FTDNA Y-tree branch

R-M269 R1b-M269

R-M269 is a branch of the FamilyTreeDNA Y tree with 108,643 kits that gave a country, counting all sub-branches. It is most common in these samples: Ireland (80% of kits), England (Cornish) (76% of kits), Northern Ireland (75% of kits). The branch's common ancestor lived about 6,500 years ago: the FTDNA Discover estimate runs from 5,700 to 7,400 years ago. YFull has 11,034 samples in this branch and dates its common ancestor to 6,400 years ago.

R-M269: interactive tree of this branch in the ypredictor tool ↗

108,643

kits in the branch

with a country given, including all sub-branches

3,827

on the branch itself

kits whose test did not resolve a sub-branch

22%

Big Y

share of kits with a Big Y test among all kits of the branch, sub-branches included

sub-branches

2 with their own page, 1 without

6,500 years

age by Discover

the common ancestor lived 5,700 to 7,400 years ago

6,400 years

age by YFull

common ancestor (TMRCA); the branch split from its parent 14k 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
United States	18,844	17.3%	61%
Ireland	17,801	16.4%	80%
England	16,559	15.2%	60%
Scotland	9,880	9.1%	70%
Germany	7,327	6.7%	42%
United Kingdom	5,870	5.4%	60%
France	4,033	3.7%	62%
Sweden	2,520	2.3%	21%
Northern Ireland	2,222	2.0%	75%
Spain	1,996	1.8%	51%
Italy	1,894	1.7%	31%
Wales	1,554	1.4%	71%
Switzerland	1,457	1.3%	49%
Norway	1,244	1.1%	27%
Netherlands	1,153	1.1%	50%
Canada	1,089	1.0%	66%
Poland	1,037	1.0%	14%
Portugal	992	0.9%	52%
Mexico	801	0.7%	35%
United States (Native American)United States	635	0.6%	35%

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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.

Montenegrins: 50% of samples (14 of 28)
Catalans: 50% of samples (10 of 20)
French: 46% of samples (57 of 124)
English: 42% of samples (442 of 1,050)
Spaniards: 40% of samples (47 of 118)
Portuguese: 38% of samples (32 of 84)
Armenians: 37% of samples (22 of 59)
Italians: 36% of samples (21 of 59)

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.

R1b-L23 R-L23

104,287 · 96.0% 6,400 years

R1b-PF7562 R-PF7562

527 · 0.5% 5,600 years

1 small sub-branch more without a page: 2 kits. On the branch itself, without a resolved sub-branch: 3,827 kits.

Surnames #

Surnames that testers entered at FTDNA, over the whole branch with its sub-branches: 4,143 distinct among 37,370 kits. FTDNA gives surnames per branch only, with no country attached, so they cannot be split by country.

Smith 609
Campbell 343
Jones 331
Williams 312
Brown 307
Miller 293
Johnson 282
Moore 274
Stewart 250
Davis 246
Martin 235
Wilson 223
Wright 180
Taylor 179
Clark 177

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%.

R-M269: 11,034 samples. The common ancestor lived 6,400 years ago (5,700–7,100); the branch split off 14k years ago (12k–15k).