Iran: summary
FamilyTreeDNA holds for Iran: 756 kits with a Y-DNA result and 177 kits with mtDNA. On the paternal line the most common are K-M526* — 7%, J2 — 6% and G — 4%. On the maternal line the most common are H13a — 6%, U1a — 6% and H14a — 5%. YFull has 178 samples for Y from the same area, and its mix of major branches is broadly the same.
Detailed pages for each line are linked below the summaries.
Paternal line · Y-DNA
n=756 · 24 branches shownMain 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
└ J2
└ J2a
└ L25
└ J1
└ L620
└ P58
└ L858
R
└ R1b-M269
└ L23
└ Z2103 (M12149)
└ R1a-M198
└ Z93
└ Z2124
└ R2
G
└ G2a
E1b1b-M35
└ E-M123
└ M34
└ E-M78
T
L
Maternal line · mtDNA
n=177 · 15 branches shownMost 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.
Iran: 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
FTDNA vs YFull
One country at two companies: solid bar FTDNA, hatched bar YFull, with the difference in percentage points. The 8 most common major branches are shown.
Y-DNA FTDNA 756 · YFull 178
FTDNAYFull
FTDNA · YFull · Δ
6.7% · 6.7%0
6.1% · 0.0%−6.1
2.9% · 5.6%+2.7
3.8% · 5.1%+1.2
3.3% · 5.1%+1.7
4.4% · 3.4%−1
2.5% · 3.9%+1.4
1.7% · 3.9%+2.2
mtDNA FTDNA 177 · YFull 40
FTDNAYFull
FTDNA · YFull · Δ
2.8% · 7.5%+4.7
6.2% · 2.5%−3.7
6.2% · 0.0%−6.2
5.1% · 5.0%−0.1
5.1% · 2.5%−2.6
1.7% · 5.0%+3.3
1.1% · 5.0%+3.9
3.4% · 2.5%−0.9
83%
agreement with YFull · Y
how closely the Y major-branch make-up matches between FTDNA and YFull. 100% is identical, below 80% is visibly different.
J-FGC7 +2.9
gap to YFull · Y
the Y branch whose share differs most between the two companies: FTDNA 1.1%, YFull 3.9%
33% / 19%
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 33.3 branchings from the root, an FTDNA kit 26.0
19%
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.
31%
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.
33%
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.
0.23
mt to Y
maternal-line tests per one paternal-line test. Below 0.3 means the country tests almost only the male line.
YFull
Regions on YFull #
Regions that cannot be picked at FTDNA but are reported by YFull customers. Regions with 20 or more samples are shown; modern YFull customers only.
| Country / region | Y | mt | Leading |
|---|---|---|---|
| Khūzestān IR-10 | 28 | 1 | J-FGC7 18%, J-FGC1721* 14%, G-M201* G 11% |
| Āzarbāyjān-e Gharbī IR-02 | 24 | 1 | J-PF5160* 8%, J-Z2227* J2a-Z2227 8%, R-M12149* R1b-Z2103 (M12149) 8% |
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.
- Armenians 21 / 1
- Persians 15 / 5
- Arabs 17 / 0
- Persian Jews 10 / 1
- Azerbaijanis 5 / 3
- Gulf Arabs 7 / 0
- Persians 6 / 0