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Israel: haplogroups

FamilyTreeDNA has 244 kits with a Y-DNA result and 117 kits with mtDNA (mitochondrial DNA). On the paternal line the most common are J2 — 19%, E1b1b-M35 — 18% and R1a-Z2124 — 16%. On the maternal line the most common are H — 20%, L3 — 11% and U — 9%.

Compare with…
5.3
Y-DNA · kits per 100,000 men
rank 73 of 123 among countries. About 4.6 million men (UN, 2023). A kit's country is the ancestor's homeland, not where the tester lives
1.3
mtDNA · kits per 100,000 people
rank 61 of 93 among countries. About 9.3 million people (UN, 2023)

FTDNA Discover holds about 37 more samples here that are not in the public tree, mostly from academic studies (estimate from the copy of 13 November 2026); this page is built from the public FTDNA tree.

Mitotree, the mt tree of FTDNA Discover, has about 88 more samples from here that the public mt tree lacks: mostly academic studies, GenBank among them (copy of 11 November 2026). This page is built from the public FTDNA tree.

Paternal line · Y-DNA

244 kits · 30 branches
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).
J
82 · 33.6% 30k years
J2
46 · 18.9% 28k years
J2a
23 · 9.4% 20k years
M67
12 · 4.9% 13k years
M92
6 · 2.5% 8,000 years
Z2222
6 · 2.5% 16k years
J2b
6 · 2.5% 16k years
J1
35 · 14.3% 19k years
P58
25 · 10.2% 9,800 years
Z2313
15 · 6.1% 5,800 years
L858
11 · 4.5% 4,900 years
FGC11
7 · 2.9% 4,800 years
R
68 · 27.9% 28k years
R1a-M198
43 · 17.6% 8,500 years
Z2124
38 · 15.6% 4,500 years
R1b-M269
19 · 7.8% 6,500 years
L23
16 · 6.6% 6,400 years
L51
12 · 4.9% 6,100 years
P312
5 · 2.0% 4,900 years
E
51 · 20.9% 52k years
E1b1b-M35
45 · 18.4% 25k years
E-M78
25 · 10.2% 15k years
V22
5 · 2.0% 8,700 years
E-M34
11 · 4.5% 15k years
M84
6 · 2.5% 9,500 years
M2 (E1b1a)
5 · 2.0% 18k years
G
16 · 6.6% 28k years
G2a
8 · 3.3% 19k years
M406
4 of 244 12k years
T
6 · 2.5% 28k years
other
21 · 8.6%

Among the rest: I 7, H 5, C 3, Q 3, A 1, O 1, N 1.

Maternal line · mtDNA

117 kits · 26 branches
Main mt-tree branches grouped by letter, sub-branches indented. Each branch counts every kit in it and in its sub-branches. Age is how many years ago the branch's common foremother lived, from FTDNA data where available.
L1'2'3'4'5'6'7
41 · 35.0%
L2'3'4'6
35 · 29.9% 97k years
L3'4
16 · 13.7% 80k years
L3
13 · 11.1% 66k years
L3e'i'k'x
8 · 6.8% 53k years
L3e
5 · 4.3% 36k years
L3x
3 of 117 39k years
L3b'f
3 of 117
L4
3 of 117 74k years
L2a1-G143A
14 · 12.0%
L2a1-G143A-T16189C!
7 · 6.0%
L2a1c
6 · 5.1% 14k years
L1b1a
3 of 117 9,800 years
H
23 · 19.7% 11k years
H1
5 · 4.3% 7,900 years
H2a
3 of 117 8,000 years
H5
3 of 117 8,400 years
U
11 · 9.4% 51k years
U2'3'4'7'8'9
7 · 6.0% 50k years
K1a
10 · 8.5% 11k years
K1a1b1a
3 of 117 2,800 years
K1a4
3 of 117 11k years
X2-G225A
4 of 117
J1c
4 of 117 13k years
T2
4 of 117 15k years
L0a
3 of 117 48k years
other
17 · 14.5%

Migration paths of the characteristic branches #

Paths of the region's main characteristic branches, as modelled by FamilyTreeDNA Discover, on one calendar clock: in each year a branch stands where its ancestral line was. Grey is a stretch of path shared by several branches; the large marker is the branch itself.

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The time scale is logarithmic: the closer to the present, the longer a year takes.

The same branches are in the tree on this page.

Israel: Y-DNA #

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.

  • R-Z2124 R1a-Z2124: 38 kits · 15.6% (95% confidence interval: 12–21%) (×22.1) 4,500 years
  • E-M35 E1b1b-M35: 45 kits · 18.4% (95% confidence interval: 14–24%) (×3.5) 25k years
  • J-M172 J2: 46 kits · 18.9% (95% confidence interval: 14–24%) (×3.0) 28k years
  • E-PF1962: 13 kits · 5.3% (95% confidence interval: 3–9%) (×3.8) 20k years
  • E-M34 E-M34: 11 kits · 4.5% (95% confidence interval: 3–8%) (×3.7) 15k years
  • J-Z1847: 11 kits · 4.5% (95% confidence interval: 3–8%) (×3.3) 13k years

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.

4–17%18–29%30–41%42–51%52–66%Israelunder 100 kits
All 112 countries and regions by similarity
  1. Romania 66%
  2. Iran 63%
  3. Iraq 62%
  4. Lebanon 62%
  5. Egypt 62%
  6. Greece 62%
  7. Syria 62%
  8. Belarus 61%
  9. Italy 60%
  10. Turkey 60%
  11. Ukraine 58%
  12. Palestine 58%
  13. Moldova 57%
  14. Lithuania 56%
  15. Hungary 55%
  16. Bahrain 55%
  17. Austria 53%
  18. Azerbaijan 53%
  19. Armenia 52%
  20. Saudi Arabia 52%
  21. Jordan 52%
  22. Kuwait 52%
  23. Spain 51%
  24. Poland 51%
  25. Russia 50%
  26. Uzbekistan 50%
  27. Portugal 49%
  28. Latvia 49%
  29. Afghanistan 48%
  30. Tajikistan 48%
  31. Yemen 48%
  32. United Arab Emirates 48%
  33. Pakistan 48%
  34. Qatar 47%
  35. Tunisia 47%
  36. Morocco 44%
  37. Algeria 44%
  38. Bulgaria 44%
  39. Georgia 44%
  40. Brazil 43%
  41. Oman 43%
  42. Sudan 43%
  43. Italy (Sicily) 42%
  44. Germany 42%
  45. Slovakia 41%
  46. Libya 41%
  47. Mexico 41%
  48. Adygea 40%
  49. India 39%
  50. France 39%
  51. Netherlands 38%
  52. Switzerland 38%
  53. Czech Republic 37%
  54. Kazakhstan 37%
  55. Puerto Rico 37%
  56. Colombia 35%
  57. Belgium 34%
  58. Macedonia 33%
  59. Argentina 33%
  60. Bashkortostan 33%
  61. South Africa 32%
  62. Chile 32%
  63. Dagestan 32%
  64. Dominican Republic 31%
  65. Cuba 31%
  66. Sri Lanka 30%
  67. United Kingdom 30%
  68. England 29%
  69. United States 29%
  70. United States (Native American) 29%
  71. Albania 29%
  72. Luxembourg 29%
  73. Serbia 29%
  74. Chechnya 27%
  75. Canada 27%
  76. Croatia 26%
  77. Somalia 24%
  78. Jamaica 24%
  79. Wales 24%
  80. Denmark 24%
  81. Australia 23%
  82. Slovenia 23%
  83. Tatarstan 23%
  84. Scotland 22%
  85. Peru 21%
  86. Ireland 19%
  87. Bosnia and Herzegovina 19%
  88. Montenegro 17%
  89. Northern Ireland 17%
  90. Ingushetia 17%
  91. Sweden 16%
  92. Chuvashia 16%
  93. Norway 16%
  94. Indonesia 15%
  95. England (Cornish) 15%
  96. Cameroon 15%
  97. China 15%
  98. Philippines 14%
  99. Mongolia 14%
  100. New Zealand 13%
  101. Mordovia 12%
  102. Estonia 12%
  103. Iceland 11%
  104. Nigeria 11%
  105. Ghana 9%
  106. Karelia 8%
  107. Finland 8%
  108. Isle of Man 7%
  109. Japan 7%
  110. South Korea 7%
  111. Orstkhoy (Aosta Valley in FTDNA) 6%
  112. Vietnam 4%

Of the five most similar countries by the paternal and by the maternal line, 1 coincide. The male and female lines may have different histories here, or a diaspora is showing.

Israel: mtDNA #

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.

  • L2a: 15 kits · 12.8% (95% confidence interval: 8–20%) (×18.1)

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.

0–35%36–43%44–46%47–50%51–59%Israelunder 100 kits
All 71 countries and regions by similarity
  1. Egypt 59%
  2. Portugal 56%
  3. United States 54%
  4. United States (Native American) 53%
  5. Spain 53%
  6. Algeria 52%
  7. Morocco 52%
  8. Ukraine 51%
  9. Romania 51%
  10. Italy 51%
  11. Hungary 50%
  12. Austria 50%
  13. Poland 50%
  14. Brazil 50%
  15. Lithuania 50%
  16. Jamaica 49%
  17. Syria 49%
  18. Cuba 49%
  19. Dominican Republic 48%
  20. Belarus 48%
  21. Russia 48%
  22. France 48%
  23. Slovakia 48%
  24. Germany 47%
  25. Latvia 47%
  26. Switzerland 47%
  27. Netherlands 46%
  28. United Kingdom 46%
  29. England 46%
  30. Belgium 45%
  31. Greece 45%
  32. Turkey 45%
  33. Czech Republic 45%
  34. Bosnia and Herzegovina 45%
  35. South Africa 44%
  36. Scotland 44%
  37. Iraq 44%
  38. Canada 44%
  39. Wales 44%
  40. Saudi Arabia 44%
  41. Bulgaria 44%
  42. Ireland 44%
  43. Norway 43%
  44. Sweden 43%
  45. Denmark 41%
  46. Serbia 41%
  47. Lebanon 41%
  48. Northern Ireland 41%
  49. Estonia 41%
  50. Armenia 40%
  51. Kuwait 40%
  52. Slovenia 40%
  53. Croatia 39%
  54. Australia 37%
  55. Moldova 37%
  56. United Arab Emirates 35%
  57. Chechnya 35%
  58. Iran 35%
  59. Finland 33%
  60. Puerto Rico 32%
  61. New Zealand 26%
  62. Mexico 23%
  63. Argentina 19%
  64. Colombia 19%
  65. India 16%
  66. Chile 12%
  67. Canada (First Nations) 11%
  68. China 5%
  69. Japan 2%
  70. Philippines 1%
  71. South Korea 0%

Of the five most similar countries by the paternal and by the maternal line, 1 coincide. The male and female lines may have different histories here, or a diaspora is showing.

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 2026-11-02.

Y-DNA

YFull has fewer than 30 samples from this country, too few to compare. 29 samples on YFull

mtDNA

YFull has fewer than 30 samples from this country, too few to compare. 17 samples on YFull

The same country on the project maps

In the FTDNA geographic projects a member puts the place of their paternal or maternal ancestor on the map. Here those points are set against the public tree: solid bar the tree, hatched bar the points on the maps, copy of 2026-10-20. A person in several projects counts once. Branches as in the tree above: each counts every kit in it and in its sub-branches. Regions with a page of their own are not included here: they are counted apart.

Y-DNA FTDNA 244 · Projects 93

FTDNAProjects
FTDNA · Projects · Δ
J J-M304
33.6% · 53.8%+20.2
J2 J-M172
18.9% · 18.3%−0.6
J2a J-M410
9.4% · 11.8%+2.4
J1 J-M267
14.3% · 35.5%+21.1
P58 J-P58
10.2% · 33.3%+23.1
R R-M207
27.9% · 12.9%−15
R1a-M198 R-M198
17.6% · 2.2%−15.5
Z2124 R-Z2124
15.6% · 2.2%−13.4
R1b-M269 R-M269
7.8% · 9.7%+1.9
L23 R-L23
6.6% · 8.6%+2
E E-M96
20.9% · 17.2%−3.7
E1b1b-M35 E-M35
18.4% · 12.9%−5.5
E-M78
10.2% · 6.5%−3.8
G G-M201
6.6% · 10.8%+4.2
96
Y-DNA · People on the map
93 of them have a branch of the tree; relatives with one ancestor at one place count as one, 95 such votes
93%
Y-DNA · SNP-confirmed
that many have the branch confirmed by an SNP test, the rest predicted from STRs
16%
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.
28%
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.
52%
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.

Paternal and maternal neighbours differ. Of the five most similar countries by the paternal and by the maternal line, 1 coincide. The male and female lines may have different histories here, or a diaspora is showing.

Subregions #

Each bar is all the kits of one place; a colour is a group of haplogroups. The “Israel” line holds kits that name only the country, without a region. A faded line has fewer than 20 kits; its shares are unreliable.

Y-DNA

J2J1R1a-Z93rest of RE-M78E-M2 (E1b1a)rest of EGother
Israel no region 244
Druze 1

mtDNA

L2L3rest of LHKUJTXother
Israel no region 117
Druze 0
no data

Ancient samples

From excavations on this territory: 52 samples by Y-DNA and 16 samples by mtDNA. The oldest: 10,750 BCE, Natufian culture.

Megiddo 16 · Chalcolithic Levantine 9 · Phoenicians 6 · Natufian culture 4 · Kingdom of Judah 3

All ancient samples →

Data on this page: FamilyTreeDNA Y tree, 12 November 2026: 244 kits; FamilyTreeDNA mtDNA tree, 11 November 2026: 117 kits; YFull Y tree, 2 November 2026: 29 samples; YFull mtDNA tree, 2 November 2026: 17 samples.

How to cite: ftdnastat, "Israel: Y-DNA and mtDNA haplogroups", https://ftdnastat.github.io/en/c/israel/, data of 2026-11-14, build 20261114-18dba71.

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