Iraq (Kurdistan): summary

FamilyTreeDNA holds for Iraq (Kurdistan): 52 kits with a Y-DNA result and 6 kits with mtDNA. On the paternal line the most common are R1b-Z2103 (M12149) — 13%, J2a-L25 — 10% and R1a-Z2124 — 8%. For mt that is fewer than 50, so those shares below are a rough guide only.

Detailed pages for each line are linked below the summaries.

Paternal line · Y-DNA

n=52 · 11 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).

28 · 53.8% 30k years

└ J2a

14 · 26.9% 20k years

└ L25

5 · 9.6% 8,800 years

└ J1

13 · 25.0% 19k years

└ L858

6 · 11.5% 4,900 years

14 · 26.9% 28k years

└ R1b-Z2103 (M12149)

7 · 13.5% 5,700 years

└ Y4364

3 · 5.8% 4,600 years

└ R1a-Z2125

3 · 5.8% 4,400 years

4 · 7.7% 28k years

E-M123

3 · 5.8% 18k years

Iraq (Kurdistan): Y-DNA details →

Maternal line · mtDNA

n=6 · 6 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.

1 · 16.7% 16k years

X2i

1 · 16.7% 12k years

HV18

1 · 16.7% 9,000 years

H13a

1 · 16.7% 11k years

T1a

1 · 16.7% 13k years

U7a

1 · 16.7% 14k years

Iraq (Kurdistan): 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

48%

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.

72%

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.

YFull

Peoples and languages on YFull #

Native language reported by YFull customers from this region. These are the testers' own answers, not a census.

Kurds (Sorani) 6 / 5
Kurds 7 / 0