Iraq: ancient DNA

Y-DNA

samples

mtDNA

samples

People whose remains archaeologists found and whose DNA labs have read. The date is the middle of the dating interval, radiocarbon or by archaeological context. Branches link to branch pages where one exists. All archaeological cultures

Y-DNA

By period #

9,000–8,000 BCE

2 · 14.3%

3,000–2,000 BCE

3 · 21.4%

2,000–1,000 BCE

7 · 50.0%

1,000–0 BCE

2 · 14.3%

Y-DNA

Branches #

3 · 21.4%

1 · 7.1%

1 · 7.1%

1 · 7.1%

1 · 7.1%

1 · 7.1%

1 · 7.1%

1 · 7.1%

1 · 7.1%

1 · 7.1%

1 · 7.1%

1 · 7.1%

Y-DNA

Cultures #

All archaeological cultures

Bronze Age Mesopotamian 4
Isin-Larsa 4
Neolithic Mesopotamian 2
Old Babylonian 1
Iron Age Mesopotamian 1
Neo-Assyrian 1
Achaemenid 1

mtDNA

By period #

2,000–1,000 BCE

1 · 100.0%

mtDNA

Branches #

HV1a'b'c

1 · 100.0%

Paternal lines of the ancients #

Source: FamilyTreeDNA Discover.

Paternal lines of the ancients
Sample	Culture	Site	Region	Date	Branch	Study
Nemrik 6457 I6457	Neolithic Mesopotamian	Nemrik 9, Dohuk	Iraq	8,750 BCE	J-M304	Lazaridis et al. 2022
Shanidar Cave 3882 I3882	Neolithic Mesopotamian	Shanidar Cave, Erbil	Iraq	8,100 BCE	G-Z6552 ?	Lazaridis et al. 2022
Bakr Awa 20578 A20578	Bronze Age Mesopotamian	Bakr Awa, Shahrizor Plain, Sulaymaniyah Governorate	Iraq	2,114 BCE	G-M201	Williams et al. 2026
Bakr Awa 22047 A22047	Bronze Age Mesopotamian	Bakr Awa, Shahrizor Plain, Sulaymaniyah Governorate	Iraq	2,075 BCE	E-S11835 ?	Williams et al. 2026
Bakr Awa 22041 A22041	Bronze Age Mesopotamian	Bakr Awa, Shahrizor Plain, Sulaymaniyah Governorate	Iraq	2,075 BCE	J-Z39478	Williams et al. 2026
Bakr Awa 22037 A22037	Isin-Larsa	Bakr Awa, Shahrizor Plain, Sulaymaniyah Governorate	Iraq	1,956 BCE	R-FT91192	Williams et al. 2026
Bakr Awa 22022 A22022	Isin-Larsa	Bakr Awa, Shahrizor Plain, Sulaymaniyah Governorate	Iraq	1,896 BCE	J-FTK359	Williams et al. 2026
Bakr Awa 22035 A22035	Isin-Larsa	Bakr Awa, Shahrizor Plain, Sulaymaniyah Governorate	Iraq	1,896 BCE	J-FTK359	Williams et al. 2026
Bakr Awa 22036 A22036	Isin-Larsa	Bakr Awa, Shahrizor Plain, Sulaymaniyah Governorate	Iraq	1,896 BCE	J-FTK359	Williams et al. 2026
Bakr Awa 22043 A22043	Old Babylonian	Bakr Awa, Shahrizor Plain, Sulaymaniyah Governorate	Iraq	1,835 BCE	G-FGC3032	Williams et al. 2026
Nemrik 6441 I6441	Bronze Age Mesopotamian	Nemrik 9, Dohuk	Iraq	1,350 BCE	J-YSC0000076 ?	Akbari et al. 2026; Lazaridis et al. 2022
Bakr Awa 22040 A22040	Iron Age Mesopotamian	Bakr Awa, Shahrizor Plain, Sulaymaniyah Governorate	Iraq	1,150 BCE	H-Z41284 ?	Williams et al. 2026
Bakr Awa 22059 A22059	Neo-Assyrian	Bakr Awa, Shahrizor Plain, Sulaymaniyah Governorate	Iraq	769 BCE	E-BY7201	Williams et al. 2026
Bakr Awa 22025 A22025	Achaemenid	Bakr Awa, Shahrizor Plain, Sulaymaniyah Governorate	Iraq	440 BCE	J-Z6257 ?	Williams et al. 2026

Maternal lines of the ancients #

Source: YFull; no culture given.

Maternal lines of the ancients
Sample	Site	Region	Date	Branch
161032	Dahuk	Iraq (Kurdistan)	1,350 BCE	HV1a'b'c2