Tolkien's Y-DNA haplogroup R1a

[Tomenable]

Apparently he was R1a and of the same subclade as Maria Sklodowska-Curie's father (Sklodowski):

https://tolkniety.blogspot.com/?m=1

 

[Joey37]

YEAH R1A FAMILY! My favorite author is a distant cousin! His is Old Prussian, though, while mine is west-Wendish.

 

[Galadhorn]

Now we know terminal SNP of the Tolkien family. It is R1a > Z92 > Y42738*

More can be found on my blog TOLKNIETY (dot) blogspot (dot) com

This SNP can be found on YFull (Eric Tolkien's ID is YF88107)