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FTDNA Y-tree branch

R-Z2959

R-Z2959 is a branch of the FamilyTreeDNA Y tree with 5,354 kits that gave a country, counting all sub-branches. It is most common in these samples: Ireland (13% of kits), Northern Ireland (12% of kits), Isle of Man (7.7% of kits). The branch's common ancestor lived about 2,100 years ago: the FTDNA Discover estimate runs from 1,800 to 2,400 years ago.

5,354
kits in the branch
with a country given, including all sub-branches
0
on the branch itself
kits whose test did not resolve a sub-branch
40%
Big Y
share of kits with a Big Y test among all kits of the branch, sub-branches included
6
sub-branches
3 with their own page, 3 without
2,100 years
age by Discover
the common ancestor lived 1,800 to 2,400 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
Ireland 2,782 13%
United States 978 3.2%
Scotland 667 4.7%
Northern Ireland 371 12%
England 209 0.8%
United Kingdom 131 1.3%
Canada 47 2.9%
Sweden 29 0.2%
Wales 19 0.9%
France 16 0.2%
Norway 15 0.3%
Germany 14 <0.1%
United States (Native American)United States 14 0.8%
Isle of Man 11 7.7%
Australia 10 2.7%
Denmark 4 0.2%
Italy 3 <0.1%
New Zealand 3 2.9%
Switzerland 3 0.1%
Czech Republic 2 <0.1%
19 more

The remaining countries and regions (19), 26 kits in total: Hungary 2, Iceland 2, Mexico 2, Netherlands 2, Puerto Rico 2, Scotland (Orkney) 2, Turks and Caicos Islands 2, Barbados 1, British Virgin Islands 1, Cuba 1, England (Cornish) 1, Fiji 1, Greece 1, Morocco 1, Poland 1, Portugal 1, Russian Federation 1, South Africa 1, Turkey 1.

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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.

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-S658
4,892 · 91.4% 2,000 years
R-BY35297
334 · 6.2% 2,000 years
R-S568
106 · 2.0% 2,000 years

3 small sub-branches more without a page: 22 kits.

Surnames #

Surnames that testers entered at FTDNA, over the whole branch with its sub-branches: 375 distinct among 1,580 kits. FTDNA gives surnames per branch only, with no country attached, so they cannot be split by country.

In the site's findings #