What's Your Y-DNA Haplogroup?

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Originally Posted by Tchek

L51 is right before the "split" which determine if I'm an italo-celt, a basque or some germanic barbarian, so it doesn't say much

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1) Y-DNA doesn't determine ethnicity, or 40% of Aframs are Anglos.
2) You now know you're R1b. That means you're one of maybe 250 million, out of 7 billion. Narrowed it down a lot. That's not to mention the L51 split.

How do I figure out which branch I am of J1e?

My y-dna branch is R1b. My paternal haplogroup is the rare R-U198.
mothers mt-dna haplgroup is U5a1d.

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Originally Posted by Longbowman

1) Y-DNA doesn't determine ethnicity, or 40% of Aframs are Anglos.
2) You now know you're R1b. That means you're one of maybe 250 million, out of 7 billion. Narrowed it down a lot. That's not to mention the L51 split.

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All that being R1b says is that I'm western European... duh, could have guessed...
R1b is an extremely diverse haplogroup, there is little in common between a basque DF27 and a germanic U106

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Originally Posted by Tchek

All that being R1b says is that I'm western European... duh, could have guessed...
R1b is an extremely diverse haplogroup, there is little in common between a basque DF27 and a germanic U106

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Are you kidding? They split less than 4,000 years ago. And 20-30% of Western Europeans are I, E3b, R1a, and others.

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Originally Posted by DanielJ1eH

How do I figure out which branch I am of J1e?

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You need to get more SNP's tested.

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Originally Posted by Longbowman

Are you kidding? They split less than 4,000 years ago. And 20-30% of Western Europeans are I, E3b, R1a, and others.

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Lots happened in 4000 years in Europe, you know...
Being U106 or U152 or L21 etc is important... it's a R1b thing, you wouldn't understand

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Originally Posted by Longbowman

1) Y-DNA doesn't determine ethnicity, or 40% of Aframs are Anglos.
2) You now know you're R1b. That means you're one of maybe 250 million, out of 7 billion. Narrowed it down a lot. That's not to mention the L51 split.

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Isn't genetic plotting on 23andme a better (or indeed best) example of determining ethnicity?

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Originally Posted by Argonian

Isn't genetic plotting on 23andme a better (or indeed best) example of determining ethnicity?

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Genetic calculators in general, yes.

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Originally Posted by Tchek

I have no clue! My Y-DNA stops right at R1b-L51... basically there is no way to know if I'm U106, U152 or whatever ; unless I pay $$$ for FTDNA I guess...

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You are tested by 23andme V2 or V3 chip? It should have consisted U152 and U106, so you are negative to them it seems. There are a few options for you - P312, P310, DF27