J-Z2227 J2a-Z2227
Equivalent branches, the same kits: J-PF5125 (5,173 kits, 16k years)
J-Z2227 is a branch of the FamilyTreeDNA Y tree with 5,173 kits that gave a country, counting all sub-branches. It is most common in these samples: Russia (Republic of Ingushetia) (61% of kits), Russia (Republic of Chechnya) (35% of kits), Orstkhoy (reported as Italy · Aosta Valley) (16% of kits). The branch's common ancestor lived about 15k years ago: the FTDNA Discover estimate runs from 13k to 17k years ago. The oldest of the equivalent branches, J-PF5125, split off about 16k years ago by Discover.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia (Republic of Chechnya)Russian Federation | 587 | 35% | |
| Italy | 318 | 5.3% | |
| Saudi Arabia | 291 | 2.4% | |
| United States | 268 | 0.9% | |
| Turkey | 258 | 10% | |
| Germany | 247 | 1.4% | |
| Iraq | 214 | 6.8% | |
| Russian Federation | 207 | 2.9% | |
| Poland | 182 | 2.5% | |
| Ukraine | 176 | 4.0% | |
| Armenia | 142 | 12% | |
| England | 121 | 0.4% | |
| Spain | 100 | 2.5% | |
| Belarus | 99 | 5.8% | |
| Kuwait | 83 | 3.7% | |
| Ireland | 75 | 0.3% | |
| France | 74 | 1.1% | |
| Lithuania | 74 | 4.0% | |
| Russia (Republic of Ingushetia)Russian Federation | 72 | 61% | |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 65 | 7.2% |
115 more
The remaining countries and regions (115), 1,520 kits in total: Greece 63, Russia (Republic of Dagestan) 63, Georgia 62, Scotland 61, Hungary 55, Mexico 55, Lebanon 54, Romania 54, Bahrain 52, Iran 48, Qatar 45, United Kingdom 45, Azerbaijan 42, Netherlands 35, Portugal 33, Yemen 33, Orstkhoy (reported as Italy · Aosta Valley) 31, Austria 30, Bulgaria 29, United Arab Emirates 27, Czech Republic 26, Switzerland 26, Latvia 22, Sweden 20, Algeria 19, Brazil 18, Philippines 18, Morocco 16, Israel 14, Moldova 14, Puerto Rico 14, Russia (Republic of Adygea) 14, Canada 13, Egypt 13, Oman 13, Belgium 11, Denmark 11, Northern Ireland 11, Palestinian Territory 11, Slovakia 11, Italy (Sicily) 10, Jordan 10, Montenegro 10, Argentina 9, Colombia 9, Finland 9, Serbia 9, Slovenia 9, Tunisia 9, United States (Native American) 9, Uzbekistan 9, Bosnia and Herzegovina 8, Macedonia 8, Dominican Republic 7, Pakistan 7, Russia (Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria) 7, Albania 6, Cuba 6, Kazakhstan 6, Russia (Republic of Chuvashia) 6, Chile 5, Cyprus 5, Georgia (Republic of Abkhazia) 5, Libya 5, Peru 5, Tajikistan 5, Australia 4, India 4, Iraq (Kurdistan) 4, Luxembourg 4, Netherlands Antilles 4, Norway 4, Russia (Republic of Tatarstan) 4, South Africa 4, Spain (Galicia) 4, Wales 4, Croatia 3, Mongolia 3, Bolivia 2, Ecuador 2, Estonia 2, France (Alsace) 2, Italy (South Tyrol) 2, Jersey 2, Kosovo 2, Malta 2, Russia (Republic of North Ossetia-Alania) 2, Spain (Andalusia) 2, Sri Lanka 2, Sudan 2, Afghanistan 1, Barbados 1, Belgium (Flanders) 1, China 1, France (Corsica) 1, Guam 1, Honduras 1, Iceland 1, Italy (Trentino) 1, Kyrgyzstan 1, Liechtenstein 1, Mauritius 1, New Zealand 1, Portugal (Azores) 1, Russia (Republic of Bashkortostan) 1, Russia (Republic of Mordovia) 1, Samoa 1, Spain (Balearic Islands) 1, Spain (Basque) 1, Spain (Cantabria) 1, Spain (Valencia) 1, Trinidad and Tobago 1, Turkmenistan 1, Uruguay 1, Venezuela 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.
- Ingush: 85% of samples (152 of 178)
- Chechens: 45% of samples (476 of 1,050)
- Kumyks: 27% of samples (7 of 26)
- Bukharan Jews: 21% of samples (4 of 19)
- Turks: 14% of samples (22 of 159)
- Armenians: 14% of samples (8 of 59)
- Georgians: 12% of samples (10 of 82)
- Arabic-speaking Jews: 11% of samples (4 of 35)
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.
1 small sub-branch more without a page: 6 kits. On the branch itself, without a resolved sub-branch: 130 kits.
Surnames #
Surnames that testers entered at FTDNA, over the whole branch with its sub-branches: 143 distinct among 413 kits. FTDNA gives surnames per branch only, with no country attached, so they cannot be split by country.
- Scott 26
- Pastrana 15
- Brewer 8
- Trujillo 8
- McCallister 7
- Merzhoev 7
- Arsanov 6
- Carrico 6
- Converse 6
- السعد 6
- Baker 5
- Brown 5
- Langton 5
- McClain 5
- Miller 5
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-PF5116: 2,039 samples. YFull publishes no age for this branch.
In the site's findings #
- Distinctive branch for Armenia: 12% of kits, 6.4 times the world share
- Distinctive branch for Turkey: 10% of kits, 5.5 times the world share
- Distinctive branch for Georgia: 9.8% of kits, 5.2 times the world share
- Distinctive branch for Italy (Sicily): 8.2% of kits, 4.4 times the world share
- Distinctive branch for Lebanon: 8.0% of kits, 4.3 times the world share
- Distinctive branch for Russia (Republic of Dagestan): 6.5% of kits, 3.5 times the world share