Paternal line · Y-DNA
The Germanic line
R-U106
Where it is common today
Germanic branch of R1b — the Netherlands, Germany, Scandinavia, England.
How old it is
This branch split from its parent about 4,800 years ago (between 4,300 and 5,300).
Every man who carries it today descends from one man who lived about 4,600 years ago (between 4,000 and 5,300).
From the big letter down to this branch
- R-P297
- R-M269
- R-L23
- R-L51
- R-L52
- R-PF6538
- R-L151
- R-U106
Every test reads your line to a different depth. One report says J1, another J-P58, another a code four steps further down — all of them are right, the longer one is simply more detailed. HealthOS reads as deep as your file allows.
Ancient people who carried it
126 ancient genomes in the Allen Ancient DNA Resource carry this line. The oldest is from Praha-Zahradnictví, Czechia, around 2,300 BC.
- Martinikerkhof, NetherlandsAD 750 – AD 1,0206 people
- Mödling-An der Goldenen Stiege, AustriaAD 7205 people
- Oakington, United KingdomAD 7505 people
- Varnhem, SwedenAD 1,0505 people
- Vor Frue Kirkegård, DenmarkAD 1,320 – AD 1,6805 people
- Szólád, HungaryAD 5204 people
- Koksijde, BelgiumAD 7004 people
- Hatherdene, United KingdomAD 7504 people
- Cambridgeshire, United KingdomAD 1,2504 people
- Niederstotzingen, GermanyAD 6003 people
- Lakenheath, United KingdomAD 7503 people
- St John's College Oxford, United KingdomAD 9203 people
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