FTDNA mt-tree branch

U5a2a

U5a2a is a branch of the FamilyTreeDNA mt tree with 602 kits that gave a country, counting all sub-branches. It is most common in these samples: Estonia (2.9% of kits), Macedonia (2.6% of kits), Finland (2.5% of kits). FTDNA Discover publishes no age for this branch; YFull's, when it has one, is below. YFull has 308 samples in this branch and dates its common foremother to 8,800 years ago.

602

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

1 with their own page, 1 without

8,800 years

age by YFull

common foremother (TMRCA); the branch split from its parent 11k 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
Finland	188	31.2%	2.5%
Sweden	66	11.0%	0.7%
United States	56	9.3%	0.3%
Germany	32	5.3%	0.3%
Ireland	32	5.3%	0.3%
England	27	4.5%	0.2%
Poland	21	3.5%	0.5%
Russian Federation	20	3.3%	0.7%
Czech Republic	15	2.5%	1.3%
United Kingdom	13	2.2%	0.3%
Italy	10	1.7%	0.3%
Ukraine	10	1.7%	0.5%
Norway	9	1.5%	0.2%
Portugal	8	1.3%	0.9%
Canada	7	1.2%	0.3%
Estonia	7	1.2%	2.9%
France	7	1.2%	0.2%
Scotland	7	1.2%	0.2%
Spain	7	1.2%	0.5%
Hungary	6	1.0%	0.5%

28 more

The remaining countries and regions (28), 54 kits in total: Lithuania 6, United States (Native American) 6, Denmark 5, Belarus 4, Switzerland 4, Greece 3, Slovenia 3, Macedonia 2, Slovakia 2, Albania 1, Austral Islands 1, Australia 1, Austria 1, Belgium 1, Brazil 1, Bulgaria 1, France (Alsace) 1, India 1, Italy (Sicily) 1, Latvia 1, Netherlands 1, New Zealand 1, Northern Ireland 1, Puerto Rico 1, Russia (Republic of Tatarstan) 1, Serbia 1, Turkey 1, Wales 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.

Romanians: 12% of samples (3 of 25)
English: 1.2% of samples (6 of 511)

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.

U5a2a1

569 · 94.5%

1 small sub-branch more without a page: 17 kits. On the branch itself, without a resolved sub-branch: 16 kits.

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%.

U5a2a: 308 samples. The common foremother lived 8,800 years ago (6,400–12k); the branch split off 11k years ago (7,300–15k).