Paternal line · Y-DNA
The Eastern European steppe line
R-Z282
Where it is common today
The European branch of R1a — Poland, Ukraine, Russia, Scandinavia.
How old it is
This branch split from its parent about 5,000 years ago (between 4,100 and 5,900).
Every man who carries it today descends from one man who lived about 5,000 years ago (between 4,100 and 5,900).
From the big letter down to this branch
- R1a
- R-M459
- R-M735
- R-M198
- R-M417
- R-Z645
- R-Z283
- R-Z282
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
132 ancient genomes in the Allen Ancient DNA Resource carry this line. The oldest is from Esperstedt, Germany, around 2,280 BC.
- Mödling-An der Goldenen Stiege, AustriaAD 72023 people
- Ląd, PolandAD 1,1008 people
- Santok, PolandAD 1,1007 people
- Kopparsvik, SwedenAD 9804 people
- Kronan, SwedenAD 1,6804 people
- Łęgowo, PolandAD 1,1003 people
- Ostrów Lednicki, PolandAD 1,1003 people
- Salme, EstoniaAD 7502 people
- Orosháza-BónumTéglagyár, HungaryAD 7502 people
- Andreyevskaya-Shhel, RussiaAD 930 – AD 9402 people
- Frojel, SwedenAD 9802 people
- Staraya-Ladoga, RussiaAD 1,0502 people
Find your own line
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