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FTDNA Y-tree branch

Q-M242 Q

Q-M242 is a branch of the FamilyTreeDNA Y tree with 4,102 kits that gave a country, counting all sub-branches. It is most common in these samples: Panama (67% of kits), Guatemala (38% of kits), Ecuador (34% of kits). The branch's common ancestor lived about 30k years ago: the FTDNA Discover estimate runs from 26k to 34k years ago.

4,102
kits in the branch
with a country given, including all sub-branches
392
on the branch itself
kits whose test did not resolve a sub-branch
15%
Big Y
share of kits with a Big Y test among all kits of the branch, sub-branches included
2
sub-branches
2 with their own page, 0 without
30k years
age by Discover
the common ancestor lived 26k to 34k 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
Mexico 734 32%
United States (Native American)United States 587 32%
Sweden 417 3.4%
United States 227 0.7%
Russian Federation 135 1.9%
England 134 0.5%
Germany 117 0.7%
Poland 112 1.5%
Norway 105 2.3%
Ukraine 79 1.8%
Russia (Republic of Chechnya)Russian Federation 73 4.3%
Saudi Arabia 73 0.6%
Iraq 62 2.0%
Lithuania 52 2.8%
India 48 3.2%
United Kingdom 47 0.5%
Panama 42 67%
Hungary 41 2.1%
Peru 41 32%
Turkey 39 1.6%
104 more

The remaining countries and regions (104), 937 kits in total: Colombia 37, Pakistan 36, Spain 35, Greenland 29, Guatemala 29, Italy 28, Kazakhstan 28, Belarus 26, Ireland 25, Brazil 24, Switzerland 24, Ecuador 23, El Salvador 23, Netherlands 22, Romania 21, France 20, Georgia 19, Denmark 18, Morocco 18, China 17, Iran 16, Latvia 16, Scotland 16, Tajikistan 16, Austria 15, Chile 15, Kuwait 15, Afghanistan 13, Finland 13, United Arab Emirates 12, Bahrain 11, Canada 11, Nicaragua 11, Bolivia 10, Bulgaria 10, Iceland 10, Czech Republic 9, Azerbaijan 8, Argentina 7, Armenia 7, Greece 7, Honduras 7, Lebanon 7, Portugal 7, Syrian Arab Republic 7, Venezuela 7, Algeria 6, Belgium 6, Puerto Rico 6, Uzbekistan 6, Bangladesh 5, Costa Rica 5, Moldova 5, Qatar 5, Russia (Republic of Adygea) 5, Sri Lanka 5, Trinidad and Tobago 5, Croatia 4, Egypt 4, Korea, Republic of 4, Mongolia 4, Palestinian Territory 4, Tunisia 4, Yemen 4, Australia 3, Indonesia 3, Israel 3, Japan 3, Jordan 3, Russia (Republic of North Ossetia-Alania) 3, St. Vincent and the Grenadines 3, Wales 3, Bosnia and Herzegovina 2, Canada (First Nations) 2, Cuba 2, India (Jammu and Kashmir) 2, Libya 2, Russia (Republic of Dagestan) 2, Russia (Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria) 2, South Africa 2, Sudan 2, Belgium (Flanders) 1, Eritrea 1, Estonia 1, Grenada 1, Guam 1, Jamaica 1, Macedonia 1, Montenegro 1, Myanmar 1, Oman 1, Paraguay 1, Rapa Nui (Easter Island) 1, Russia (Republic of Mordovia) 1, Russia (Republic of Tatarstan) 1, Scotland (Shetland) 1, Serbia 1, Slovakia 1, Spain (Andalusia) 1, Spain (Balearic Islands) 1, Spain (Canary Islands) 1, Suriname 1, Turkmenistan 1, Uruguay 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.

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.

Q-MEH2
2,956 · 72.1% 27k years
Q-L275
754 · 18.4% 15k years

On the branch itself, without a resolved sub-branch: 392 kits.

Surnames #

Surnames that testers entered at FTDNA, over the whole branch with its sub-branches: 170 distinct among 731 kits. FTDNA gives surnames per branch only, with no country attached, so they cannot be split by country.

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%.

Q: 1,017 samples. YFull publishes no age for this branch.

In the site's findings #