Q-MEH2
Q-MEH2 is a branch of the FamilyTreeDNA Y tree with 2,956 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 (33% of kits). The branch's common ancestor lived about 27k years ago: the FTDNA Discover estimate runs from 24k to 31k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 691 | 30% | |
| United States (Native American)United States | 536 | 29% | |
| Sweden | 402 | 3.3% | |
| United States | 178 | 0.6% | |
| England | 107 | 0.4% | |
| Norway | 85 | 1.9% | |
| Russia (Republic of Chechnya)Russian Federation | 67 | 4.0% | |
| Russian Federation | 56 | 0.8% | |
| Panama | 42 | 67% | |
| Germany | 39 | 0.2% | |
| Peru | 39 | 30% | |
| Colombia | 35 | 12% | |
| United Kingdom | 30 | 0.3% | |
| Greenland | 29 | · | |
| Guatemala | 29 | 38% | |
| Spain | 28 | 0.7% | |
| Saudi Arabia | 26 | 0.2% | |
| Kazakhstan | 24 | 3.2% | |
| India | 23 | 1.6% | |
| Ecuador | 22 | 33% |
92 more
The remaining countries and regions (92), 468 kits in total: El Salvador 22, Brazil 21, Ireland 17, Denmark 16, Iraq 16, Turkey 16, Chile 15, Georgia 15, Pakistan 15, China 14, Hungary 14, Finland 11, Nicaragua 11, Poland 11, Bolivia 10, France 10, Italy 10, Kuwait 10, Scotland 10, Canada 9, Iceland 9, Tajikistan 9, Afghanistan 8, Argentina 7, Bulgaria 7, Honduras 7, Venezuela 7, Iran 6, Puerto Rico 6, Ukraine 6, Armenia 5, Belgium 5, Costa Rica 5, Lithuania 5, Russia (Republic of Adygea) 5, Bahrain 4, Mongolia 4, Trinidad and Tobago 4, Lebanon 3, Qatar 3, Sri Lanka 3, St. Vincent and the Grenadines 3, Syrian Arab Republic 3, United Arab Emirates 3, Uzbekistan 3, Yemen 3, Australia 2, Azerbaijan 2, Bangladesh 2, Canada (First Nations) 2, Cuba 2, Czech Republic 2, Greece 2, Indonesia 2, Korea, Republic of 2, Netherlands 2, Portugal 2, Russia (Republic of Dagestan) 2, Russia (Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria) 2, Russia (Republic of North Ossetia-Alania) 2, Switzerland 2, Wales 2, Algeria 1, Austria 1, Belarus 1, Belgium (Flanders) 1, Croatia 1, Egypt 1, Estonia 1, Grenada 1, Guam 1, India (Jammu and Kashmir) 1, Israel 1, Jamaica 1, Jordan 1, Latvia 1, Libya 1, Macedonia 1, Morocco 1, Myanmar 1, Palestinian Territory 1, Paraguay 1, Rapa Nui (Easter Island) 1, Russia (Republic of Mordovia) 1, Scotland (Shetland) 1, Serbia 1, South Africa 1, Spain (Andalusia) 1, Spain (Canary Islands) 1, Suriname 1, Turkmenistan 1, Uruguay 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.
- Pashtuns: 27% of samples (14 of 51)
- Han Chinese: 24% of samples (16 of 67)
- Mandarin Chinese: 11% of samples (14 of 125)
- Ossetians: 6.4% of samples (3 of 47)
- Chechens: 5.3% of samples (56 of 1,050)
- Georgians: 3.7% of samples (3 of 82)
- Hungarians: 3.4% of samples (4 of 116)
- Spaniards: 2.5% of samples (3 of 118)
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.
Surnames #
Surnames that testers entered at FTDNA, over the whole branch with its sub-branches: 125 distinct among 510 kits. FTDNA gives surnames per branch only, with no country attached, so they cannot be split by country.
- Freeman 27
- Hernandez 18
- Sizemore 17
- Garcia 14
- Martinez 13
- Rodriguez 12
- Tapp 11
- Carter 10
- Eggleston 10
- Pearson 9
- Sanchez 9
- Ramirez 8
- Trujillo 8
- Woodall 8
- Cervantes 7
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-L472: 772 samples. YFull publishes no age for this branch.
In the site's findings #
- Distinctive branch for Kazakhstan: 3.2% of kits, 3.0 times the world share