Canada mtDNA

FamilyTreeDNA holds for Canada: 2,113 kits with mtDNA. On the maternal line the most common are T2b — 4%, J1c — 4% and U5a — 4%. YFull has 129 samples for mt from the same area, and its mix of major branches is noticeably different. The largest gap is T2b: 4% on FTDNA against 8% on YFull.

2,113

kits

683 distinct finest branches

40%

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.

910 · 43.1%

243 · 11.5%

186 · 8.8%

152 · 7.2%

141 · 6.7%

89 · 4.2%

70 · 3.3%

65 · 3.1%

58 · 2.7%

56 · 2.7%

49 · 2.3%

46 · 2.2%

18 · 0.9%

14 · 0.7%

6 · 0.3%

Level 2

Branches #

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

T2b

92 · 4.4% 8,500 years

J1c

87 · 4.1% 13k years

U5a

86 · 4.1% 21k years

K1a

85 · 4.0% 11k years

H1a

82 · 3.9% 5,800 years

H1c

62 · 2.9% 5,300 years

U5b

56 · 2.7% 22k years

H5a

53 · 2.5% 7,800 years

H1b

52 · 2.5% 5,100 years

H2a

49 · 2.3% 8,200 years

48 · 2.3% 17k years

46 · 2.2% 7,200 years

42 · 2.0%

HV0

37 · 1.8% 7,500 years

T1a

35 · 1.7% 13k years

H4a

34 · 1.6% 9,500 years

X2a

28 · 1.3% 9,100 years

H1e

28 · 1.3% 6,300 years

H6a

28 · 1.3% 7,900 years

J2b

28 · 1.3% 16k 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.

2,113

FTDNA

kits

129

YFull

samples

Macro-haplogroups

FTDNAYFull

FTDNA · YFull · Δ

43.1% · 35.7%−7.4

11.5% · 14.7%+3.2

8.8% · 10.9%+2.1

7.2% · 8.5%+1.3

6.7% · 5.4%−1.2

2.7% · 4.7%+2

4.2% · 3.9%−0.3

2.7% · 3.9%+1.1

2.2% · 3.9%+1.7

3.3% · 0.8%−2.5

3.1% · 0.8%−2.3

2.3% · 1.6%−0.8

Branches

FTDNAYFull

FTDNA · YFull · Δ

T2b

4.4% · 7.8%+3.4

J1c

4.1% · 7.0%+2.9

U5a

4.1% · 4.7%+0.6

U5b

2.7% · 4.7%+2

K1a

4.0% · 3.1%−0.9

H1a

3.9% · 1.6%−2.3

H6a

1.3% · 3.9%+2.6

H2a

2.3% · 3.1%+0.8

H4a

1.6% · 3.1%+1.5

H1c

2.9% · 0.8%−2.2

H5a

2.5% · 1.6%−1

H1b

2.5% · 2.3%−0.1

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.

X2a: 28 kits · 1.3% (×25.2)
A2f: 17 kits · 0.8% (×17.5)
H44a: 14 kits · 0.7% (×12.6)
A2: 48 kits · 2.3% (×6.6)
C4c: 10 kits · 0.5% (×10.8)
V16: 12 kits · 0.6% (×7.7)
D1: 17 kits · 0.8% (×6.3)
H16: 19 kits · 0.9% (×5.9)

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.