R1b-U106 is a patrilineal descended family that may in turn descend from an ancestral R1b group located among the Yamnaya culture of the Black Sea area. The group rose to significance in southern Germany and the surrounding areas about 2600 BC. Although U106 is found all over Europe, and in countries that Europeans have migrated to, it is most significant in Germany and surrounding countries, Scandinavia, and Britain. Depending on which branch of U106 a member descends from, the people on that branch adapted to a variety of different cultures along the way, including various derivatives of Slavic, Latin, Celtic, Belgae, Saxon, Viking, and other cultural groups. U106 is a family, not a culture. Some families of the historic nobility have paperwork ancestry that reaches back farther into The Genealogical Gap of the Dark Ages. This enables us to compare the paperwork to the DNA as follows: both the Bourbon family of the Spanish and the former French Royal families, and the Wettin family of Saxe-Coburg from which the British and the Belgian Royal families, and the former Portuguese and Bulgarian Royal families descend, are confirmed to descend from the Z381 Branch of R1b-U106. The Bourbons are highly probable to descend via Z156, while the Wettins definitely descend via Z156 and its subclade DF98.
Age of Major Branches:
U106 = about 2600 BC
Z18 = about 2200 BC
Z156 = about 2300 BC
L1 = about 500 BC
U198 = about 1900 BC
L48 = about 2300 BC
L47 = about 2100 BC
Z8 = about 500 BC
Z326 = about 500 BC
Age of Major Branches:
U106 = about 2600 BC
Z18 = about 2200 BC
Z156 = about 2300 BC
L1 = about 500 BC
U198 = about 1900 BC
L48 = about 2300 BC
L47 = about 2100 BC
Z8 = about 500 BC
Z326 = about 500 BC