"Russia-Slavic DNA Project" includes men who have the sub-types R1b1a2 Members of the Indo-Europeans originatingįound among ethnic Russians in the "Russia-Slavic DNA Project" include R1a1,Īmong Russian men, the Y-DNA haplogroup R1b ranges in frequencyįrom 0 to 14 percent, and is found on average among 5.8%. R1a spread throughout many areas of eastern Europe with the migration of Men carry R1a at a lower frequency (33.4%) than other Russian men (49%). With an average of 46.7% of Russian men carrying R1a.
Percent, depending on the study and the geographic region being studied, Studies have found the ethnic Russianįrequency of R1a ranges from a low of 19.8 percent to as high as 62.7 The Y-DNA (paternal) haplogroup R1a and its offshoots are veryĬommon among Russian men.
We can genetically divide the Russian people into two main types: Merya and Muromian peoples that inhabit the north-central part of the Geneticists found that some Russians are related to the Intermarried with Finnic and Uralic peoples and with Volga TatarsĬenturies ago. But it is also known that some families of ethnic Russians The Ilmen Slavs ( Il'menskie slavyane), all of whom were East Russians included Krivichians, Radimichians, Vyatichians, Severians, and Neighbors, and also fairly close to Poles and The Russian people, too, are closely related to their The Russian languageīelongs to the East Slavic family and is related to Ukrainian andīelarusian. Russians are the dominant ethnicity in Russia today. The "Russian Ethnic Project" administered by Yaroslav Volkov. "Russia-Slavic DNA Project" administered by Angel Cervantes as well as Once you've joined, if you have Russian roots in either your mother's orįather's lineage, you'll be eligible to belong to Family Tree DNA's The database also includes Belarusians, Ukrainians, Poles, and many others. To other families, other ethnic Russian and Slavic people, and other You're invited to genetically test yourself to discover your relationship