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Armenia: haplogroups

FamilyTreeDNA has 1,181 kits with a Y-DNA result and 225 kits with mtDNA (mitochondrial DNA). On the paternal line the most common are J2a — 20%, R1b-Z2103 (M12149) — 20% and J1 — 11%. On the maternal line the most common are H — 29%, U — 16% and HV — 10%. YFull has 826 samples for Y from the same area, and its mix of major branches is almost the same. The largest gap is J: 35% on FTDNA against 41% on YFull.

Compare with…
86.5
Y-DNA · kits per 100,000 men
rank 11 of 123 among countries. About 1.4 million men (UN, 2023). A kit's country is the ancestor's homeland, not where the tester lives
7.6
mtDNA · kits per 100,000 people
rank 30 of 93 among countries. About 2.9 million people (UN, 2023)

Mitotree, the mt tree of FTDNA Discover, has about 60 more samples from here that the public mt tree lacks: mostly academic studies, GenBank among them (copy of 11 November 2026). This page is built from the public FTDNA tree.

Paternal line · Y-DNA

1,181 kits · 30 branches
Main branches of the Y tree. Each branch counts every kit in it and in its sub-branches; sub-branches are indented. Age is how many years ago the branch's common ancestor lived (TMRCA).
J
415 · 35.1% 30k years
J2
276 · 23.4% 28k years
J2a
234 · 19.8% 20k years
M67
80 · 6.8% 13k years
M92
39 · 3.3% 8,000 years
Z2222
59 · 5.0% 16k years
L25
38 · 3.2% 8,800 years
J1
133 · 11.3% 19k years
Z1842
53 · 4.5% 6,400 years
L620
51 · 4.3% 15k years
P58
47 · 4.0% 9,800 years
L858
38 · 3.2% 4,900 years
R
384 · 32.5% 28k years
R1b-M269
318 · 26.9% 6,500 years
L23
291 · 24.6% 6,400 years
Z2103 (M12149)
234 · 19.8% 5,700 years
L584
109 · 9.2% 5,200 years
Y4364
64 · 5.4% 4,600 years
R1a-M198
41 · 3.5% 8,500 years
G
141 · 11.9% 28k years
G2a
118 · 10.0% 19k years
M406
43 · 3.6% 12k years
P303
33 · 2.8% 12k years
E1b1b-M35
89 · 7.5% 25k years
E-M34
49 · 4.1% 15k years
M84
35 · 3.0% 9,500 years
E-M78
33 · 2.8% 15k years
T
55 · 4.7% 28k years
I
53 · 4.5% 35k years
I2
49 · 4.1% 25k years
other
44 · 3.7%

Among the rest: L 20, H 9, Q 7, C 5, N 1, O 1.

Maternal line · mtDNA

225 kits · 30 branches
Main mt-tree branches grouped by letter, sub-branches indented. Each branch counts every kit in it and in its sub-branches. Age is how many years ago the branch's common foremother lived, from FTDNA data where available.
H
66 · 29.3% 11k years
H1
8 · 3.6% 7,900 years
H13
8 · 3.6% 11k years
H5
6 · 2.7% 8,400 years
H4
4 of 225 11k years
H-T152C!
4 of 225
U
37 · 16.4% 51k years
U2'3'4'7'8'9
27 · 12.0% 50k years
U3b
9 · 4.0% 14k years
U7
9 · 4.0% 14k years
U7b
4 of 225 8,600 years
U4
4 of 225 22k years
U1a1a
4 of 225 17k years
T
28 · 12.4% 20k years
T2
17 · 7.6% 15k years
T2b
8 · 3.6% 8,500 years
T1a-T152C!
7 · 3.1%
HV
23 · 10.2% 13k years
HV1a'b'c
13 · 5.8% 13k years
HV1b-T152C!
7 · 3.1%
HV1b3
4 of 225 9,800 years
J
15 · 6.7% 35k years
J1
12 · 5.3% 28k years
J1b
6 · 2.7% 19k years
K1
14 · 6.2% 23k years
K1a
11 · 4.9% 11k years
N1b1a
10 · 4.4% 15k years
W-C194T
8 · 3.6% 12k years
X2-G225A
5 · 2.2%
R0a
3 of 225 28k years
other
16 · 7.1%

Among the rest: I 4, C 2, L 1, M 1.

Migration paths of the characteristic branches #

Paths of the region's main characteristic branches, as modelled by FamilyTreeDNA Discover, on one calendar clock: in each year a branch stands where its ancestral line was. Grey is a stretch of path shared by several branches; the large marker is the branch itself. Above the map you can pick the paternal line (Y-DNA) or the maternal one (mtDNA).

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The time scale is logarithmic: the closer to the present, the longer a year takes.

The same branches are in the tree on this page.

Armenia: Y-DNA #

Distinctive branches

Branches found here far more often than worldwide: their share is more than 3× the world share. The multiplier is in brackets. Branches of at least 10 kits are included.

  • R-M12149 R1b-Z2103 (M12149): 234 kits · 19.8% (95% confidence interval: 18–22%) (×17.2) 5,700 years
  • J-Z1842 J1-Z1842: 53 kits · 4.5% (95% confidence interval: 3–6%) (×9.0) 6,400 years
  • J-Z2227 J2a-Z2227: 142 kits · 12.0% (95% confidence interval: 10–14%) (×6.4) 15k years
  • J-PF5088: 202 kits · 17.1% (95% confidence interval: 15–19%) (×5.0) 17k years
  • T-Z709: 37 kits · 3.1% (95% confidence interval: 2–4%) (×7.2) 8,000 years
  • J-M92 J2a-M92: 39 kits · 3.3% (95% confidence interval: 2–4%) (×6.6) 8,000 years
  • J-Z2231: 96 kits · 8.1% (95% confidence interval: 7–10%) (×5.0) 14k years
  • J-Z1847: 80 kits · 6.8% (95% confidence interval: 5–8%) (×5.0) 13k years

Most similar countries

Countries whose mix of major branches looks most like this one. The number is similarity: 100% is the same mix, lower means less in common. Computed only for countries with 100+ kits.

1–18%19–29%30–38%39–50%51–86%Armeniaunder 100 kits
All 112 countries and regions by similarity
  1. Turkey 86%
  2. Azerbaijan 78%
  3. Iran 76%
  4. Georgia 69%
  5. Iraq 69%
  6. Lebanon 69%
  7. Greece 66%
  8. Syria 65%
  9. Bahrain 62%
  10. Italy 61%
  11. Dagestan 61%
  12. Romania 58%
  13. Italy (Sicily) 57%
  14. Egypt 54%
  15. Kuwait 53%
  16. United Arab Emirates 53%
  17. Bulgaria 53%
  18. Palestine 53%
  19. Israel 52%
  20. Qatar 52%
  21. Ukraine 50%
  22. Austria 50%
  23. Hungary 50%
  24. Belarus 49%
  25. Moldova 49%
  26. Tajikistan 48%
  27. Russia 47%
  28. Lithuania 47%
  29. Jordan 46%
  30. Spain 46%
  31. Saudi Arabia 45%
  32. Portugal 44%
  33. Uzbekistan 44%
  34. Tunisia 43%
  35. Pakistan 42%
  36. Poland 42%
  37. Adygea 42%
  38. Afghanistan 41%
  39. Latvia 40%
  40. Oman 39%
  41. Slovakia 39%
  42. Macedonia 39%
  43. Brazil 39%
  44. Chechnya 38%
  45. Morocco 38%
  46. Algeria 38%
  47. Cuba 38%
  48. Germany 38%
  49. Switzerland 38%
  50. Czech Republic 37%
  51. France 37%
  52. Mexico 37%
  53. Kazakhstan 36%
  54. Argentina 36%
  55. Albania 35%
  56. India 35%
  57. Colombia 34%
  58. Yemen 33%
  59. Belgium 32%
  60. Netherlands 31%
  61. Libya 31%
  62. Serbia 30%
  63. Ingushetia 30%
  64. Puerto Rico 29%
  65. Tatarstan 29%
  66. Sudan 29%
  67. Croatia 29%
  68. Chile 29%
  69. Bashkortostan 27%
  70. Luxembourg 27%
  71. United Kingdom 26%
  72. Slovenia 26%
  73. Montenegro 26%
  74. England 26%
  75. Orstkhoy (Aosta Valley in FTDNA) 25%
  76. United States 24%
  77. Sri Lanka 24%
  78. South Africa 23%
  79. Canada 23%
  80. Dominican Republic 23%
  81. Peru 22%
  82. Bosnia and Herzegovina 21%
  83. Wales 21%
  84. Denmark 20%
  85. Chuvashia 20%
  86. Australia 20%
  87. United States (Native American) 19%
  88. Scotland 19%
  89. Jamaica 18%
  90. Ireland 18%
  91. Northern Ireland 15%
  92. Mordovia 15%
  93. Sweden 13%
  94. New Zealand 13%
  95. Norway 12%
  96. Indonesia 12%
  97. Somalia 11%
  98. Philippines 11%
  99. China 11%
  100. Iceland 11%
  101. England (Cornish) 10%
  102. Mongolia 10%
  103. Estonia 10%
  104. Finland 6%
  105. Karelia 5%
  106. Cameroon 4%
  107. Isle of Man 3%
  108. South Korea 3%
  109. Nigeria 3%
  110. Japan 3%
  111. Vietnam 2%
  112. Ghana 1%

Armenia: mtDNA #

Distinctive branches

Branches found here far more often than worldwide: their share is more than 3× the world share. The multiplier is in brackets. Branches of at least 10 kits are included.

  • N1b: 10 kits · 4.4% (95% confidence interval: 2–8%) (×9.0)

Most similar countries

Countries whose mix of major branches looks most like this one. The number is similarity: 100% is the same mix, lower means less in common. Computed only for countries with 100+ kits.

0–23%24–44%45–47%48–53%54–78%Armeniaunder 100 kits
All 71 countries and regions by similarity
  1. Turkey 78%
  2. Italy 65%
  3. Iran 62%
  4. Greece 62%
  5. Bulgaria 60%
  6. Syria 60%
  7. Lebanon 59%
  8. Iraq 57%
  9. Poland 56%
  10. Russia 55%
  11. Chechnya 55%
  12. Austria 54%
  13. Ukraine 54%
  14. Belarus 54%
  15. Romania 53%
  16. Hungary 53%
  17. Czech Republic 53%
  18. Germany 52%
  19. Slovakia 52%
  20. Bosnia and Herzegovina 51%
  21. Lithuania 51%
  22. France 51%
  23. Switzerland 51%
  24. Belgium 49%
  25. Croatia 49%
  26. Netherlands 49%
  27. England 47%
  28. Saudi Arabia 47%
  29. Kuwait 47%
  30. Serbia 47%
  31. Sweden 47%
  32. United Arab Emirates 46%
  33. Scotland 46%
  34. United Kingdom 46%
  35. United States 46%
  36. Latvia 46%
  37. Canada 46%
  38. Moldova 46%
  39. Denmark 45%
  40. Ireland 45%
  41. Slovenia 45%
  42. Estonia 45%
  43. Wales 44%
  44. Algeria 43%
  45. Egypt 43%
  46. Northern Ireland 43%
  47. Portugal 43%
  48. Norway 43%
  49. Spain 41%
  50. Israel 40%
  51. Australia 37%
  52. United States (Native American) 36%
  53. Finland 35%
  54. Morocco 29%
  55. New Zealand 25%
  56. South Africa 24%
  57. Brazil 23%
  58. India 22%
  59. Cuba 22%
  60. Argentina 17%
  61. Dominican Republic 14%
  62. Mexico 13%
  63. Puerto Rico 10%
  64. Canada (First Nations) 7%
  65. China 6%
  66. Jamaica 4%
  67. Chile 4%
  68. Colombia 3%
  69. Japan 1%
  70. South Korea 1%
  71. Philippines 0%
YFull

The same country on YFull #

The same country at the second company, YFull. Its samples are placed on the FTDNA tree by shared mutations, so the branches are comparable. FTDNA share on the left, YFull on the right, then the difference in percentage points. Republics and other sub-regions are taken out of the country, as at FTDNA. Starred branches are nearly empty at YFull: every test there is whole-genome and reaches the fine branches. Only YFull customers (YF number) are counted, no ancient DNA. YFull data of 2026-11-02. The tree shows only its top three levels.

Y-DNA

1,181
FTDNA
kits
826
YFull
samples
FTDNAYFull
FTDNA · YFull · Δ
J J-M304
35.1% · 41.0%+5.9
J2 J-M172
23.4% · 26.8%+3.4
J2a J-M410
19.8% · 24.8%+5
J1 J-M267
11.3% · 14.3%+3
Z1842 J-Z1842
4.5% · 5.1%+0.6
L620 J-L620
4.3% · 6.4%+2.1
R R-M207
32.5% · 30.0%−2.5
R1b-M269 R-M269
26.9% · 26.5%−0.4
L23 R-L23
24.6% · 25.4%+0.8
R1a-M198 R-M198
3.5% · 1.2%−2.3
G G-M201
11.9% · 11.0%−0.9
G2a G-P15
10.0% · 9.7%−0.3
M406 G-M406
3.6% · 2.9%−0.7
P303 G-P303
2.8% · 3.1%+0.4
E1b1b-M35 E-M35
7.5% · 6.1%−1.5
E-M34
4.1% · 3.1%−1
M84 E-L795
3.0% · 2.2%−0.8
E-M78
2.8% · 2.8%0
T T-M184
4.7% · 4.0%−0.7
I I-L758
4.5% · 4.1%−0.4
I2 I-P215
4.1% · 4.0%−0.2

mtDNA

YFull has fewer than 30 samples from this country, too few to compare. 17 samples on YFull

The same country on the project maps

In the FTDNA geographic projects a member puts the place of their paternal or maternal ancestor on the map. Here those points are set against the public tree: solid bar the tree, hatched bar the points on the maps, copy of 2026-10-20. A person in several projects counts once. Branches as in the tree above: each counts every kit in it and in its sub-branches.

Y-DNA FTDNA 1,181 · Projects 214

FTDNAProjects
FTDNA · Projects · Δ
J J-M304
35.1% · 35.0%−0.1
J2 J-M172
23.4% · 23.4%0
J2a J-M410
19.8% · 16.8%−3
M67 J-M67
6.8% · 6.5%−0.2
J1 J-M267
11.3% · 11.7%+0.4
R R-M207
32.5% · 37.9%+5.3
R1b-M269 R-M269
26.9% · 31.8%+4.8
L23 R-L23
24.6% · 28.0%+3.4
Z2103 (M12149) R-M12149
19.8% · 17.8%−2.1
L584 R-L584
9.2% · 7.9%−1.3
Y4364 R-Y4364
5.4% · 5.1%−0.3
G G-M201
11.9% · 11.7%−0.3
G2a G-P15
10.0% · 8.4%−1.6
E1b1b-M35 E-M35
7.5% · 4.7%−2.9
223
Y-DNA · People on the map
214 of them have a branch of the tree; relatives with one ancestor at one place count as one, 206 such votes
87%
Y-DNA · SNP-confirmed
that many have the branch confirmed by an SNP test, the rest predicted from STRs
96%
agreement with YFull · Y
how closely the Y tree branches match between FTDNA and YFull, each branch counted without its sub-branches. 100% is identical, below 80% is visibly different.
J-M304 +5.9
gap to YFull · Y
the Y branch whose share differs most between the two companies: FTDNA 35.1%, YFull 41.0%
41% / 30%
reached the finest branch: YFull / FTDNA
share of YFull samples and FTDNA kits that reached the finest branch of the FTDNA tree. On average a YFull sample sits 32.3 branchings from the root, an FTDNA kit 28.5
30%
Y-DNA · on leaves
share of kits that reached the finest branch of the tree. The rest stopped at a broad branch: their test was not detailed enough.
49%
Big Y
rough share of kits with a Big Y test, a full read of the Y chromosome. It is estimated from the branches where the region's kits sit, so it is an estimate, not a count.
28%
mtDNA · on leaves
share of kits that reached the finest branch of the tree. The rest stopped at a broad branch: their test was not detailed enough.
0.19
mt to Y
mtDNA kits per one Y-DNA kit. Below 0.3 means the country tests almost only the paternal line.

New this month #

FTDNA: how much the kit count grew between the tree copies of 2026-10-09 and 2026-11-12. A kit that moved to a new sub-branch after refinement is not counted as new. YFull: samples YFull itself marks as new, in the copy of 2026-11-02; YFull drops the mark after a few weeks.

+5
Y-DNA, FTDNA
new kits, 2026-10-09 → 2026-11-12
+2
mtDNA, FTDNA
new kits, 2026-10-12 → 2026-11-11
+7
Y-DNA, YFull
new samples as of 2026-11-02

Y-DNA: branches that grew

mtDNA: branches that grew

New Y-DNA samples in YFull

YFull

Regions on YFull #

Regions that cannot be picked at FTDNA but are reported by YFull customers. Regions with 20 or more samples are shown; modern YFull customers only. YFull regions →

Regions on YFull
Country / region Y mt Leading
Syunik' AM-SU 73 4 R-DF27 R1b-DF27 23%, J-M267 J1 19%, R-M12149 R1b-Z2103 (M12149) 18%
Lory AM-LO 28 · J-M410 J2a 39%, R-L584 R1b-L584 14%, J-M267 J1 11%
YFull

Peoples and languages on YFull #

Native language reported by YFull customers from this country. People from regions with a page of their own (republics, autonomies) are shown there. These are the testers' own answers, not a census.

Ancient samples

From excavations on this territory: 122 samples by Y-DNA and 61 samples by mtDNA. The oldest: 5,910 BCE, Neolithic Caucasian.

Lchashen–Metsamor culture 43 · Iron Age Caucasian 26 · Urartu 20 · Hellenistic Armenian 14 · Bronze Age Caucasian 6

All ancient samples →

Data on this page: FamilyTreeDNA Y tree, 12 November 2026: 1,181 kits; FamilyTreeDNA mtDNA tree, 11 November 2026: 225 kits; YFull Y tree, 2 November 2026: 826 samples; YFull mtDNA tree, 2 November 2026: 17 samples.

How to cite: ftdnastat, "Armenia: Y-DNA and mtDNA haplogroups", https://ftdnastat.github.io/en/c/armenia/, data of 2026-11-14, build 20261114-18dba71.

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