Faroe Islands: ancient DNA

Y-DNA

samples

mtDNA

samples

People whose remains archaeologists found and whose DNA labs have read. The date is the middle of the dating interval, radiocarbon or by archaeological context. Branches link to branch pages where one exists. All archaeological cultures

Y-DNA

By period #

1,000–2,000 CE

12 · 100.0%

Y-DNA

Branches #

2 · 16.7%

2 · 16.7%

2 · 16.7%

1 · 8.3%

1 · 8.3%

1 · 8.3%

1 · 8.3%

1 · 8.3%

1 · 8.3%

Y-DNA

Cultures #

All archaeological cultures

Faroe Islanders 11
Viking Age Faroese 1

mtDNA

By period #

1,000–2,000 CE

2 · 100.0%

mtDNA

Branches #

J1b1a1a

1 · 50.0%

U5a1g

1 · 50.0%

Paternal lines of the ancients #

Source: FamilyTreeDNA Discover.

Paternal lines of the ancients
Sample	Culture	Site	Date	Branch	Study
Hvalba 24 VK24	Viking Age Faroese	Hvalba, Faroes	1,050 CE	R-FGC12948 ?	Margaryan et al. 2020
Faroe 18 VK45	Faroe Islanders	Church 2, Sandoy	1,600 CE	R-CTS8277 ?	Margaryan et al. 2020
Faroe 2 VK234	Faroe Islanders	Church 2, Sandoy	1,600 CE	R-FT381000	Margaryan et al. 2020
Faroe 1 VK25	Faroe Islanders	Church 2, Sandoy	1,600 CE	R-FT381000	Margaryan et al. 2020
Faroe 16 VK245	Faroe Islanders	Church 2, Sandoy	1,600 CE	R-FT383000	Margaryan et al. 2020
Faroe 19 VK46	Faroe Islanders	Church 2, Faroes	1,600 CE	R-FT383000	Margaryan et al. 2020
Faroe 15 VK237	Faroe Islanders	Church 2, Sandoy	1,600 CE	R-FTD46405	Margaryan et al. 2020
Faroe 12 VK244	Faroe Islanders	Church 2, Sandoy	1,600 CE	R-FTD46405	Margaryan et al. 2020
Faroe 10 VK27	Faroe Islanders	Church 2, Sandoy	1,600 CE	R-L513 ?	Margaryan et al. 2020
Faroe 3 VK242	Faroe Islanders	Church 2, Sandoy	1,600 CE	R-S764 ?	Margaryan et al. 2020
Faroe 17 VK44	Faroe Islanders	Church 2, Sandoy	1,600 CE	R-Y326461	Margaryan et al. 2020
Faroe 4 VK238	Faroe Islanders	Church 2, Sandoy	1,600 CE	R-YP396	Margaryan et al. 2020

Maternal lines of the ancients #

Source: YFull; no culture given.

Maternal lines of the ancients
Sample	Site	Date	Branch
100366		1,050 CE	J1b1a1a3
100368		1,600 CE	U5a1g1