Haplogroup I-A1355
I-A1355 is a branch of the FamilyTreeDNA Y tree with 54 kits that gave a country, counting all sub-branches. It is most common in these samples: Norway (0.1% of kits), Germany (0.1% of kits), Scotland (0.1% of kits). The branch's common ancestor lived about 2,000 years ago: the FTDNA Discover estimate runs from 1,600 to 2,400 years ago. YFull has 15 samples in this branch and dates its common ancestor to 1,900 years ago.
Belongs to the I-M253 branch, which has a note.
This branch on other trees: FTDNA Discover ↗ · YFull ↗
Branch SNPs: 17 · YFull nodes: 10
A1355, A1345, A1346, A1353, A1356, A1359, A1360, A1362, A1517, A1522, FGC33537, FGC33541, FGC33544, FT219965, FT4153, Y125712, Y167903
The same mutation arose again on other branches: A1517 — R-FT57472
YFull nodes on this branch and their SNPs that FTDNA does not have:
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 the ancestors of FamilyTreeDNA geographic project members on this branch lived, from the project maps as of 2026-10-20. Colour is the branch's share of the members at a place, or the number of its carriers; places with fewer than three are left blank. The centre and the 68% circle are corrected for some countries testing more than others. This is a picture of the sample: members chose whether to join and which place to give.
| Country / region | kits | Share of branch | Share of country |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | <0.1% | |
| Germany | 11 | <0.1% | |
| Scotland | 8 | <0.1% | |
| Norway | 6 | 0.1% | |
| England | 4 | 4 of 27,808 | |
| Sweden | 4 | 4 of 12,219 | |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 4 of 9,747 | |
| Finland | 1 | 1 of 10,189 | |
| Ireland | 1 | 1 of 22,312 | |
| Italy | 1 | 1 of 6,029 | |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1 of 1,866 | |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1 of 2,982 |
Sub-branches #
Sub-branches that have their own page (50 kits or more), as a tree: every direct one, nested ones from 1% of the branch's kits. The bar is the kits in the sub-branch with its own sub-branches; the age is when its common ancestor lived.
No sub-branch has its own page: only small branches lie below.
Sub-branches without a page #
Each of these sub-branches has fewer than 50 kits with a country, so none has its own page. Below are all with 5 or more kits, with their age and top countries.
- I-A1524 34 kits 1,700 years Scotland 8, Norway 6, England 4
- I-A13184 28 kits 1,500 years Scotland 8, England 4, United Kingdom 4
- I-A14266 23 kits 1,000 years Scotland 8, England 4, United Kingdom 4
- I-A14271 17 kits 500 years Scotland 8, United Kingdom 4, United States 3
- I-FT219914 15 kits 500 years Scotland 7, United Kingdom 4, United States 3
- I-FT140601 14 kits 300 years Scotland 7, United Kingdom 4, United States 3
- I-Y130639 5 kits 1,400 years Sweden 3, Norway 2
- I-FT102101 5 kits 1,500 years Norway 3, Finland 1, Sweden 1
- I-A1348 20 kits 1,500 years Germany 11, United States 8, Lithuania 1
- I-FT147440 17 kits 1,100 years Germany 9, United States 8
- I-A1357 16 kits 300 years Germany 9, United States 7
- I-FT209202 6 kits 300 years United States 6
How old the branch is, by source #
Each source's estimate on one scale, in years ago. A dot is the estimate, a bar its spread (a 95% interval for YFull); no bar means the source publishes no spread. The “common ancestor” rows show when the last common ancestor of all carriers lived, the “split” rows when the branch broke off from its parent. Discover does not estimate the split, so its row shows the age of the parent branch itself.
How the branch grew #
How many sub-branches already existed at each moment: a sub-branch counts from the time its common ancestor lived (FamilyTreeDNA Discover estimates). Sub-branches with a known age: 34.
explosive growth: the number of sub-branches doubles in under 400 yearsgrowth: the number doubles in 400–1,500 yearsstagnation: no doubling within 1,500 yearsgrey: fewer than 5 sub-branches at the start of a stretch — too little to tell the rate
The branch grew fastest 1,200–1,000 years ago: its sub-branches went from 5 to 6.
Sub-branches of the last centuries show up only where many relatives have tested. So the right end of the curve, red included, says more about who took a test than about population growth.
Surnames #
Surnames that testers entered at FTDNA, over the whole branch with its sub-branches: 5 distinct among 25 kits. FTDNA gives surnames per branch only, with no country attached, so they cannot be split by country.
- Montgomery 13
- Faught 6
- Hume 2
- Karlsson 2
- Vaught 2