FTDNA mt-tree branch

K1b

K1b is a branch of the FamilyTreeDNA mt tree with 913 kits that gave a country, counting all sub-branches. It is most common in these samples: Serbia (1.8% of kits), Sweden (1.8% of kits), Iran (1.7% of kits). The branch's common foremother lived about 23k years ago: the FTDNA Discover estimate runs from 20k to 25k years ago. YFull has 430 samples in this branch and dates its common foremother to 20k years ago.

913

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

sub-branches

2 with their own page, 0 without

23k years

age by Discover

the common foremother lived 20k to 25k years ago

20k years

age by YFull

common foremother (TMRCA); the branch split from its parent 8,600 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	168	18.4%	1.8%
United States	108	11.8%	0.5%
Germany	95	10.4%	0.9%
England	81	8.9%	0.7%
Ireland	70	7.7%	0.7%
Finland	49	5.4%	0.7%
Scotland	37	4.1%	0.8%
France	33	3.6%	0.8%
United Kingdom	33	3.6%	0.7%
Italy	21	2.3%	0.7%
Norway	18	2.0%	0.5%
Denmark	16	1.8%	1.4%
Poland	16	1.8%	0.4%
Netherlands	14	1.5%	1.0%
Russian Federation	14	1.5%	0.5%
Spain	11	1.2%	0.8%
Switzerland	11	1.2%	0.9%
Canada	9	1.0%	0.4%
United States (Native American)United States	9	1.0%	0.4%
Wales	9	1.0%	1.0%

31 more

The remaining countries and regions (31), 91 kits in total: Austria 8, Saudi Arabia 8, Ukraine 7, Bulgaria 6, Hungary 6, Northern Ireland 6, Portugal 6, Romania 4, Turkey 4, Armenia 3, Belgium 3, Iran 3, Serbia 3, Australia 2, Cuba 2, Czech Republic 2, Estonia 2, Greece 2, Slovenia 2, Belgium (Flanders) 1, Brazil 1, British Virgin Islands 1, England (Cornish) 1, Iceland 1, Isle of Man 1, Lithuania 1, Mexico 1, Russia (Republic of Chechnya) 1, Slovakia 1, Spain (Castile and León) 1, Syrian Arab Republic 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: 5.3% of samples (3 of 57)
Russians: 1.1% of samples (4 of 370)

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 foremother lived.

K1b2

550 · 60.2%

K1b1

363 · 39.8%

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%.

K1b: 430 samples. The common foremother lived 20k years ago (20k–20k); the branch split off 8,600 years ago (7,200–11k).