Haplogroup J-ZS5655
J-ZS5655 is a branch of the FamilyTreeDNA Y tree with 50 kits that gave a country, counting all sub-branches. It is most common in these samples: Russia (Republic of Dagestan) (2.5% of kits), Russia (Republic of Chechnya) (0.9% of kits). The branch's common ancestor lived about 4,400 years ago: the FTDNA Discover estimate runs from 3,700 to 5,300 years ago. YFull has 25 samples in this branch and dates its common ancestor to 3,500 years ago.
Belongs to the J-M267 branch, which has a note.
This branch on other trees: FTDNA Discover ↗ · YFull ↗
Branch SNPs: 1 · YFull nodes: 19
ZS5655
YFull nodes on this branch and their SNPs that FTDNA does not have:
- J-FTC65353 · J-FTC65353 · 3 samples
- J-FTA58425 · J-FTA58425 · 2 samples
- J-Y129171 · J-BY74142 · 2 samples
- J-Y265926 · J-FTA76547 · 2 samples
- J-Y268217 · J-FTA73544 · 2 samples
- J-Y338027 · J-FTC23542 · 2 samples
- J-Y514054 · J-FTE68240 · 2 samples
- J-ZS12644 · J-ZS12644 · 2 samples
- J-ZS5650 · J-ZS5650 · 2 samples
- J-FTA58931 · J-FTA58931 · 1 sample
- J-FTA78347 · J-FTA78347 · 1 sample
- J-Y338024 · J-FTC26076 · 1 sample
- and 7 more
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 the ancestors of FamilyTreeDNA geographic project members on this branch lived, from the project maps as of 2026-10-20. Colour is the branch's share of the members at a place, or the number of its carriers; places with fewer than three are left blank. The centre and the 68% circle are corrected for some countries testing more than others. This is a picture of the sample: members chose whether to join and which place to give.
| Country / region | kits | Share of branch | Share of country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia (Republic of Dagestan)Russian Federation | 26 | 2.5% | |
| Russia (Republic of Chechnya)Russian Federation | 15 | 0.9% | |
| Armenia | 3 | 3 of 1,181 | |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 3 of 747 | |
| Russian Federation | 2 | 2 of 7,192 | |
| Georgia | 1 | 1 of 651 |
Migration path #
How the branch's ancestral line moved, as modelled by FamilyTreeDNA Discover: ancestor locations are estimated from present-day carriers, the path between them is the least-cost route over terrain. Dates are node TMRCAs, good to centuries.
The line moved fastest 11,800–7,900 years ago: 1,400 km, about 350 km per millennium. From the root of the letter on, the line moved slowest 29,800–19,000 years ago: 650 km in 10,900 years. In all, the line covered 15,500 km along Discover's route. Joining the ancestors with straight lines gives 11,400 km; a straight line from the first point to the branch gives 5,200 km.
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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. The list has peoples with at least 30 samples, 3 or more of them in this branch.
- Chechens: 1.3% of samples (14 of 1,055)
Sub-branches #
Sub-branches that have their own page (50 kits or more), as a tree: every direct one, nested ones from 1% of the branch's kits. The bar is the kits in the sub-branch with its own sub-branches; the age is when its common ancestor lived.
No sub-branch has its own page: only small branches lie below.
On the branch itself, without a resolved sub-branch: 1 kit.
Sub-branches without a page #
Each of these sub-branches has fewer than 50 kits with a country, so none has its own page. Below are all with 5 or more kits, with their age and top countries.
- J-ZS5645 49 kits 3,500 years Russia (Republic of Dagestan) 25, Russia (Republic of Chechnya) 15, Armenia 3
- J-Y25791 45 kits 3,400 years Russia (Republic of Dagestan) 22, Russia (Republic of Chechnya) 15, Armenia 3
- J-ZS5694 37 kits 3,200 years Russia (Republic of Dagestan) 18, Russia (Republic of Chechnya) 15, Armenia 3
- J-ZS5644 35 kits 3,100 years Russia (Republic of Dagestan) 16, Russia (Republic of Chechnya) 15, Armenia 3
- J-ZS5695 34 kits 3,000 years Russia (Republic of Chechnya) 15, Russia (Republic of Dagestan) 15, Armenia 3
- J-Y128953 17 kits 2,900 years Russia (Republic of Chechnya) 12, Russia (Republic of Dagestan) 3, Armenia 2
- J-BY96578 12 kits 1,500 years Russia (Republic of Chechnya) 12
- J-FTA58931 10 kits 1,500 years Russia (Republic of Chechnya) 10
- J-FTA78348 9 kits 1,000 years Russia (Republic of Chechnya) 9
- J-FTA58425 5 kits 400 years Russia (Republic of Chechnya) 5
- J-ZS5650 14 kits 2,900 years Russia (Republic of Dagestan) 9, Russia (Republic of Chechnya) 3, Armenia 1
- J-FTC24837 6 kits 2,100 years Russia (Republic of Dagestan) 4, Russia (Republic of Chechnya) 2
How old the branch is, by source #
Each source's estimate on one scale, in years ago. A dot is the estimate, a bar its spread (a 95% interval for YFull); no bar means the source publishes no spread. The “common ancestor” rows show when the last common ancestor of all carriers lived, the “split” rows when the branch broke off from its parent. Discover does not estimate the split, so its row shows the age of the parent branch itself.
How the branch grew #
How many sub-branches already existed at each moment: a sub-branch counts from the time its common ancestor lived (FamilyTreeDNA Discover estimates). Sub-branches with a known age: 42.
explosive growth: the number of sub-branches doubles in under 400 yearsgrowth: the number doubles in 400–1,500 yearsstagnation: no doubling within 1,500 yearsgrey: fewer than 5 sub-branches at the start of a stretch — too little to tell the rate
The branch grew fastest 3,000–2,500 years ago: its sub-branches went from 6 to 14.
Sub-branches of the last centuries show up only where many relatives have tested, so the right end of the curve says more about who took a test than about population growth.
Surnames #
Surnames that testers entered at FTDNA, over the whole branch with its sub-branches: 1 distinct among 2 kits. FTDNA gives surnames per branch only, with no country attached, so they cannot be split by country.
- Sarim-Sultanov 2