FTDNA mt-tree branch

W3a

W3a is a branch of the FamilyTreeDNA mt tree with 475 kits that gave a country, counting all sub-branches. It is most common in these samples: Croatia (2.4% of kits), France (Alsace) (1.6% of kits), Russia (Republic of Chuvashia) (1.4% of kits). The branch's common foremother lived about 9,900 years ago: the FTDNA Discover estimate runs from 8,800 to 11k years ago.

475

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

9,900 years

age by Discover

the common foremother lived 8,800 to 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
United States	71	14.9%	0.4%
Poland	46	9.7%	1.0%
England	42	8.8%	0.3%
Ireland	34	7.2%	0.3%
Germany	33	6.9%	0.3%
Sweden	28	5.9%	0.3%
France	25	5.3%	0.6%
Norway	24	5.1%	0.6%
Ukraine	22	4.6%	1.0%
Canada	16	3.4%	0.8%
Finland	14	2.9%	0.2%
United Kingdom	14	2.9%	0.3%
Russian Federation	12	2.5%	0.4%
Scotland	11	2.3%	0.2%
Czech Republic	9	1.9%	0.8%
Croatia	7	1.5%	2.4%
Hungary	5	1.1%	0.5%
India	5	1.1%	1.3%
Italy	5	1.1%	0.2%
Slovakia	5	1.1%	0.8%

27 more

The remaining countries and regions (27), 47 kits in total: Russia (Republic of Chechnya) 4, United States (Native American) 4, Austria 3, Belarus 3, Lithuania 3, Switzerland 3, Turkey 3, Wales 3, Northern Ireland 2, Spain 2, Afghanistan 1, Bosnia and Herzegovina 1, Bulgaria 1, Denmark 1, Estonia 1, France (Alsace) 1, Georgia 1, Greece 1, Latvia 1, Moldova 1, Portugal 1, Romania 1, Russia (Republic of Bashkortostan) 1, Russia (Republic of Chuvashia) 1, Saudi Arabia 1, Scotland (Orkney) 1, Tajikistan 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.

Latvians: 9.8% of samples (4 of 41)
Poles: 2.2% of samples (3 of 134)
Russians: 1.1% of samples (4 of 370)
Chechens: 1.0% of samples (3 of 287)

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.

W3a1

440 · 92.6%

1 small sub-branch more without a page: 28 kits. On the branch itself, without a resolved sub-branch: 7 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%.

W3a: 261 samples. YFull publishes no age for this branch.