FTDNA Y-tree branch

I-L460

I-L460 is a branch of the FamilyTreeDNA Y tree with 15,815 kits that gave a country, counting all sub-branches. It is most common in these samples: Bosnia and Herzegovina (37% of kits), Croatia (34% of kits), Serbia (28% of kits). The branch's common ancestor lived about 23k years ago: the FTDNA Discover estimate runs from 20k to 26k years ago. YFull has 3,398 samples in this branch and dates its common ancestor to 21k years ago.

15,815

kits in the branch

with a country given, including all sub-branches

321

on the branch itself

kits whose test did not resolve a sub-branch

20%

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

23k years

age by Discover

the common ancestor lived 20k to 26k years ago

21k years

age by YFull

common ancestor (TMRCA); the branch split from its parent 22k 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
England	2,252	14.2%	8.1%
United States	2,029	12.8%	6.6%
Ireland	1,545	9.8%	6.9%
Germany	1,378	8.7%	7.9%
Scotland	1,043	6.6%	7.4%
United Kingdom	761	4.8%	7.8%
Ukraine	594	3.8%	13%
Poland	570	3.6%	7.8%
Russian Federation	423	2.7%	5.9%
Sweden	409	2.6%	3.4%
France	390	2.5%	6.0%
Italy	261	1.7%	4.3%
Northern Ireland	255	1.6%	8.6%
Switzerland	231	1.5%	7.8%
Hungary	218	1.4%	11%
Spain	213	1.3%	5.4%
Czech Republic	208	1.3%	8.8%
Bulgaria	180	1.1%	20%
Norway	180	1.1%	4.0%
Croatia	174	1.1%	34%

131 more

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.

Croats: 56% of samples (20 of 36)
Serbs: 38% of samples (168 of 445)
Bosniaks: 29% of samples (20 of 68)
Romanians: 28% of samples (11 of 39)
Bulgarians: 25% of samples (28 of 113)
Ukrainians: 21% of samples (15 of 71)
Greeks: 20% of samples (8 of 41)
Belarusians: 18% of samples (7 of 39)

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.

I-P214

9,453 · 59.8% 19k years

I2a I-P37

6,041 · 38.2% 20k years

On the branch itself, without a resolved sub-branch: 321 kits.

Surnames #

Surnames that testers entered at FTDNA, over the whole branch with its sub-branches: 865 distinct among 4,077 kits. FTDNA gives surnames per branch only, with no country attached, so they cannot be split by country.

Smith 82
Johnson 59
Brown 48
Terry 45
Johnston 40
Ferguson 37
Jackson 34
Chandler 33
Allen 32
Hemphill 31
Thompson 31
Walker 29
Hall 26
Moore 26
Pate 26

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%.

I-L460: 3,398 samples. The common ancestor lived 21k years ago (20k–23k); the branch split off 22k years ago (20k–24k).

In the site's findings #

Distinctive branch for Croatia: 34% of kits, 5.9 times the world share
Distinctive branch for Serbia: 28% of kits, 4.9 times the world share
Distinctive branch for Montenegro: 25% of kits, 4.3 times the world share