Romania - News

6 Sep 2007 - Project pages created. 25 April 2008 - Y-DNA and mtDNA results tables updated.
24 June 2008 - Y-DNA haplogroups, result charts, info and tables updated.
29 July 2008 - Reporting a first close match between two members on the Y-DNA side.
22 August 2008 - Y-DNA & mtDNA result charts, info and tables updated.
7 November 2008 - Three new members joined the project.
9 December 2008 - One new member joined the project.
25 December 2008 - Message sent to all 70 members of the project.
21 January 2009 - Added link to the Genetic History of Europe (Wikipedia) on the Project Background page.
13 March 2009 - Added link to Eupedia Origins, age, spread and ethnic association of European haplogroups and subclades.
8 October 2009 - Project reaches 100 members. 27 January 2010 - Project reaches 110 members.
3 July 2010 - Project reaches 120 members. 4 August 2010 - Two new members, with Istro-romanian roots.
14 September 2010 - One new member, with Dalmatian and Herzegovinian Vlach ancestry.
5 March 2011 - Based on the new Y-DNA classifications adopted by FTDNA, all Y-DNA subgroups have been adjusted accordingly. Subgroup colors have also been changed, to indicate clusters of related subgroups.
29 September 2011 - Project reaches 150 members.
3 September 2012 - Project has 181 members.
5 February 2013 - Project reaches 190 members. 
18 May 2013 - Project reaches 197 members.
13 June 2013 - Project reaches 200 members.

Statistics - updated 5 April 2013

Project members: 190

Number of total FTDNA tested individuals with paternal/maternal/autosomal connections or roots related to Romania, as indicated by those tested in the FTDNA database:

Romania
  • Y-DNA, 12 markers - 546
  • Y-DNA, 25 markers - 235
  • Y-DNA, 37 markers - 201
  • Y-DNA, 67 markers - 103
  • Low-res mtDNA (HVR1) - 610
  • High-res mtDNA (HVR1 & HVR2) - 233
  • FGS - 90
Republic of Moldova
  • Y-DNA, 12 markers - 78
  • Y-DNA, 25 markers - 44
  • Y-DNA, 37 markers - 35
  • Y-DNA, 67 markers - 17
  • Low-res mtDNA (HVR1) - 66
  • High-res mtDNA (HVR1 & HVR2) - 30

We hope to continuously increase project membership and expand testing of existing members.

For reference and comparison, the Family Tree DNA Database, the largest in the field of Genetic Genealogy, as of 5 February 2013, the Family Tree DNA database has 402,330 records:

Y-DNA

  • 248,460 12-marker records in the database
  • 160,057 25-marker records in the database
  • 139,799 37-marker records in the database
  • 64,757 67-marker records in the database

mtDNA

  • 153,870 mtDNA records in the database
  • 21,994 FGS records in the database