U6a
U6a is a branch of the FamilyTreeDNA mt tree with 366 kits that gave a country, counting all sub-branches. It is most common in these samples: Morocco (6.0% of kits), Italy (Sicily) (5.9% of kits), Algeria (4.3% of kits). The branch's common foremother lived about 23k years ago: the FTDNA Discover estimate runs from 21k to 25k years ago. YFull has 450 samples in this branch and dates its common foremother to 14k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 53 | 1.2% | |
| United States | 53 | 0.3% | |
| Canada | 25 | 1.2% | |
| England | 24 | 0.2% | |
| Italy | 19 | 0.6% | |
| Portugal | 19 | 2.1% | |
| Sweden | 18 | 0.2% | |
| Finland | 11 | 0.1% | |
| Spain | 11 | 0.8% | |
| Morocco | 10 | 6.0% | |
| United Kingdom | 10 | 0.2% | |
| United States (Native American)United States | 10 | 0.4% | |
| Germany | 9 | <0.1% | |
| Poland | 7 | 0.2% | |
| Scotland | 7 | 0.2% | |
| Hungary | 6 | 0.5% | |
| Norway | 6 | 0.2% | |
| Saudi Arabia | 6 | 0.7% | |
| Algeria | 5 | 4.3% | |
| Ireland | 5 | <0.1% |
31 more
The remaining countries and regions (31), 52 kits in total: Ukraine 5, Italy (Sicily) 4, Egypt 3, Ethiopia 3, Russian Federation 3, Tunisia 3, Brazil 2, Greece 2, Mexico 2, Netherlands 2, Portugal (Azores) 2, Turkey 2, Austria 1, Bahrain 1, Belarus 1, Colombia 1, Israel 1, Jamaica 1, Libya 1, Lithuania 1, Luxembourg 1, Moldova 1, Nigeria 1, Puerto Rico 1, Slovakia 1, Spain (Canary Islands) 1, Switzerland 1, Tajikistan 1, Uzbekistan 1, Western Sahara (Sahrawi) 1, Yemen 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.
- Moroccans: 40% of samples (4 of 10)
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.
3 small sub-branches more without a page: 31 kits. On the branch itself, without a resolved sub-branch: 1 kit.
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%.
U6a: 450 samples. The common foremother lived 14k years ago (13k–15k); the branch split off 20k years ago (20k–20k).