Y-DNA only (follows the paternal line, same as most surname inheritance). Works best for surnames with European, Middle Eastern or Central/East Asian origins where founder-effect studies exist.

How this works. The large majority of results here are sourced from a published academic study or a well-documented historical founder lineage, never from scraped personal genealogy data. A small number of entries are clearly marked "⚠️ Unverified, not peer-reviewed": these are community-submitted results (e.g. a single family's own test, or an independent researcher's unpublished preprint) that we include transparently, but that have not been through academic peer review, unlike the rest of the database. A surname match, verified or not, means some people with that surname were found to share a haplogroup, most likely due to a shared patrilineal ancestor generations back. It is not proof that you personally carry that haplogroup: surnames change through adoption, remarriage, non-paternity events, and independent origin of the same name in different families. For your own confirmed haplogroup, test your DNA with our HaploAI Y-DNA/mtDNA predictor.
This database is still small, and it grows with your help.

Know of a surname linked to a haplogroup, whether from a published study or your own family's research? Submit it and we'll review it for the database.

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Want to know if you share this paternal line? FamilyTreeDNA lineage tests

Surnames follow the paternal line, and so does the Y chromosome. A FamilyTreeDNA Y-DNA test compares you with other men who carry your surname, inside its free surname projects, and tells you whether you descend from the same ancestor.

Y-DNA tests follow the direct father-to-son line, so they are for men. Women can ask their father, a brother or a paternal uncle to test.

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Confirm your real haplogroup from your raw DNA
A surname link is a hint, not a certainty. Upload your raw DNA file and our HaploAI engine predicts your actual Y-DNA and mtDNA haplogroups directly from your genome.
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