FTDNA Y-tree branch

R-Z17

R-Z17 is a branch of the FamilyTreeDNA Y tree with 1,612 kits that gave a country, counting all sub-branches. It is most common in these samples: Norway (3.8% of kits), Belgium (Flanders) (3.1% of kits), Sweden (2.8% of kits). The branch's common ancestor lived about 4,100 years ago: the FTDNA Discover estimate runs from 3,500 to 4,700 years ago.

1,612

kits in the branch

with a country given, including all sub-branches

on the branch itself

kits whose test did not resolve a sub-branch

33%

Big Y

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

sub-branches

1 with their own page, 8 without

4,100 years

age by Discover

the common ancestor lived 3,500 to 4,700 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
Sweden	338	21.0%	2.8%
England	218	13.5%	0.8%
United States	218	13.5%	0.7%
Norway	173	10.7%	3.8%
Scotland	143	8.9%	1.0%
Germany	89	5.5%	0.5%
United Kingdom	79	4.9%	0.8%
Ireland	59	3.7%	0.3%
Finland	39	2.4%	0.4%
Netherlands	36	2.2%	1.6%
Switzerland	29	1.8%	1.0%
France	19	1.2%	0.3%
Poland	18	1.1%	0.2%
Czech Republic	17	1.1%	0.7%
Denmark	14	0.9%	0.9%
Northern Ireland	13	0.8%	0.4%
Slovakia	11	0.7%	1.1%
Canada	8	0.5%	0.5%
Russian Federation	8	0.5%	0.1%
Wales	8	0.5%	0.4%

31 more

The remaining countries and regions (31), 75 kits in total: Austria 7, Italy 6, United States (Native American) 6, Hungary 5, Ukraine 5, Estonia 4, Russia (Republic of Mordovia) 4, Belgium (Flanders) 3, England (Cornish) 3, Antigua and Barbuda 2, Australia 2, Greece 2, Iceland 2, Jamaica 2, Latvia 2, Lithuania 2, Portugal 2, Russia (Republic of Karachay-Cherkessia) 2, Scotland (Shetland) 2, Albania 1, Bahamas 1, Bulgaria 1, Macedonia 1, Mexico 1, Netherlands Antilles 1, Panama 1, Puerto Rico 1, Scotland (Orkney) 1, South Africa 1, Spain 1, Suriname 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.

Swedes: 12% of samples (23 of 187)
English: 1.3% of samples (14 of 1,050)
Poles: 0.8% of samples (3 of 362)

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.

R-Z372

1,457 · 90.4% 3,700 years

8 small sub-branches more without a page: 127 kits. On the branch itself, without a resolved sub-branch: 28 kits.

Surnames #

Surnames that testers entered at FTDNA, over the whole branch with its sub-branches: 89 distinct among 312 kits. FTDNA gives surnames per branch only, with no country attached, so they cannot be split by country.

Dunbar 22
Bankston 13
Allen 11
Amsler 11
Cockburn 10
Preston 10
Berkley 9
Soden 9
Dickinson 7
Huntsman 7
Rutherford 7
Horton 6
Mitchell 6
Barkley 5
Sutton 5

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-ZP87: 250 samples. YFull publishes no age for this branch.