R-Z39589
R-Z39589 is a branch of the FamilyTreeDNA Y tree with 15,892 kits that gave a country, counting all sub-branches. It is most common in these samples: Northern Ireland (30% of kits), Ireland (23% of kits), Scotland (20% of kits). The branch's common ancestor lived about 4,500 years ago: the FTDNA Discover estimate runs from 3,900 to 5,100 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.
| Country / region | kits | Share of branch | Share of country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 5,104 | 23% | |
| United States | 3,215 | 10% | |
| Scotland | 2,820 | 20% | |
| England | 1,532 | 5.5% | |
| Northern Ireland | 882 | 30% | |
| United Kingdom | 719 | 7.4% | |
| Wales | 289 | 13% | |
| France | 203 | 3.1% | |
| Canada | 174 | 11% | |
| Germany | 171 | 1.0% | |
| Sweden | 110 | 0.9% | |
| United States (Native American)United States | 73 | 4.0% | |
| Norway | 58 | 1.3% | |
| Portugal | 53 | 2.8% | |
| Spain | 42 | 1.1% | |
| Switzerland | 41 | 1.4% | |
| Australia | 30 | 8.2% | |
| Netherlands | 27 | 1.2% | |
| Italy | 24 | 0.4% | |
| Mexico | 23 | 1.0% |
68 more
The remaining countries and regions (68), 302 kits in total: Poland 22, England (Cornish) 21, Denmark 19, Brazil 18, Belgium 15, New Zealand 14, Isle of Man 13, Jamaica 13, Puerto Rico 11, Czech Republic 9, Russian Federation 8, Belgium (Flanders) 7, Guernsey 7, Lithuania 6, South Africa 6, Ukraine 6, Austria 5, Hungary 5, Iceland 5, Romania 5, Scotland (Orkney) 5, Bahamas 4, Chile 4, Finland 4, Guatemala 4, Jersey 4, Barbados 3, Dominican Republic 3, Spain (Asturias) 3, Argentina 2, Belarus 2, Colombia 2, Costa Rica 2, Croatia 2, Cuba 2, India 2, Philippines 2, Portugal (Azores) 2, Slovakia 2, Slovenia 2, Spain (Balearic Islands) 2, Turks and Caicos Islands 2, Venezuela 2, Australia (Aboriginal Australian) 1, Bermuda 1, British Virgin Islands 1, Canada (First Nations) 1, Cape Verde 1, Egypt 1, El Salvador 1, Estonia 1, Fiji 1, Greece 1, Haiti 1, Israel 1, Italy (Sicily) 1, Latvia 1, Luxembourg 1, Morocco 1, New Zealand (Māori) 1, Panama 1, Peru 1, Sao Tome and Principe 1, Scotland (Shetland) 1, Serbia 1, Trinidad and Tobago 1, Tunisia 1, Turkey 1.
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.
- English: 6.8% of samples (71 of 1,050)
- Mandarin Chinese: 5.6% of samples (7 of 125)
- Swedes: 4.8% of samples (9 of 187)
- Portuguese: 3.6% of samples (3 of 84)
- Germans: 1.7% of samples (4 of 232)
- Russians: 0.6% of samples (5 of 821)
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.
27 small sub-branches more without a page: 309 kits. On the branch itself, without a resolved sub-branch: 9 kits.
Surnames #
Surnames that testers entered at FTDNA, over the whole branch with its sub-branches: 975 distinct among 5,850 kits. FTDNA gives surnames per branch only, with no country attached, so they cannot be split by country.
- Campbell 204
- Stewart 148
- Alexander 62
- Smith 61
- Irwin 53
- Buchanan 47
- Johnson 47
- Murphy 47
- Kendall 46
- Davis 43
- Brown 39
- McDonald 37
- Wilson 37
- Martin 36
- Park 36
In the site's findings #
- Distinctive branch for Northern Ireland: 30% of kits, 5.1 times the world share
- Distinctive branch for Scotland: 20% of kits, 3.4 times the world share