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It is now added to the FTDNA tree with 1 Italian sample. I am assuming FTDNA are possibly adding the Bilsk samples this week and they formed a branch with this Italian who was previously E-L618*.

Big news: The Italian sample that was previously L618* now has its own subclade defined with 11 shared SNPs. As of now it is the only sample in that group, there may be a new big y sample that could form the group with it or else it could be a scientific sample or even an ancient sample...

Something that caught my eye is an English sample in the Lancaster DNA project, which is placed under the subheading of "E-V13". These are the SNP testing results of the sample: I'm not showing the name in case there is any privacy rule in the forum, but it is a sample in a public DNA project...

I believe it's not a accurate to compare the two subclades. For one the main North African and Arabian samples have a TMRCA of approximately 2800, which isn't shallow relative to the subclade (E-Y182141) which is also 2800, FTDNA TMRCAs different slightly but I find yfull more reliable...

A Levantine origin is still more likely in my opinion, and Egyptian samples would reinforce this still.

it is not the Varna branch if you are referring to E-Y182141, as far as I know there is no ancient DNA upstream to this branch. Interestingly it is as successful as it was a few years ago, when it had 0 samples, showing that you never really know when a new branch will appear.

There is also a Brazilian Rocha surname sample that is L618 positive and negative to CTS1975. Its markers are not close to any other L618 sample.

I have also just noticed a Russian sample in the Kursk DNA project which appears to be CTS1975 positive and negative to V13. It appears closest to samples under E-FT169236 but not close enough to guarantee a close relation, though the region similarity could suggest so.

We finally have the first Chinese FamilyTreeDNA sample on the FTDNA Haplotree tested to the level of E-V13. Would be curious to know it's markers and if it is negative for any other SNPs. If it is tested via Family Finder it would mean it is likely negative for CTS5856 or at least Z5018 and...

The Syrian samples show a high concentration in Aleppo and surrounding regions and could potentially reach up to 5-6% there (for example in yfull of 9 Syrian samples 6 are from Aleppo and 1 is from Idlib very geographically close. Hopefully more data will give us better detail. Iraqi samples...

This old study shows significant levels of E-M78 -V13 -V22 -V12 samples: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3399854/ They are in this order: 9.8% Lur - Lorestan 7.7% Zoroastrian - Tehran 2.9% Armeian - Tehran 2.9% Turkmen - Golestan 1.7% Kurds - Kurdestan 1.5% Bandari - Hormozgan...

Both the Egyptian branch and the Italian lack ancient DNA samples. And E-V13 is lacking any ancient samples that are significantly old, with the oldest samples being ~800 BC Iron Age samples. I'd also expect more E-L618 branches xV13 branches to start popping up, we already have the Georgian...

This has happened now https://discover.familytreedna.com/y-dna/E-FTG10187/tree

FTDNA has added the Sicilian samples into their tree, interesting is that this is the location of not one, but two of the three E-V13 samples: https://discover.familytreedna.com/y-dna/E-FT7781/tree

Latest Latest FTDNA Discover tree for E-L618. As of now it branches into 4 branches: 1 Iraqi 1 Egyptian 1 Italian and E-CTS1975 ancestor of all other branches.

It's unusual because at first family tree showed it as a separate third branch even saying the descendents of E-M35 are E-V68, E-Z827, and 1 unnamed lineage. I thought that before including these in the discovery tree they would ensure a full big y analysis.

Strangely enough the sample does not show up anymore on familytreedna's discovery page. Does anyone know what the explanation for this is, was it an error?

Given the many near eastern L618* samples I'd say a Levantine origin for E-L618 is more likely. Especially since that is where the Cardial culture is first found.

Another update: There appears to be a new Italian L618* sample. It would be great to know about the regional origin of the sample

Yes sadly all relevant regions here (practically all of North Africa and the Middle East) have very few ancient samples. It is still possible though that cousin branches expanded into North Africa and went extinct before E-M81.