%
Saudi Arabia	43	9.4%	0.4%
Turkey	37	8.1%	1.5%
Kuwait	28	6.1%	1.2%
Iraq	19	4.2%	0.6%
Italy	19	4.2%	0.3%
Russian Federation	16	3.5%	0.2%
Lithuania	15	3.3%	0.8%
Poland	15	3.3%	0.2%
England	14	3.1%	<0.1%
Iran	14	3.1%	1.9%
United Arab Emirates	14	3.1%	1.0%
Ukraine	13	2.9%	0.3%
Germany	12	2.6%	<0.1%
Belarus	11	2.4%	0.6%
Bahrain	10	2.2%	1.3%
Azerbaijan	9	2.0%	1.5%
Yemen	9	2.0%	0.6%
India	8	1.8%	0.5%
Palestinian Territory	8	1.8%	1.2%

41 more

The remaining countries and regions (41), 99 kits in total: United States 8, Armenia 7, Greece 6, Lebanon 6, Syrian Arab Republic 6, Georgia 5, Slovakia 5, Uzbekistan 4, Ireland 3, Latvia 3, Pakistan 3, Qatar 3, Spain 3, Bulgaria 2, Czech Republic 2, France 2, Iraq (Kurdistan) 2, Portugal 2, Romania 2, Russia (Republic of Bashkortostan) 2, Russia (Republic of Dagestan) 2, Sri Lanka 2, Argentina 1, Brazil 1, Canada 1, Croatia 1, Egypt 1, Greenland 1, Hungary 1, Israel 1, Jordan 1, Mexico 1, Peru 1, Russia (Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria) 1, South Africa 1, Sudan 1, Sweden 1, Switzerland 1, Tajikistan 1, United Kingdom 1, Wales 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.

Gulf Arabs: 5.9% of samples (6 of 101)
Turks: 1.9% of samples (3 of 159)
Arabs: 0.7% of samples (17 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.

G-CTS11562

340 · 74.6% 16k years

G-L830

82 · 18.0% 8,200 years

On the branch itself, without a resolved sub-branch: 34 kits.

Surnames #

Surnames that testers entered at FTDNA, over the whole branch with its sub-branches: 10 distinct among 28 kits. FTDNA gives surnames per branch only, with no country attached, so they cannot be split by country.

Karam Marafie 5
Pool 4
الصرعاوي 4
رنو 3
Aimone 2
Alexandrov 2
Batykov 2
CIPPARRONE 2
Kalimnakis 2
Poole 2

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%.

G-M342: 178 samples. YFull publishes no age for this branch.