FTDNA mt-tree branch

U5b3

U5b3 is a branch of the FamilyTreeDNA mt tree with 239 kits that gave a country, counting all sub-branches. It is most common in these samples: Montenegro (1.6% of kits), Iceland (1.5% of kits), Serbia (1.2% of kits). FTDNA Discover publishes no age for this branch; YFull's, when it has one, is below. YFull has 235 samples in this branch and dates its common foremother to 8,700 years ago.

239

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, 7 without

8,700 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	58	24.3%	0.3%
England	30	12.6%	0.2%
Ireland	20	8.4%	0.2%
Germany	18	7.5%	0.2%
Scotland	15	6.3%	0.3%
Denmark	10	4.2%	0.9%
France	10	4.2%	0.2%
Canada	8	3.3%	0.4%
Switzerland	8	3.3%	0.6%
Netherlands	7	2.9%	0.5%
United Kingdom	7	2.9%	0.2%
Norway	6	2.5%	0.2%
Italy	5	2.1%	0.2%
Sweden	5	2.1%	<0.1%
Czech Republic	4	1.7%	0.3%
United States (Native American)United States	4	1.7%	0.2%
Russian Federation	3	1.3%	0.1%
Wales	3	1.3%	0.3%
Portugal	2	0.8%	0.2%
Serbia	2	0.8%	1.2%

14 more

The remaining countries and regions (14), 14 kits in total: Belgium 1, Croatia 1, Cuba 1, Finland 1, Hungary 1, Iceland 1, Mexico 1, Montenegro 1, Morocco 1, Poland 1, Romania 1, Spain 1, Spain (Madrid) 1, Tunisia 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.

Serbs: 2.6% of samples (4 of 154)

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.

U5b3b

95 · 39.7%

7 small sub-branches more without a page: 100 kits. On the branch itself, without a resolved sub-branch: 44 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%.

U5b3: 235 samples. The common foremother lived 8,700 years ago (7,400–11k); the branch split off 15k years ago (12k–18k).