FTDNA Y-tree branch

R-Z208

R-Z208 is a branch of the FamilyTreeDNA Y tree with 700 kits that gave a country, counting all sub-branches. It is most common in these samples: Dominican Republic (5.2% of kits), Portugal (Azores) (1.7% of kits), Argentina (1.6% of kits). The branch's common ancestor lived about 3,300 years ago: the FTDNA Discover estimate runs from 2,900 to 3,800 years ago. YFull has 88 samples in this branch and dates its common ancestor to 3,200 years ago.

700

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

22%

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, 2 without

3,300 years

age by Discover

the common ancestor lived 2,900 to 3,800 years ago

3,200 years

age by YFull

common ancestor (TMRCA); the branch split from its parent 3,200 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	145	20.7%	0.5%
England	113	16.1%	0.4%
France	99	14.1%	1.5%
Germany	46	6.6%	0.3%
Spain	43	6.1%	1.1%
United Kingdom	43	6.1%	0.4%
Scotland	22	3.1%	0.2%
Mexico	17	2.4%	0.7%
Sweden	17	2.4%	0.1%
Canada	15	2.1%	0.9%
Italy	14	2.0%	0.2%
Ireland	13	1.9%	<0.1%
Denmark	9	1.3%	0.6%
Dominican Republic	9	1.3%	5.2%
United States (Native American)United States	8	1.1%	0.4%
Norway	7	1.0%	0.2%
Belgium	6	0.9%	0.8%
Hungary	6	0.9%	0.3%
Northern Ireland	6	0.9%	0.2%
Poland	6	0.9%	<0.1%

30 more

The remaining countries and regions (30), 56 kits in total: Switzerland 6, Netherlands 5, Ukraine 4, Brazil 3, Cuba 3, Portugal 3, Puerto Rico 3, Russian Federation 3, Wales 3, Argentina 2, Spain (Catalonia) 2, Belgium (Wallonia) 1, Bulgaria 1, Colombia 1, Curaçao 1, England (Cornish) 1, Finland 1, Greece 1, Guam 1, Lithuania 1, Portugal (Azores) 1, Scotland (Shetland) 1, Slovakia 1, Slovenia 1, Spain (Andalusia) 1, Spain (Aragon) 1, Spain (Extremadura) 1, Spain (Murcia) 1, Turkey 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.

Spaniards: 3.4% of samples (4 of 118)
French: 3.2% of samples (4 of 124)
Ashkenazi Jews (Yiddish): 2.0% of samples (3 of 153)
English: 0.6% of samples (6 of 1,050)

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-Z207

601 · 85.9% 3,300 years

2 small sub-branches more without a page: 46 kits. On the branch itself, without a resolved sub-branch: 53 kits.

Surnames #

Surnames that testers entered at FTDNA, over the whole branch with its sub-branches: 56 distinct among 185 kits. FTDNA gives surnames per branch only, with no country attached, so they cannot be split by country.

Cox 26
Parrish 9
Palmer 8
Hodges 6
Rader 6
Roberts 6
Brown 5
Gossett 5
Sainsbury 5
Bourgeois 4
Martin 4
Nunez 4
Parker 4
Short 4
Wright 4

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-Z208: 88 samples. The common ancestor lived 3,200 years ago (2,800–3,600); the branch split off 3,200 years ago (2,800–3,600).