FTDNA mt-tree branch

W4

W4 is a branch of the FamilyTreeDNA mt tree with 269 kits that gave a country, counting all sub-branches. It is most common in these samples: Georgia (1.4% of kits), Belgium (0.8% of kits), Iran (0.6% of kits). FTDNA Discover publishes no age for this branch; YFull's, when it has one, is below.

269

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, 3 without

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	61	22.7%	0.3%
England	44	16.4%	0.4%
Sweden	37	13.8%	0.4%
Ireland	19	7.1%	0.2%
United Kingdom	13	4.8%	0.3%
Finland	11	4.1%	0.1%
Scotland	10	3.7%	0.2%
Germany	9	3.3%	<0.1%
Italy	7	2.6%	0.2%
Norway	6	2.2%	0.2%
United States (Native American)United States	6	2.2%	0.3%
France	5	1.9%	0.1%
Russian Federation	5	1.9%	0.2%
Belgium	3	1.1%	0.8%
Czech Republic	3	1.1%	0.3%
Netherlands	3	1.1%	0.2%
Northern Ireland	3	1.1%	0.5%
Poland	3	1.1%	<0.1%
Turkey	3	1.1%	0.3%
Lithuania	2	0.7%	0.2%

14 more

The remaining countries and regions (14), 16 kits in total: Romania 2, Wales 2, Afghanistan 1, Australia 1, Austria 1, Barbados 1, Belgium (Flanders) 1, Canada 1, Denmark 1, Georgia 1, Greece 1, India 1, Iran 1, Ukraine 1.

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.

W4a

228 · 84.8% 8,400 years

3 small sub-branches more without a page: 19 kits. On the branch itself, without a resolved sub-branch: 22 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%.

W4: 66 samples. YFull publishes no age for this branch.