FTDNA Y-tree branch

R-Z2106 R1b-Z2106

R-Z2106 is a branch of the FamilyTreeDNA Y tree with 1,773 kits that gave a country, counting all sub-branches. It is most common in these samples: Montenegro (17% of kits), Kosovo (11% of kits), Albania (10% of kits). The branch's common ancestor lived about 5,500 years ago: the FTDNA Discover estimate runs from 4,800 to 6,400 years ago. YFull has 751 samples in this branch and dates its common ancestor to 5,300 years ago.

1,773

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

25%

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, 4 without

5,500 years

age by Discover

the common ancestor lived 4,800 to 6,400 years ago

5,300 years

age by YFull

common ancestor (TMRCA); the branch split from its parent 5,300 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	136	7.7%	0.4%
Germany	129	7.3%	0.7%
Italy	117	6.6%	1.9%
Czech Republic	100	5.6%	4.2%
Poland	92	5.2%	1.3%
England	84	4.7%	0.3%
France	68	3.8%	1.1%
Russian Federation	61	3.4%	0.9%
Ireland	60	3.4%	0.3%
Turkey	48	2.7%	1.9%
United Kingdom	44	2.5%	0.5%
Ukraine	42	2.4%	1.0%
Bulgaria	39	2.2%	4.4%
Russia (Republic of Dagestan)Russian Federation	39	2.2%	4.0%
Scotland	39	2.2%	0.3%
Azerbaijan	38	2.1%	6.4%
Iraq	38	2.1%	1.2%
Montenegro	32	1.8%	17%
Armenia	31	1.7%	2.6%
Albania	28	1.6%	10%

84 more

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: 46% of samples (13 of 28)
Bosniaks: 15% of samples (10 of 68)
Bashkirs: 14% of samples (4 of 29)
Ossetians: 6.4% of samples (3 of 47)
Gheg Albanians: 6.1% of samples (3 of 49)
Czechs: 4.4% of samples (3 of 68)
Turks: 4.4% of samples (7 of 159)
Serbs: 3.6% of samples (16 of 445)

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-Z2109

1,547 · 87.3% 5,500 years

R-CTS7763

163 · 9.2% 5,200 years

4 small sub-branches more without a page: 63 kits.

Surnames #

Surnames that testers entered at FTDNA, over the whole branch with its sub-branches: 73 distinct among 229 kits. FTDNA gives surnames per branch only, with no country attached, so they cannot be split by country.

Hollingsworth 28
Blair 12
Mercer 9
Smith 9
Robinson 7
Kerr 6
Carr 5
Holmes 5
Miller 5
Cumbo 4
Kulbeth 4
Robbins 4
Strong 4
Bennett 3
Flowers 3

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-Z2106: 751 samples. The common ancestor lived 5,300 years ago (4,800–5,800); the branch split off 5,300 years ago (4,800–5,700).

In the site's findings #

Distinctive branch for Azerbaijan: 6.4% of kits, 10.0 times the world share
Distinctive branch for Russia (Republic of Dagestan): 4.0% of kits, 6.2 times the world share