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Greece: haplogroups

FamilyTreeDNA has 1,318 kits with a Y-DNA result and 462 kits with mtDNA (mitochondrial DNA). On the paternal line the most common are J2 — 20%, E1b1b-M35 — 19% and R1b-M269 — 13%. On the maternal line the most common are H — 40%, U — 18% and T2 — 8%. YFull has 178 samples for Y from the same area, and its mix of major branches is broadly the same. The largest gap is I: 14% on FTDNA against 25% on YFull.

Compare with…
26.6
Y-DNA · kits per 100,000 men
rank 37 of 123 among countries. About 5.0 million men (UN, 2023). A kit's country is the ancestor's homeland, not where the tester lives
4.5
mtDNA · kits per 100,000 people
rank 39 of 93 among countries. About 10 million people (UN, 2023)

Mitotree, the mt tree of FTDNA Discover, has about 103 more samples from here that the public mt tree lacks: mostly academic studies, GenBank among them (copy of 11 November 2026). This page is built from the public FTDNA tree.

Paternal line · Y-DNA

1,318 kits · 30 branches
Main branches of the Y tree. Each branch counts every kit in it and in its sub-branches; sub-branches are indented. Age is how many years ago the branch's common ancestor lived (TMRCA).
J
382 · 29.0% 30k years
J2
264 · 20.0% 28k years
J2a
154 · 11.7% 20k years
Z2222
60 · 4.6% 16k years
M67
45 · 3.4% 13k years
J1
115 · 8.7% 19k years
L620
52 · 3.9% 15k years
P58
42 · 3.2% 9,800 years
R
263 · 20.0% 28k years
R1b-M269
170 · 12.9% 6,500 years
L23
125 · 9.5% 6,400 years
L51
77 · 5.8% 6,100 years
P312
60 · 4.6% 4,900 years
Z2103 (M12149)
41 · 3.1% 5,700 years
R1a-M198
67 · 5.1% 8,500 years
Z282
44 · 3.3% 4,800 years
E
262 · 19.9% 52k years
E1b1b-M35
248 · 18.8% 25k years
E-M78
175 · 13.3% 15k years
V13
140 · 10.6% 5,200 years
E-M123
43 · 3.3% 18k years
M34
40 · 3.0% 15k years
I
191 · 14.5% 35k years
I2
155 · 11.8% 25k years
I2a
102 · 7.7% 20k years
CTS10228
85 · 6.4% 3,300 years
G
120 · 9.1% 28k years
G2a
77 · 5.8% 19k years
T
41 · 3.1% 28k years
L
37 · 2.8% 24k years
other
22 · 1.7%

Among the rest: Q 7, C 5, N 4, H 4, F 2.

Maternal line · mtDNA

462 kits · 30 branches
Main mt-tree branches grouped by letter, sub-branches indented. Each branch counts every kit in it and in its sub-branches. Age is how many years ago the branch's common foremother lived, from FTDNA data where available.
H
186 · 40.3% 11k years
H1
29 · 6.3% 7,900 years
H-T195C!
19 · 4.1%
H12a
10 · 2.2% 2,900 years
H5
18 · 3.9% 8,400 years
H5a
11 · 2.4% 7,700 years
H7
15 · 3.2% 6,800 years
H13
11 · 2.4% 11k years
H3
10 · 2.2% 6,700 years
U
83 · 18.0% 51k years
U2'3'4'7'8'9
35 · 7.6% 50k years
U4
13 · 2.8% 22k years
U3
10 · 2.2% 35k years
U5a'b
29 · 6.3% 30k years
U5a
21 · 4.5% 21k years
U5a1
14 · 3.0% 13k years
U1a1
17 · 3.7% 21k years
U1a1a
10 · 2.2% 17k years
T
46 · 10.0% 20k years
T2
39 · 8.4% 15k years
T2b
20 · 4.3% 8,500 years
K1a
31 · 6.7% 11k years
K1a4
14 · 3.0% 11k years
J
23 · 5.0% 35k years
J1c
16 · 3.5% 13k years
HV
18 · 3.9% 13k years
I
11 · 2.4% 17k years
X2-G225A
11 · 2.4%
N1
10 · 2.2% 51k years
W-C194T
10 · 2.2% 12k years
other
33 · 7.1%

Among the rest: R 4, L 3, C 3, M 2, D 2, A 2, B 1.

Migration paths of the characteristic branches #

Paths of the region's main characteristic branches, as modelled by FamilyTreeDNA Discover, on one calendar clock: in each year a branch stands where its ancestral line was. Grey is a stretch of path shared by several branches; the large marker is the branch itself. Above the map you can pick the paternal line (Y-DNA) or the maternal one (mtDNA).

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The time scale is logarithmic: the closer to the present, the longer a year takes.

The same branches are in the tree on this page.

Greece: Y-DNA #

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.

  • E-V13 E-V13: 140 kits · 10.6% (95% confidence interval: 9–12%) (×5.9) 5,200 years
  • E-CTS5856: 119 kits · 9.0% (95% confidence interval: 8–11%) (×5.8) 4,500 years
  • E-BY3880: 95 kits · 7.2% (95% confidence interval: 6–9%) (×6.0) 4,300 years
  • E-S2979: 46 kits · 3.5% (95% confidence interval: 3–5%) (×7.1) 3,700 years
  • I-S20602: 79 kits · 6.0% (95% confidence interval: 5–7%) (×6.2) 2,500 years
  • E-Z5018: 53 kits · 4.0% (95% confidence interval: 3–5%) (×6.6) 3,800 years
  • E-M35 E1b1b-M35: 248 kits · 18.8% (95% confidence interval: 17–21%) (×3.6) 25k years
  • J-M172 J2: 264 kits · 20.0% (95% confidence interval: 18–22%) (×3.2) 28k years

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.

2–26%27–38%39–48%49–62%63–84%Greeceunder 100 kits
All 112 countries and regions by similarity
  1. Italy 84%
  2. Romania 80%
  3. Bulgaria 80%
  4. Turkey 76%
  5. Austria 76%
  6. Hungary 75%
  7. Ukraine 74%
  8. Lebanon 73%
  9. Iran 68%
  10. Macedonia 68%
  11. Russia 67%
  12. Slovakia 67%
  13. Syria 67%
  14. Belarus 67%
  15. Poland 67%
  16. Armenia 66%
  17. Germany 64%
  18. Iraq 64%
  19. Spain 64%
  20. Moldova 63%
  21. Albania 63%
  22. Lithuania 62%
  23. Czech Republic 62%
  24. Israel 62%
  25. Azerbaijan 62%
  26. Serbia 61%
  27. Switzerland 60%
  28. Portugal 60%
  29. Egypt 59%
  30. Italy (Sicily) 59%
  31. Georgia 57%
  32. France 56%
  33. Croatia 55%
  34. Latvia 54%
  35. Brazil 54%
  36. Palestine 54%
  37. Bahrain 54%
  38. Belgium 52%
  39. Montenegro 51%
  40. Slovenia 51%
  41. Netherlands 50%
  42. Jordan 49%
  43. Qatar 49%
  44. Tunisia 48%
  45. Uzbekistan 48%
  46. Bosnia and Herzegovina 48%
  47. United Arab Emirates 48%
  48. Mexico 48%
  49. Kuwait 47%
  50. England 46%
  51. Puerto Rico 46%
  52. Saudi Arabia 45%
  53. United Kingdom 45%
  54. Algeria 44%
  55. Cuba 43%
  56. Morocco 43%
  57. Tajikistan 42%
  58. Colombia 42%
  59. Dagestan 42%
  60. United States 41%
  61. Canada 41%
  62. Kazakhstan 40%
  63. Denmark 40%
  64. Luxembourg 40%
  65. Libya 39%
  66. Argentina 38%
  67. Tatarstan 38%
  68. Wales 38%
  69. Chile 37%
  70. Adygea 37%
  71. Oman 37%
  72. India 37%
  73. Afghanistan 37%
  74. Pakistan 37%
  75. Sudan 36%
  76. South Africa 36%
  77. Bashkortostan 36%
  78. Yemen 35%
  79. Dominican Republic 35%
  80. Scotland 34%
  81. Chuvashia 34%
  82. United States (Native American) 32%
  83. Australia 32%
  84. Mordovia 31%
  85. Chechnya 31%
  86. Ireland 30%
  87. Sri Lanka 29%
  88. Peru 28%
  89. Sweden 27%
  90. Norway 26%
  91. Northern Ireland 26%
  92. Jamaica 25%
  93. Estonia 25%
  94. England (Cornish) 23%
  95. Iceland 19%
  96. Ingushetia 19%
  97. New Zealand 18%
  98. Somalia 16%
  99. Orstkhoy (Aosta Valley in FTDNA) 15%
  100. Finland 14%
  101. Karelia 13%
  102. Indonesia 12%
  103. China 12%
  104. Mongolia 11%
  105. Cameroon 10%
  106. Philippines 9%
  107. Isle of Man 8%
  108. Nigeria 7%
  109. South Korea 4%
  110. Japan 4%
  111. Ghana 4%
  112. Vietnam 2%

Greece: mtDNA #

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.

  • H12a: 10 kits · 2.2% (95% confidence interval: 1–4%) (×79.2)
  • U1a: 17 kits · 3.7% (95% confidence interval: 2–6%) (×13.7)

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.

0–31%32–53%54–62%63–68%69–79%Greeceunder 100 kits
All 71 countries and regions by similarity
  1. Italy 79%
  2. Bulgaria 77%
  3. Russia 72%
  4. Czech Republic 72%
  5. Poland 72%
  6. Hungary 72%
  7. Ukraine 72%
  8. Slovakia 71%
  9. Turkey 71%
  10. Germany 71%
  11. Austria 70%
  12. Switzerland 69%
  13. France 69%
  14. Croatia 69%
  15. Romania 68%
  16. England 66%
  17. Sweden 66%
  18. Serbia 66%
  19. United Kingdom 66%
  20. United States 66%
  21. Netherlands 65%
  22. Belgium 65%
  23. Scotland 64%
  24. Ireland 63%
  25. Bosnia and Herzegovina 63%
  26. Slovenia 63%
  27. Denmark 63%
  28. Belarus 63%
  29. Norway 62%
  30. Canada 62%
  31. Armenia 62%
  32. Lithuania 61%
  33. Portugal 61%
  34. Chechnya 60%
  35. Northern Ireland 60%
  36. Latvia 59%
  37. Wales 59%
  38. Estonia 59%
  39. Australia 56%
  40. Spain 56%
  41. Syria 56%
  42. Lebanon 55%
  43. Moldova 53%
  44. United States (Native American) 52%
  45. Iran 52%
  46. Finland 51%
  47. Algeria 50%
  48. Iraq 48%
  49. Israel 45%
  50. Egypt 43%
  51. Saudi Arabia 40%
  52. Morocco 39%
  53. United Arab Emirates 36%
  54. Kuwait 36%
  55. New Zealand 35%
  56. South Africa 32%
  57. Brazil 31%
  58. Cuba 30%
  59. Argentina 27%
  60. India 23%
  61. Dominican Republic 19%
  62. Mexico 18%
  63. Puerto Rico 16%
  64. Canada (First Nations) 11%
  65. Chile 9%
  66. China 7%
  67. Jamaica 7%
  68. Colombia 6%
  69. Japan 2%
  70. South Korea 1%
  71. Philippines 0%
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 2026-11-02. The tree shows only its top three levels.

Y-DNA

1,318
FTDNA
kits
178
YFull
samples
FTDNAYFull
FTDNA · YFull · Δ
J J-M304
29.0% · 26.4%−2.6
J2 J-M172
20.0% · 16.3%−3.7
J2a J-M410
11.7% · 11.2%−0.4
J1 J-M267
8.7% · 10.1%+1.4
L620 J-L620
3.9% · 7.9%+3.9
R R-M207
20.0% · 14.6%−5.3
R1b-M269 R-M269
12.9% · 9.6%−3.3
L23 R-L23
9.5% · 9.0%−0.5
R1a-M198 R-M198
5.1% · 3.9%−1.2
Z282 R-Z282
3.3% · 3.9%+0.6
E E-M96
19.9% · 18.0%−1.9
E1b1b-M35 E-M35
18.8% · 17.4%−1.4
E-M78
13.3% · 11.2%−2
E-M123
3.3% · 5.1%+1.8
I I-L758
14.5% · 25.3%+10.8
I2 I-P215
11.8% · 21.9%+10.1
I2a I-P37
7.7% · 16.9%+9.1
G G-M201
9.1% · 9.0%−0.1
G2a G-P15
5.8% · 9.0%+3.1
T T-M184
3.1% · 3.9%+0.8
L L-M20
2.8% · 0.6%−2.2

mtDNA

462
FTDNA
kits
83
YFull
samples
FTDNAYFull
FTDNA · YFull · Δ
H
40.3% · 26.5%−13.8
H1
6.3% · 3.6%−2.7
H-T195C!
4.1% · 1.2%−2.9
H12a
2.2% · 1.2%−1
H5
3.9% · 1.2%−2.7
H5a
2.4% · 0.0%−2.4
H7
3.2% · 3.6%+0.4
H13
2.4% · 3.6%+1.2
H3
2.2% · 0.0%−2.2
U
18.0% · 21.7%+3.7
U2'3'4'7'8'9
7.6% · 8.4%+0.9
U4
2.8% · 2.4%−0.4
U3
2.2% · 4.8%+2.7
U5a'b
6.3% · 8.4%+2.2
U5a
4.5% · 7.2%+2.7
U1a1
3.7% · 3.6%−0.1
U1a1a
2.2% · 2.4%+0.2
T
10.0% · 7.2%−2.7
T2
8.4% · 3.6%−4.8
T2b
4.3% · 1.2%−3.1
K1a
6.7% · 4.8%−1.9
K1a4
3.0% · 3.6%+0.6
J
5.0% · 4.8%−0.2
J1c
3.5% · 4.8%+1.4
HV
3.9% · 8.4%+4.5
I
2.4% · 2.4%0
X2-G225A
2.4% · 3.6%+1.2
N1
2.2% · 1.2%−1
W-C194T
2.2% · 0.0%−2.2

The same country on the project maps

In the FTDNA geographic projects a member puts the place of their paternal or maternal ancestor on the map. Here those points are set against the public tree: solid bar the tree, hatched bar the points on the maps, copy of 2026-10-20. A person in several projects counts once. Branches as in the tree above: each counts every kit in it and in its sub-branches.

Y-DNA FTDNA 1,318 · Projects 411

FTDNAProjects
FTDNA · Projects · Δ
J J-M304
29.0% · 21.4%−7.6
J2 J-M172
20.0% · 16.1%−4
J2a J-M410
11.7% · 7.1%−4.6
J1 J-M267
8.7% · 5.4%−3.4
R R-M207
20.0% · 24.3%+4.4
R1b-M269 R-M269
12.9% · 15.6%+2.7
L23 R-L23
9.5% · 9.0%−0.5
E E-M96
19.9% · 21.9%+2
E1b1b-M35 E-M35
18.8% · 21.2%+2.4
E-M78
13.3% · 11.4%−1.8
V13 E-V13
10.6% · 9.2%−1.4
I I-L758
14.5% · 15.6%+1.1
I2 I-P215
11.8% · 13.9%+2.1
G G-M201
9.1% · 10.9%+1.8

mtDNA FTDNA 462 · Projects 166

FTDNAProjects
FTDNA · Projects · Δ
H
40.3% · 39.2%−1.1
H1
6.3% · 2.4%−3.9
H-T195C!
4.1% · 2.4%−1.7
H5
3.9% · 3.6%−0.3
U
18.0% · 18.1%+0.1
U2'3'4'7'8'9
7.6% · 7.2%−0.3
U5a'b
6.3% · 4.8%−1.5
U5a
4.5% · 4.2%−0.3
T
10.0% · 9.0%−0.9
T2
8.4% · 6.6%−1.8
T2b
4.3% · 1.8%−2.5
K1a
6.7% · 4.8%−1.9
J
5.0% · 5.4%+0.4
HV
3.9% · 4.8%+0.9
432
Y-DNA · People on the map
411 of them have a branch of the tree; relatives with one ancestor at one place count as one, 428 such votes
75%
Y-DNA · SNP-confirmed
that many have the branch confirmed by an SNP test, the rest predicted from STRs
166
mtDNA · People on the map
166 of them have a branch of the tree; relatives with one ancestor at one place count as one, 165 such votes
84%
agreement with YFull · Y
how closely the Y tree branches match between FTDNA and YFull, each branch counted without its sub-branches. 100% is identical, below 80% is visibly different.
I-L758 +10.8
gap to YFull · Y
the Y branch whose share differs most between the two companies: FTDNA 14.5%, YFull 25.3%
34% / 17%
reached the finest branch: YFull / FTDNA
share of YFull samples and FTDNA kits that reached the finest branch of the FTDNA tree. On average a YFull sample sits 32.2 branchings from the root, an FTDNA kit 25.6
17%
Y-DNA · 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.
27%
Big Y
rough share of kits with a Big Y test, a full read of the Y chromosome. It is estimated from the branches where the region's kits sit, so it is an estimate, not a count.
35%
mtDNA · 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.
0.35
mt to Y
mtDNA kits per one Y-DNA kit. Below 0.3 means the country tests almost only the paternal line.

New this month #

FTDNA: how much the kit count grew between the tree copies of 2026-10-09 and 2026-11-12. A kit that moved to a new sub-branch after refinement is not counted as new. YFull: samples YFull itself marks as new, in the copy of 2026-11-02; YFull drops the mark after a few weeks.

+2
mtDNA, FTDNA
new kits, 2026-10-12 → 2026-11-11
+2
Y-DNA, YFull
new samples as of 2026-11-02
+3
mtDNA, YFull
new samples as of 2026-11-02

mtDNA: branches that grew

New Y-DNA samples in YFull

New mtDNA samples in YFull

YFull

Peoples and languages on YFull #

Native language reported by YFull customers from this country. People from regions with a page of their own (republics, autonomies) are shown there. These are the testers' own answers, not a census.

Ancient samples

From excavations on this territory: 104 samples by Y-DNA and 13 samples by mtDNA. The oldest: 6,050 BCE, Neolithic Aegean.

Minoan civilization 37 · Mycenaean Greece 22 · Modern Cretan 15 · Cycladic culture 6 · Bronze Age Aegean 4

All ancient samples →

Data on this page: FamilyTreeDNA Y tree, 12 November 2026: 1,318 kits; FamilyTreeDNA mtDNA tree, 11 November 2026: 462 kits; YFull Y tree, 2 November 2026: 178 samples; YFull mtDNA tree, 2 November 2026: 83 samples.

How to cite: ftdnastat, "Greece: Y-DNA and mtDNA haplogroups", https://ftdnastat.github.io/en/c/greece/, data of 2026-11-14, build 20261114-18dba71.

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