New Subclade Announcement: E-FGC71938

We are excited to announce the recognition of another subclade by YFull! The subclade is called E-FGC71938, and it is downstream E-Z36149.

Many thanks to our Big Y tester and the FGC Y-Elite tester whose kits are now defining the new subclade at YFull.

It is a three SNP subclade, including the SNPs FGC71938, FGC71940, and FGC71943. 

With these two kits, YFull's age estimate for the TMRCA of this subclade is approximately 600 years ago. More testing is needed to get a more refined age estimate. 

This subclade is associated with group A70 in the Y-DNA results page here. If your kit is in this group, and you would like to confirm that you are positive for the SNPs defining this subclade, please send an admin an email. 

According to the countries of origin for project members in group A70, this subclade seems to be centered around the more Eastern countries of Poland, Belarus, and especially Ukraine. This contrasts with the origin of most other Z36149+ project members whose paternal origins are in Germany. More testing is needed to confirm the place of origin for this particular subclade.

Our next steps for research of this subclade are:
1) To determine if splitting the SNPs into different subclades is an option
2) To get more members SNP tested
3) To estimate a more specific geographic region for the origin of the subclade

You can see the new subclade here. If you have any questions about this subclade, please post a comment or send us an email. Thanks!

- Leo