Belarus mtDNA

FamilyTreeDNA holds for Belarus: 738 kits with mtDNA. On the maternal line the most common are K1a — 16%, J1c — 5% and HV1b — 5%. YFull has 100 samples for mt from the same area, and its mix of major branches is noticeably different. The largest gap is K1a: 16% on FTDNA against 6% on YFull.

738

kits

245 distinct finest branches

65%

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.

Each colour is one of the eight most common macro-haplogroups worldwide (the first letter of the haplogroup, such as R or J). Everything else is grey.HUTJKVLIother

Level 1

Macro-haplogroups #

The opening letters of the mtDNA haplogroup (H, U, HV), the broadest division of the mt tree. Percentages of all the region's kits.

218 · 29.5%

140 · 19.0%

88 · 11.9%

65 · 8.8%

58 · 7.9%

40 · 5.4%

32 · 4.3%

26 · 3.5%

22 · 3.0%

15 · 2.0%

12 · 1.6%

8 · 1.1%

6 · 0.8%

5 · 0.7%

1 · 0.1%

Level 2

Branches #

mt-tree branches shortened to three parts: letters, a number and one letter, such as U5a, H13a, J2b.

K1a

116 · 15.7% 11k years

J1c

38 · 5.1% 13k years

HV1b

37 · 5.0% 13k years

U5a

34 · 4.6% 21k years

N1b

26 · 3.5% 33k years

H1a

23 · 3.1% 5,800 years

H6a

22 · 3.0% 7,900 years

K2a

21 · 2.8% 14k years

J1b

18 · 2.4% 19k years

V7a

17 · 2.3% 4,900 years

R0a

15 · 2.0% 28k years

HV5a

15 · 2.0% 2,800 years

H1b

15 · 2.0% 5,100 years

H1e

14 · 1.9% 6,300 years

T2b

14 · 1.9% 8,500 years

H1c

13 · 1.8% 5,300 years

U5b

13 · 1.8% 22k years

H5a

11 · 1.5% 7,800 years

H11a

11 · 1.5% 6,400 years

I1c

10 · 1.4% 8,300 years

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 2026-09-29.

738

FTDNA

kits

100

YFull

samples

Macro-haplogroups

FTDNAYFull

FTDNA · YFull · Δ

29.5% · 34.0%+4.5

11.9% · 19.0%+7.1

19.0% · 11.0%−8

8.8% · 9.0%+0.2

7.9% · 8.0%+0.1

5.4% · 7.0%+1.6

4.3% · 2.0%−2.3

3.0% · 4.0%+1

3.5% · 3.0%−0.5

2.0% · 0.0%−2

0.7% · 2.0%+1.3

1.6% · 1.0%−0.6

Branches

FTDNAYFull

FTDNA · YFull · Δ

K1a

15.7% · 6.0%−9.7

H1c

1.8% · 8.0%+6.2

J1c

5.1% · 4.0%−1.1

HV1b

5.0% · 4.0%−1

U5a

4.6% · 5.0%+0.4

J1b

2.4% · 4.0%+1.6

H1e

1.9% · 4.0%+2.1

T1a

1.1% · 4.0%+2.9

N1b

3.5% · 0.0%−3.5

H1a

3.1% · 2.0%−1.1

V7a

2.3% · 3.0%+0.7

U5b

1.8% · 3.0%+1.2

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.

HV1b: 37 kits · 5.0% (×25.7)
HV5a: 15 kits · 2.0% (×28.2)
I1c: 10 kits · 1.4% (×19.6)
W3b: 10 kits · 1.4% (×15.7)
H7e: 10 kits · 1.4% (×14.6)
N1b: 26 kits · 3.5% (×7.1)
V7a: 17 kits · 2.3% (×7.5)
K1a: 116 kits · 15.7% (×3.4)

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.

Pile-ups on a single branch #

One finest branch holds at least 10% of the region's kits (and at least 20 kits). This usually reflects a surname or clan project, not how common the branch really is in the population. Kits left on broad branches by a shallow test are not counted.

K1a1b1a: 83 · 11.2%