Iceland: summary

FamilyTreeDNA holds for Iceland: 198 kits with a Y-DNA result and 68 kits with mtDNA. On the paternal line the most common are R1b-M269 — 21%, I-S63* — 19% and R1a-M198 — 16%. On the maternal line the most common are J1c — 10%, U5a — 10% and H2a — 9%.

Detailed pages for each line are linked below the summaries.

Paternal line · Y-DNA

n=198 · 16 branches shown

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).

128 · 64.6% 28k years

└ R1b-M269

82 · 41.4% 6,500 years

└ L51

39 · 19.7% 6,100 years

└ P312

28 · 14.1% 4,900 years

└ L21

17 · 8.6% 4,700 years

└ DF13

14 · 7.1% 4,600 years

└ DF19

3 · 1.5% 4,600 years

└ L48

5 · 2.5% 4,500 years

└ R1a-M198

46 · 23.2% 8,500 years

└ Z284

14 · 7.1% 4,200 years

57 · 28.8% 35k years

└ I1

54 · 27.3% 20k years

└ DF29

16 · 8.1% 4,500 years

└ L22

11 · 5.6% 3,900 years

10 · 5.1% 30k years

└ L54

4 · 2.0% 17k years

Iceland: Y-DNA details →

Maternal line · mtDNA

n=68 · 15 branches shown

Most common mt-tree branches, shortened to the form U5a or H13a. Age is how many years ago the branch's common foremother lived, from FTDNA data where available.

J1c

7 · 10.3% 13k years

U5a

7 · 10.3% 21k years

H2a

6 · 8.8% 8,200 years

5 · 7.4% 8,400 years

U4b

4 · 5.9% 11k years

I1a

3 · 4.4% 11k years

I4a

3 · 4.4% 5,000 years

HV9b

3 · 4.4% 4,100 years

K1a

3 · 4.4% 11k years

2 · 2.9%

H1a

2 · 2.9% 5,800 years

H1b

2 · 2.9% 5,100 years

H5a

2 · 2.9% 7,800 years

J1b

2 · 2.9% 19k years

T2b

2 · 2.9% 8,500 years

Iceland: mtDNA details →

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.RIJENGQTother

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.

12%

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.

43%

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.