Greece mtDNA

FamilyTreeDNA holds for Greece: 458 kits with mtDNA. On the maternal line the most common are K1a — 7%, H — 5% and U5a — 5%. YFull has 78 samples for mt from the same area, and its mix of major branches is noticeably different. The largest gap is W1c: 0% on FTDNA against 6% on YFull.

458

kits

270 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.

184 · 40.2%

83 · 18.1%

46 · 10.0%

35 · 7.6%

23 · 5.0%

18 · 3.9%

12 · 2.6%

11 · 2.4%

10 · 2.2%

8 · 1.7%

4 · 0.9%

3 · 0.7%

2 · 0.4%

Level 2

Branches #

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

K1a

31 · 6.8% 11k years

24 · 5.2%

U5a

21 · 4.6% 21k years

T2b

20 · 4.4% 8,500 years

U1a

17 · 3.7% 26k years

J1c

16 · 3.5% 13k years

H5a

11 · 2.4% 7,800 years

H12a

10 · 2.2% 2,900 years

H13a

8 · 1.7% 11k years

T2a

8 · 1.7% 12k years

U5b

8 · 1.7% 22k years

H1c

7 · 1.5% 5,300 years

T1a

7 · 1.5% 13k years

N1b

6 · 1.3% 33k years

6 · 1.3%

H1b

6 · 1.3% 5,100 years

H2a

6 · 1.3% 8,200 years

H7b

6 · 1.3% 6,200 years

H44b

6 · 1.3% 5,600 years

U3b

6 · 1.3% 14k 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.

458

FTDNA

kits

YFull

samples

Macro-haplogroups

FTDNAYFull

FTDNA · YFull · Δ

40.2% · 21.8%−18.4

18.1% · 23.1%+5

7.6% · 10.3%+2.6

10.0% · 7.7%−2.4

3.9% · 9.0%+5

2.6% · 6.4%+3.8

5.0% · 5.1%+0.1

1.7% · 5.1%+3.4

2.4% · 3.8%+1.4

2.4% · 2.6%+0.2

2.2% · 1.3%−0.9

0.7% · 1.3%+0.6

Branches

FTDNAYFull

FTDNA · YFull · Δ

U5a

4.6% · 7.7%+3.1

K1a

6.8% · 5.1%−1.6

W1c

0.4% · 6.4%+6

5.2% · 1.3%−4

J1c

3.5% · 5.1%+1.6

1.3% · 5.1%+3.8

T2b

4.4% · 1.3%−3.1

U1a

3.7% · 3.8%+0.1

H13a

1.7% · 3.8%+2.1

T1a

1.5% · 3.8%+2.3

U3b

1.3% · 2.6%+1.3

U4b

1.3% · 2.6%+1.3

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% (×79.5)
U1a: 17 kits · 3.7% (×13.8)

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.