Paternal line · Y-DNA
The Western European line
R1b
Where it is common today
Western Europe; a branch (V88) is found in Central Africa.
How old it is
This branch split from its parent about 22,800 years ago (between 20,500 and 25,100).
Every man who carries it today descends from one man who lived about 20,400 years ago (between 17,500 and 23,300).
From the big letter down to this branch
- P-M1254
- P-P337
- P-P284
- P-P226
- R
- R-Y482
- R1
- R1b
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
1,615 ancient genomes in the Allen Ancient DNA Resource carry this line. The oldest is from Afontova-Gora, Russia, around 14,820 BC.
- La Almoloya, Spain2,000 BC – 1,630 BC29 people
- Mödling-An der Goldenen Stiege, AustriaAD 72028 people
- Winterbourne Kingston, United Kingdom160 BC – AD 41027 people
- Cambridgeshire, United KingdomAD 1,25026 people
- Kilteasheen, IrelandAD 1,00022 people
- Las Gobas, SpainAD 75016 people
- Ekaterinovskiy-Mys, Russia5,400 BC – 2,700 BC14 people
- Vliněves, Czechia2,780 BC – 2,200 BC13 people
- Praha-Jinonice, Czechia3,560 BC – 100 BC13 people
- Pocklington, United Kingdom350 BC – 130 BC13 people
- Khvalynsk-2, Russia5,110 BC – 4,610 BC12 people
- Leubingen-1, Germany2,100 BC – 1,830 BC12 people
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