J-Z459
J-Z459 is a branch of the FamilyTreeDNA Y tree with 426 kits that gave a country, counting all sub-branches. Almost all of its kits sit in a single sub-branch, J-L227, so this branch gets no conclusions of its own. It is most common in these samples: Moldova (3.1% of kits), Italy (Sicily) (2.5% of kits), Belarus (1.9% of kits). The branch's common ancestor lived about 7,300 years ago: the FTDNA Discover estimate runs from 6,300 to 8,400 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 64 | 1.5% | |
| Poland | 56 | 0.8% | |
| Germany | 34 | 0.2% | |
| Belarus | 33 | 1.9% | |
| Italy | 27 | 0.4% | |
| Russian Federation | 25 | 0.3% | |
| United States | 25 | <0.1% | |
| Lithuania | 22 | 1.2% | |
| Hungary | 18 | 0.9% | |
| Romania | 16 | 1.5% | |
| Spain | 8 | 0.2% | |
| France | 7 | 0.1% | |
| Turkey | 7 | 0.3% | |
| Austria | 6 | 0.6% | |
| England | 6 | <0.1% | |
| Moldova | 6 | 3.1% | |
| Latvia | 5 | 1.1% | |
| Bulgaria | 4 | 0.5% | |
| Czech Republic | 4 | 0.2% | |
| Mexico | 4 | 0.2% |
26 more
The remaining countries and regions (26), 49 kits in total: Scotland 4, Switzerland 4, Denmark 3, Iran 3, Italy (Sicily) 3, Netherlands 3, Puerto Rico 3, Canada 2, Greece 2, Iraq 2, Ireland 2, Peru 2, Slovakia 2, United Kingdom 2, Egypt 1, France (Alsace) 1, Iraq (Kurdistan) 1, Israel 1, Portugal 1, Russia (Republic of Mordovia) 1, Slovenia 1, Spain (Basque) 1, Spain (Galicia) 1, Sweden 1, United States (Native American) 1, Yemen 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.
- Ashkenazi Jews (Eastern Yiddish): 5.8% of samples (3 of 52)
- Ashkenazi Jews (Yiddish): 2.0% of samples (3 of 153)
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.
2 small sub-branches more without a page: 8 kits.
Surnames #
Surnames that testers entered at FTDNA, over the whole branch with its sub-branches: 11 distinct among 24 kits. FTDNA gives surnames per branch only, with no country attached, so they cannot be split by country.
- Biller 3
- Gallo 3
- Brown 2
- Einhorn 2
- Eplite 2
- Eynard 2
- Frank 2
- Goldlust 2
- Jackson 2
- Mallow 2
- Rothschild 2