Germany mtDNA

FamilyTreeDNA holds for Germany: 10,923 kits with mtDNA. On the maternal line the most common are J1c — 5%, K1a — 5% and U5a — 5%. YFull has 345 samples for mt from the same area, and its mix of major branches is almost the same.

10,923

kits

1,531 distinct finest branches

37%

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.

4,906 · 44.9%

1,539 · 14.1%

1,083 · 9.9%

1,007 · 9.2%

941 · 8.6%

365 · 3.3%

260 · 2.4%

249 · 2.3%

186 · 1.7%

169 · 1.5%

86 · 0.8%

41 · 0.4%

34 · 0.3%

15 · 0.1%

13 · 0.1%

Level 2

Branches #

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

J1c

565 · 5.2% 13k years

K1a

558 · 5.1% 11k years

U5a

500 · 4.6% 21k years

T2b

499 · 4.6% 8,500 years

H1a

427 · 3.9% 5,800 years

H1c

415 · 3.8% 5,300 years

U5b

367 · 3.4% 22k years

H5a

298 · 2.7% 7,800 years

H2a

295 · 2.7% 8,200 years

H1b

271 · 2.5% 5,100 years

H6a

243 · 2.2% 7,900 years

T1a

241 · 2.2% 13k years

235 · 2.2% 7,200 years

J2a

205 · 1.9% 26k years

U4a

189 · 1.7% 8,900 years

188 · 1.7%

K2a

161 · 1.5% 14k years

U2e

136 · 1.2% 23k years

H1e

134 · 1.2% 6,300 years

H11a

134 · 1.2% 6,400 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.

10,923

FTDNA

kits

345

YFull

samples

Macro-haplogroups

FTDNAYFull

FTDNA · YFull · Δ

44.9% · 36.8%−8.1

14.1% · 16.5%+2.4

9.9% · 14.2%+4.3

9.2% · 10.4%+1.2

8.6% · 8.7%+0.1

3.3% · 4.3%+1

2.3% · 2.9%+0.6

2.4% · 1.2%−1.2

1.5% · 2.3%+0.8

1.7% · 1.4%−0.3

0.8% · 0.6%−0.2

0.4% · 0.0%−0.4

Branches

FTDNAYFull

FTDNA · YFull · Δ

J1c

5.2% · 6.7%+1.5

K1a

5.1% · 5.8%+0.7

T2b

4.6% · 5.5%+0.9

U5a

4.6% · 4.9%+0.4

T1a

2.2% · 4.3%+2.1

H1c

3.8% · 4.1%+0.3

H1a

3.9% · 3.8%−0.1

H1b

2.5% · 3.5%+1

U5b

3.4% · 2.9%−0.5

H5a

2.7% · 0.3%−2.4

H2a

2.7% · 2.6%−0.1

U4a

1.7% · 2.6%+0.9

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.

H5t: 14 kits · 0.1% (×6.9)
V3c: 54 kits · 0.5% (×4.0)
H75: 18 kits · 0.2% (×5.4)
V12: 14 kits · 0.1% (×4.3)
H50: 13 kits · 0.1% (×4.1)
H1k: 10 kits · 0.1% (×4.1)
H36: 19 kits · 0.2% (×3.0)
H1s: 14 kits · 0.1% (×3.3)

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.