FTDNA Y-tree branch

J-PF4888

J-PF4888 is a branch of the FamilyTreeDNA Y tree with 438 kits that gave a country, counting all sub-branches. It is most common in these samples: Moldova (2.1% of kits), Belarus (1.8% of kits), Azerbaijan (1.4% of kits). The branch's common ancestor lived about 8,500 years ago: the FTDNA Discover estimate runs from 7,300 to 9,800 years ago. YFull has 158 samples in this branch and dates its common ancestor to 7,800 years ago.

438

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

28%

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

8,500 years

age by Discover

the common ancestor lived 7,300 to 9,800 years ago

7,800 years

age by YFull

common ancestor (TMRCA); the branch split from its parent 8,800 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
Poland	54	12.3%	0.7%
Ukraine	48	11.0%	1.1%
Belarus	30	6.8%	1.8%
Lithuania	23	5.3%	1.2%
Spain	23	5.3%	0.6%
Hungary	22	5.0%	1.1%
Russian Federation	22	5.0%	0.3%
Italy	18	4.1%	0.3%
Sweden	17	3.9%	0.1%
Iraq	14	3.2%	0.4%
Turkey	14	3.2%	0.6%
Romania	13	3.0%	1.2%
Germany	12	2.7%	<0.1%
United States	12	2.7%	<0.1%
Azerbaijan	8	1.8%	1.4%
India	8	1.8%	0.5%
Saudi Arabia	8	1.8%	<0.1%
Greece	6	1.4%	0.5%
Russia (Republic of Dagestan)Russian Federation	6	1.4%	0.6%
Austria	5	1.1%	0.5%

39 more

The remaining countries and regions (39), 75 kits in total: England 5, Belgium 4, Moldova 4, Switzerland 4, Brazil 3, Latvia 3, Lebanon 3, Mexico 3, Portugal 3, Slovakia 3, United Kingdom 3, Algeria 2, Czech Republic 2, Egypt 2, Morocco 2, Netherlands 2, Norway 2, Palestinian Territory 2, Qatar 2, United Arab Emirates 2, Armenia 1, Bahrain 1, Bulgaria 1, El Salvador 1, Georgia 1, Haiti 1, Iran 1, Ireland 1, Jamaica 1, Jordan 1, Peru 1, Russia (Republic of Adygea) 1, Scotland 1, Serbia 1, Spain (Valencia) 1, Suriname 1, Tunisia 1, United States (Native American) 1, Uzbekistan 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.

Ashkenazi Jews (Yiddish): 22% of samples (34 of 153)
Sephardic Jews (Ladino): 11% of samples (4 of 36)
Mountain Jews: 8.8% of samples (3 of 34)
English: 0.3% of samples (3 of 1,050)
Arabs: 0.1% of samples (3 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.

J-PF5366

279 · 63.7% 8,000 years

J-L243

159 · 36.3% 8,000 years

Surnames #

Surnames that testers entered at FTDNA, over the whole branch with its sub-branches: 16 distinct among 42 kits. FTDNA gives surnames per branch only, with no country attached, so they cannot be split by country.

Katz 8
Cohen 4
Aburto 3
Khorchidian 3
Andersson 2
Boris 2
Coleman 2
Goldberger 2
Grunberg 2
Holguin 2
Melvin 2
Ortiz 2
Revaz 2
Rivadeneyra 2
Veuthey 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%.

J-PF4888: 158 samples. The common ancestor lived 7,800 years ago (6,900–8,700); the branch split off 8,800 years ago (8,100–9,600).