Y-DNA tree: from Y-Adam to the major branches
Y-Adam is the common paternal-line ancestor of every man alive today. The tree shows when and where the major branches split off his line. Fork ages and routes come from FTDNA Discover. Click a branch to open its tree.
How the branches split #
Top to bottom, from Y-Adam to the present day. The age scale on both sides is compressed toward the past: the closer to today, the finer it gets.
Routes out of Africa #
From FTDNA Discover maps: how the branches left Africa, where they parted and where they went next.