J-FGC8240
J-FGC8240 is a branch of the FamilyTreeDNA Y tree with 426 kits that gave a country, counting all sub-branches. It is most common in these samples: Egypt (7.5% of kits), Jordan (6.1% of kits), Sudan (5.4% of kits). The branch's common ancestor lived about 4,400 years ago: the FTDNA Discover estimate runs from 3,800 to 5,000 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 Arab Emirates | 63 | 4.7% | |
| Saudi Arabia | 62 | 0.5% | |
| Egypt | 46 | 7.5% | |
| Palestinian Territory | 34 | 5.3% | |
| Qatar | 28 | 4.1% | |
| Jordan | 22 | 6.1% | |
| Sudan | 22 | 5.4% | |
| Kuwait | 17 | 0.8% | |
| Iraq | 15 | 0.5% | |
| Turkey | 10 | 0.4% | |
| Bahrain | 8 | 1.0% | |
| Iran | 7 | 0.9% | |
| Algeria | 6 | 1.2% | |
| Armenia | 6 | 0.5% | |
| Ukraine | 6 | 0.1% | |
| Libya | 5 | 1.0% | |
| Guatemala | 4 | 5.2% | |
| Portugal | 4 | 0.2% | |
| Puerto Rico | 4 | 0.7% | |
| Russian Federation | 4 | <0.1% |
29 more
The remaining countries and regions (29), 53 kits in total: Syrian Arab Republic 4, Brazil 3, Chad 3, Italy 3, Lebanon 3, United States 3, Yemen 3, Belarus 2, England 2, Germany 2, Ireland 2, Lithuania 2, Mexico 2, Morocco 2, Romania 2, Spain 2, Bulgaria 1, Czech Republic 1, Greece 1, India 1, Iraq (Kurdistan) 1, Israel 1, Italy (Sicily) 1, Oman 1, Poland 1, Spain (Andalusia) 1, Spain (Valencia) 1, United Kingdom 1, United States (Native American) 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.
- Sephardic Jews (Ladino): 8.3% of samples (3 of 36)
- Gulf Arabs: 4.0% of samples (4 of 101)
- Ashkenazi Jews (Yiddish): 2.0% of samples (3 of 153)
- Arabs: 1.0% of samples (26 of 2,477)
- English: 0.3% of samples (3 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.
5 small sub-branches more without a page: 59 kits. On the branch itself, without a resolved sub-branch: 1 kit.
Surnames #
Surnames that testers entered at FTDNA, over the whole branch with its sub-branches: 7 distinct among 20 kits. FTDNA gives surnames per branch only, with no country attached, so they cannot be split by country.
- العبيدلي (Al-Obaidly) 8
- Al-Wasli (الواصلي) 2
- Browne 2
- Gray 2
- Lawrence 2
- Sudan Project 2
- Ward 2