Y-DNA Update

 

Source: FTDNA. Dec 2024.

A little over two weeks ago I shared an image from FamilyTreeDNA showing a paternal haplogroup R-U152 and a migration map. I received an email this morning that my FamilyFinder (FTDNA's autosomal test) had been processed and I had been designated a Y-DNA haplogroup R-L2. On the map I'm still in the same area, but it's good to see the result provide a bit more information showing R-L2 branching off from R-U152.

R-L2 is still quite far back in time, and there are about 2300 branches with close to 20000 DNA tested descendants. It will likely be another couple of months before my Big Y-700 and mt Full results are ready. The Big Y result will provide more granularity on the haplogroup named above and will hopefully identify some matches closer in time to the present.