FTDNA mt-tree branch

U5b2

U5b2 is a branch of the FamilyTreeDNA mt tree with 2,224 kits that gave a country, counting all sub-branches. It is most common in these samples: England (Cornish) (4.9% of kits), Luxembourg (3.2% of kits), Scotland (2.8% of kits). FTDNA Discover publishes no age for this branch; YFull's, when it has one, is below. YFull has 1,027 samples in this branch and dates its common foremother to 12k years ago.

2,224

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

3 with their own page, 0 without

12k years

age by YFull

common foremother (TMRCA); the branch split from its parent 15k 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	414	18.6%	2.1%
England	285	12.8%	2.3%
Ireland	238	10.7%	2.3%
Germany	220	9.9%	2.0%
Scotland	130	5.8%	2.8%
United Kingdom	122	5.5%	2.7%
Sweden	114	5.1%	1.2%
Finland	102	4.6%	1.4%
Norway	91	4.1%	2.4%
France	55	2.5%	1.3%
Poland	46	2.1%	1.0%
United States (Native American)United States	39	1.8%	1.7%
Netherlands	29	1.3%	2.1%
Italy	27	1.2%	0.9%
Canada	25	1.1%	1.2%
Russian Federation	24	1.1%	0.9%
Wales	24	1.1%	2.6%
Denmark	23	1.0%	2.1%
Czech Republic	18	0.8%	1.5%
Portugal	18	0.8%	2.0%

43 more

The remaining countries and regions (43), 180 kits in total: Spain 18, Switzerland 18, Northern Ireland 17, Puerto Rico 15, Hungary 14, Ukraine 13, Belgium 10, Austria 9, Australia 8, Slovakia 6, Belarus 4, England (Cornish) 4, Bulgaria 3, Latvia 3, Luxembourg 3, South Africa 3, Brazil 2, Croatia 2, Cuba 2, Lithuania 2, Turkey 2, Albania 1, Bermuda 1, Egypt 1, El Salvador 1, Estonia 1, Isle of Man 1, Kosovo 1, Kuwait 1, Mexico 1, Montenegro 1, New Zealand 1, Portugal (Azores) 1, Romania 1, Russia (Republic of Karelia) 1, Saudi Arabia 1, Scotland (Orkney) 1, Spain (Aragon) 1, Spain (Cantabria) 1, St. Vincent and the Grenadines 1, Trinidad and Tobago 1, Uruguay 1, Yemen 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.

French: 6.1% of samples (5 of 82)
English: 3.3% of samples (17 of 511)
Germans: 3.2% of samples (4 of 125)
Russians: 1.4% of samples (5 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.

U5b2a

1,281 · 57.6%

U5b2b

655 · 29.5%

U5b2c

256 · 11.5%

On the branch itself, without a resolved sub-branch: 32 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%.

U5b2: 1,027 samples. The common foremother lived 12k years ago (8,800–15k); the branch split off 15k years ago (12k–18k).