England mtDNA

FamilyTreeDNA holds for England: 12,344 kits with mtDNA. On the maternal line the most common are J1c — 7%, T2b — 5% and K1a — 5%. YFull has 369 samples for mt from the same area, and its mix of major branches is almost the same. The largest gap is H1c: 3% on FTDNA against 6% on YFull.

12,344

kits

1,543 distinct finest branches

41%

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.

5,472 · 44.3%

1,611 · 13.1%

1,310 · 10.6%

1,256 · 10.2%

1,091 · 8.8%

413 · 3.3%

357 · 2.9%

238 · 1.9%

226 · 1.8%

191 · 1.5%

49 · 0.4%

36 · 0.3%

27 · 0.2%

23 · 0.2%

22 · 0.2%

10 · 0.1%

Level 2

Branches #

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

J1c

874 · 7.1% 13k years

T2b

664 · 5.4% 8,500 years

K1a

609 · 4.9% 11k years

U5a

570 · 4.6% 21k years

H1a

562 · 4.6% 5,800 years

U5b

481 · 3.9% 22k years

H1c

386 · 3.1% 5,300 years

H1b

342 · 2.8% 5,100 years

H5a

310 · 2.5% 7,800 years

H2a

304 · 2.5% 8,200 years

H6a

290 · 2.3% 7,900 years

T1a

272 · 2.2% 13k years

269 · 2.2% 7,200 years

H4a

195 · 1.6% 9,500 years

168 · 1.4%

T2a

162 · 1.3% 12k years

J2a

159 · 1.3% 26k years

H1e

156 · 1.3% 6,300 years

K2a

155 · 1.3% 14k years

K1c

153 · 1.2% 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.

12,344

FTDNA

kits

369

YFull

samples

Macro-haplogroups

FTDNAYFull

FTDNA · YFull · Δ

44.3% · 40.7%−3.7

13.1% · 14.9%+1.9

10.6% · 9.5%−1.1

10.2% · 10.6%+0.4

8.8% · 9.8%+0.9

3.3% · 3.0%−0.4

2.9% · 3.3%+0.4

1.5% · 2.7%+1.2

1.9% · 2.4%+0.5

1.8% · 2.4%+0.6

0.3% · 0.5%+0.3

0.4% · 0.0%−0.4

Branches

FTDNAYFull

FTDNA · YFull · Δ

J1c

7.1% · 6.2%−0.8

H1c

3.1% · 6.2%+3.1

U5b

3.9% · 6.0%+2.1

T2b

5.4% · 3.8%−1.6

K1a

4.9% · 4.9%−0.1

U5a

4.6% · 4.3%−0.3

H1a

4.6% · 3.3%−1.3

H1e

1.3% · 3.0%+1.7

H1b

2.8% · 1.9%−0.9

H5a

2.5% · 2.7%+0.2

T1a

2.2% · 2.7%+0.5

H2a

2.5% · 1.9%−0.6

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.

H3n: 10 kits · 0.1% (×5.0)
H83: 13 kits · 0.1% (×4.1)
A12a: 10 kits · 0.1% (×3.9)
H47a: 13 kits · 0.1% (×3.1)

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.