W3a1
W3a1 is a branch of the FamilyTreeDNA mt tree with 440 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). FTDNA Discover publishes no age for this branch; YFull's, when it has one, is below. YFull has 248 samples in this branch and dates its common foremother to 6,300 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 68 | 0.3% | |
| Poland | 45 | 1.0% | |
| England | 41 | 0.3% | |
| Ireland | 34 | 0.3% | |
| Germany | 30 | 0.3% | |
| Sweden | 28 | 0.3% | |
| Norway | 24 | 0.6% | |
| Ukraine | 22 | 1.0% | |
| France | 17 | 0.4% | |
| Finland | 14 | 0.2% | |
| United Kingdom | 13 | 0.3% | |
| Russian Federation | 12 | 0.4% | |
| Scotland | 10 | 0.2% | |
| Czech Republic | 8 | 0.7% | |
| Croatia | 7 | 2.4% | |
| Canada | 5 | 0.2% | |
| India | 5 | 1.3% | |
| Italy | 5 | 0.2% | |
| Slovakia | 5 | 0.8% | |
| Hungary | 4 | 0.4% |
26 more
The remaining countries and regions (26), 43 kits in total: Russia (Republic of Chechnya) 4, Belarus 3, Lithuania 3, Switzerland 3, United States (Native American) 3, Wales 3, Austria 2, Northern Ireland 2, Spain 2, Turkey 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, Russia (Republic of Bashkortostan) 1, Russia (Republic of Chuvashia) 1, Saudi Arabia 1, Scotland (Orkney) 1, Tajikistan 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.
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.
1 small sub-branch more without a page: 5 kits. On the branch itself, without a resolved sub-branch: 270 kits.
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%.
W3a1: 248 samples. YFull publishes no age for this branch.