L-M22
L-M22 is a branch of the FamilyTreeDNA Y tree with 1,559 kits that gave a country, counting all sub-branches. It is most common in these samples: Orstkhoy (reported as Italy · Aosta Valley) (59% of kits), Russia (Republic of Chechnya) (19% of kits), Russia (Republic of Ingushetia) (12% of kits). The branch's common ancestor lived about 20k years ago: the FTDNA Discover estimate runs from 18k to 23k years ago. YFull has 769 samples in this branch and dates its common ancestor to 19k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia (Republic of Chechnya)Russian Federation | 324 | 19% | |
| Turkey | 128 | 5.1% | |
| Saudi Arabia | 123 | 1.0% | |
| Orstkhoy (reported as Italy · Aosta Valley) | 113 | 59% | |
| India | 76 | 5.1% | |
| Iraq | 72 | 2.3% | |
| Kuwait | 70 | 3.1% | |
| United Arab Emirates | 45 | 3.3% | |
| United States | 33 | 0.1% | |
| Russian Federation | 32 | 0.4% | |
| Germany | 30 | 0.2% | |
| Italy | 26 | 0.4% | |
| Russia (Republic of Dagestan)Russian Federation | 25 | 2.6% | |
| Greece | 24 | 1.8% | |
| Georgia | 22 | 3.5% | |
| Pakistan | 22 | 5.8% | |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 22 | 2.4% | |
| Iran | 21 | 2.8% | |
| Armenia | 19 | 1.6% | |
| Switzerland | 19 | 0.6% |
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The remaining countries and regions (68), 313 kits in total: Ukraine 18, Lebanon 16, Qatar 16, Azerbaijan 15, Bahrain 15, Russia (Republic of Ingushetia) 14, Tajikistan 14, Oman 12, Afghanistan 10, Portugal 10, Spain 9, Austria 8, Kazakhstan 8, Egypt 7, England 7, Sri Lanka 7, France 6, Jordan 6, Pakistan (Azad Kashmir) 6, Poland 6, Slovenia 6, Sweden 6, Yemen 6, Georgia (Republic of Abkhazia) 5, Hungary 5, Mexico 5, Algeria 3, Bulgaria 3, Cuba 3, Cyprus 3, Czech Republic 3, Russia (Republic of Tatarstan) 3, South Africa 3, Sudan 3, Belarus 2, Brazil 2, Colombia 2, Italy (Sicily) 2, Macedonia 2, Norway 2, Palestinian Territory 2, Romania 2, Russia (Republic of Adygea) 2, Scotland 2, Singapore 2, United States (Native American) 2, Albania 1, Argentina 1, Bangladesh 1, Costa Rica 1, Croatia 1, Ethiopia 1, Honduras 1, Indonesia 1, Ireland 1, Jamaica 1, Malaysia 1, Moldova 1, Montenegro 1, Netherlands 1, Portugal (Azores) 1, Russia (Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria) 1, Slovakia 1, Spain (Canary Islands) 1, Spain (Valencia) 1, Turkmenistan 1, United Kingdom 1, Uzbekistan 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.
- Kurds (Kurmanji): 33% of samples (10 of 30)
- Pontic Greeks: 24% of samples (12 of 50)
- Western Armenians: 23% of samples (6 of 26)
- Punjabis: 14% of samples (3 of 21)
- Chechens: 13% of samples (138 of 1,050)
- Pashtuns: 7.8% of samples (4 of 51)
- Georgians: 7.3% of samples (6 of 82)
- Ingush: 5.1% of samples (9 of 178)
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.
On the branch itself, without a resolved sub-branch: 48 kits.
Surnames #
Surnames that testers entered at FTDNA, over the whole branch with its sub-branches: 40 distinct among 123 kits. FTDNA gives surnames per branch only, with no country attached, so they cannot be split by country.
- Good 11
- Fargiev 10
- Alimkhanov 9
- Korigov 9
- Alkhast 5
- Bulguchev 5
- Eskiev 4
- Cutts 3
- Grewal 3
- Kurtoev 3
- Voikhansky 3
- Abu Al-Hasan 2
- Agrba 2
- Akaev 2
- Arveladze 2
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%.
L-M22: 769 samples. The common ancestor lived 19k years ago (17k–20k); the branch split off 24k years ago (21k–26k).
In the site's findings #
- Distinctive branch for Orstkhoy (reported as Italy · Aosta Valley): 59% of kits, 103.8 times the world share
- Distinctive branch for Russia (Republic of Chechnya): 19% of kits, 34.0 times the world share
- Distinctive branch for Russia (Republic of Ingushetia): 12% of kits, 20.9 times the world share
- Distinctive branch for Tajikistan: 8.4% of kits, 14.8 times the world share
- Distinctive branch for Afghanistan: 6.1% of kits, 10.7 times the world share
- Distinctive branch for Pakistan: 5.8% of kits, 10.2 times the world share
- Distinctive branch for India: 5.1% of kits, 9.1 times the world share
- Distinctive branch for Turkey: 5.1% of kits, 9.0 times the world share
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- Distinctive branch for Russia (Republic of Dagestan): 2.6% of kits, 4.5 times the world share