A · BT · CT · F · K · K2 · K2b · NO · N · N1 · N1a · N1a1 · N1a1a · N-Z1936 · N-Z1927 · N-Z1933 · N-VL62 · N-Z4747 · N-Z1941 · N-Y16817 · N-Y6058

Haplogroup N-Y6058

N-Y6058 (Z1941 → Y16817 downstream branch)

Macro-haplogroup

Parent clade

N-Y16817

Formed (estimate)

c. 1,300–1,500 years before present

TMRCA (estimate)

c. 1,000–1,150 years ago

Y6058

Overview

N-Y6058 emerges as a downstream branch beneath N-Y16817 within the N-Z1941 Finnish–Karelian trunk. It represents a lineage that diversified during the medieval transition in eastern Finland and Karelia, when population densities increased around lake systems and early fortified settlements. The branching dates of Y6058 coincide with the establishment of stable patrilineal groups and may correspond to clan-like structures characteristic of medieval Finnic communities.

Geographic distribution

Y6058 occurs primarily in eastern Finland, especially in North Karelia, the Kuopio region and parts of Kainuu. It also appears among Karelians and in scattered instances in northwestern Russia. This distribution fits a pattern of early settlement radiating outward from the eastern Finnish inland and Ladoga-connected trade routes.

Ancient DNA

Upstream Z1941 and Y16817 lineages are documented in Iron Age Finnic contexts, implying ancestral continuity to Y6058.
The formation age suggests the branch arose during a period of geographic expansion of Finnic-speaking groups within eastern Finland.
Coalescent patterns show modest diversification consistent with local founder events.

Phylogeny & subclades

In YFull’s N structure, Y6058 sits as one of the main identifiable branches under N-Y16817. It contains several small downstream subbranches, indicating limited but sustained survival. Its formation prior to strong Z1939 expansions makes it part of the early Finnic paternal framework.

N-Y6058*
Multiple Y6058-derived microbranches

Notes & context