France mtDNA

FamilyTreeDNA holds for France: 4,374 kits with mtDNA. On the maternal line the most common are K1a — 5%, J1c — 5% and T2b — 5%. YFull has 214 samples for mt from the same area, and its mix of major branches is broadly the same. The largest gap is H: 3% on FTDNA against 0% on YFull.

4,374

kits

1,039 distinct finest branches

34%

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.

1,965 · 44.9%

542 · 12.4%

430 · 9.8%

386 · 8.8%

371 · 8.5%

135 · 3.1%

121 · 2.8%

114 · 2.6%

103 · 2.4%

92 · 2.1%

38 · 0.9%

23 · 0.5%

16 · 0.4%

12 · 0.3%

7 · 0.2%

Level 2

Branches #

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

K1a

229 · 5.2% 11k years

J1c

213 · 4.9% 13k years

T2b

209 · 4.8% 8,500 years

U5a

172 · 3.9% 21k years

H1a

153 · 3.5% 5,800 years

137 · 3.1%

U5b

126 · 2.9% 22k years

117 · 2.7% 7,200 years

H2a

108 · 2.5% 8,200 years

H1b

104 · 2.4% 5,100 years

H1c

99 · 2.3% 5,300 years

86 · 2.0% 6,700 years

X2b

82 · 1.9% 9,000 years

T1a

81 · 1.9% 13k years

H5a

79 · 1.8% 7,800 years

J1b

79 · 1.8% 19k years

H4a

74 · 1.7% 9,500 years

H1e

69 · 1.6% 6,300 years

HV0

60 · 1.4% 7,500 years

U2e

60 · 1.4% 23k 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.

4,374

FTDNA

kits

214

YFull

samples

Macro-haplogroups

FTDNAYFull

FTDNA · YFull · Δ

44.9% · 42.5%−2.4

12.4% · 14.0%+1.6

9.8% · 8.9%−1

8.8% · 8.4%−0.4

8.5% · 6.5%−1.9

3.1% · 7.9%+4.9

2.8% · 3.7%+1

2.1% · 3.3%+1.2

2.6% · 1.4%−1.2

2.4% · 1.9%−0.5

0.9% · 0.5%−0.4

0.5% · 0.0%−0.5

Branches

FTDNAYFull

FTDNA · YFull · Δ

K1a

5.2% · 6.1%+0.8

H1a

3.5% · 5.6%+2.1

H1c

2.3% · 5.1%+2.9

J1c

4.9% · 3.7%−1.1

T2b

4.8% · 2.8%−2

T1a

1.9% · 4.7%+2.8

U5a

3.9% · 4.2%+0.3

2.7% · 4.2%+1.5

H1b

2.4% · 4.2%+1.8

U5b

2.9% · 3.3%+0.4

3.1% · 0.0%−3.1

HV1a

0.4% · 2.8%+2.4

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.

H77: 21 kits · 0.5% (×23.1)
H44a: 29 kits · 0.7% (×12.6)
H3s: 22 kits · 0.5% (×12.6)
H86: 19 kits · 0.4% (×7.3)
H40: 11 kits · 0.3% (×7.5)
U6a: 53 kits · 1.2% (×4.4)
H7b: 52 kits · 1.2% (×4.2)
H14b: 20 kits · 0.5% (×5.4)

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.