What's Your Y-DNA Haplogroup?

[Longbowman]

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

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.

[DanielJ1eH]

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

[Cody Gearhart]

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

[Tchek]

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.

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

[Longbowman]

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

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

[The Sun King]

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

You need to get more SNP's tested.

[Tchek]

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

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

[Argonian]

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.

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

[Longbowman]

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

Genetic calculators in general, yes.

[Artek]

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...

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