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Israel: ancient DNA

52
Y-DNA
samples
16
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 #

11,000–10,000 BCE
4 · 7.7%
7,000–6,000 BCE
1 · 1.9%
5,000–4,000 BCE
1 · 1.9%
4,000–3,000 BCE
9 · 17.3%
3,000–2,000 BCE
1 · 1.9%
2,000–1,000 BCE
29 · 55.8%
1,000–0 BCE
7 · 13.5%
Y-DNA

Branches #

J-L862
4 · 7.7%
J-YSC0000234
4 · 7.7%
E-CTS10298
3 · 5.8%
T-L208
3 · 5.8%
T-Y4119
3 · 5.8%
J-P58
3 · 5.8%
J-Z1865
3 · 5.8%
T-L454
2 · 3.8%
J-M205
2 · 3.8%
J-ZS241
2 · 3.8%
J-M102
2 · 3.8%
E-S1896
2 · 3.8%
Y-DNA

Cultures #

All archaeological cultures

mtDNA

By period #

5,000–4,000 BCE
11 · 68.8%
1,000–0 BCE
5 · 31.3%
mtDNA

Branches #

J2a2
3 · 18.8%
T2e
3 · 18.8%
T1a
2 · 12.5%
T2c1
1 · 6.3%
N1b1a2
1 · 6.3%
R0a
1 · 6.3%
T1
1 · 6.3%
U7b
1 · 6.3%
R0a1
1 · 6.3%
I4a
1 · 6.3%
U1b
1 · 6.3%

Paternal lines of the ancients #

Source: FamilyTreeDNA Discover.

Paternal lines of the ancients
Sample Culture Site Region Date Branch Study
Natufian 10 I0861 Natufian Raqefet Cave, Haifa Israel 10,750 BCE E-CTS10298 ? Lazaridis et al. 2016; Lazaridis et al. 2022
Natufian 9 I1072 Natufian Raqefet Cave, Haifa Israel 10,750 BCE E-CTS10298 ? Lazaridis et al. 2016; Lazaridis et al. 2022
Natufian 4 I1685 Natufian Raqefet Cave, Haifa Israel 10,750 BCE E-CTS10298 ? Lazaridis et al. 2016; Lazaridis et al. 2022; Lazaridis et al. 2025
Natufian 5 I1069 Natufian Raqefet Cave Israel 10,750 BCE E-M35 ? Lazaridis et al. 2016
Motz 1 I0867 Neolithic Levantine Motza Israel 6,750 BCE H-Z41295 ? Lazaridis et al. 2016
Peqi'in 1155 I1155 Chalcolithic Levantine Peqi'in Cave, Peqi'in Israel 4,200 BCE T-L208 ? Harney et al. 2018
Paqiin 1171 I1171 Chalcolithic Levantine Peqi'in Cave, Pkiin Israel 4,000 BCE E-PF1962 ? Harney et al. 2018
Peqi'in 1165 I1165 Chalcolithic Levantine Peqi'in Cave, Peqi'in Israel 4,000 BCE T-FT13840 ? Harney et al. 2018
Peqi'in 1160 I1160 Chalcolithic Levantine Peqi'in Cave, Peqi'in Israel 4,000 BCE T-L208 ? Harney et al. 2018
Peqi'in 1172 I1172 Chalcolithic Levantine Peqi'in Cave, Peqi'in Israel 4,000 BCE T-L208 ? Harney et al. 2018
Peqi'in 1180 I1180 Chalcolithic Levantine Peqi'in Cave, Peqi'in Israel 4,000 BCE T-L454 ? Harney et al. 2018
Peqi'in 1187 I1187 Chalcolithic Levantine Peqi'in Cave, Peqi'in Israel 4,000 BCE T-L454 ? Harney et al. 2018
Peqi'in 1166 I1166 Chalcolithic Levantine Peqi'in Cave, Peqi'in Israel 4,000 BCE T-Y4119 ? Harney et al. 2018
Peqi'in 1170 I1170 Ghassulian Peqi'in Cave, Northern District, Akko Israel 4,000 BCE T-Y4119 ? Harney et al. 2018; Lazaridis et al. 2025
Peqi'in 1178 I1178 Chalcolithic Levantine Peqi'in Cave, Peqi'in Israel 4,000 BCE T-Y4119 ? Harney et al. 2018
Megiddo 4521 I4521 Megiddo Tel Megiddo, Zikhron Ya'akov Israel 2,244 BCE J-M205 ? Agranat-Tamir et al. 2020
Megiddo 10268 I10268 Megiddo Tel Megiddo, Zikhron Ya'akov Israel 1,903 BCE J-ZS241 ? Agranat-Tamir et al. 2020
Megiddo 10264 I10264 Megiddo Tel Megiddo, Zikhron Ya'akov Israel 1,800 BCE J-L862 ? Agranat-Tamir et al. 2020
Megiddo 10093 I10093 Canaanite Tel Megiddo, Zikhron Ya'akov Israel 1,800 BCE J-PF4843 ? Agranat-Tamir et al. 2020
Yehud 6923 I6923 Judah Yehud Israel 1,775 BCE J-M102 ? Agranat-Tamir et al. 2020
Yehud 7182 I7182 Judah Yehud Israel 1,775 BCE J-M102 ? Agranat-Tamir et al. 2020
Yehud 7003 I7003 Judah Yehud Israel 1,775 BCE J-M205 ? Agranat-Tamir et al. 2020
Megiddo 8188 I8188 Megiddo Tel Megiddo, Zikhron Ya'akov Israel 1,725 BCE J-P58 ? Agranat-Tamir et al. 2020
Megiddo 8187 I8187 Megiddo Tel Megiddo, Zikhron Ya'akov Israel 1,725 BCE J-YSC0000235 ? Agranat-Tamir et al. 2020
Hazor 3966 I3966 Hazor Hazor Israel 1,700 BCE E-S21355 ? Agranat-Tamir et al. 2020
Hazor 3965 I3965 Hazor Hazor Israel 1,700 BCE J-ZS5969 ? Agranat-Tamir et al. 2020
Megiddo 10106 I10106 Megiddo Tel Megiddo, Zikhron Ya'akov Israel 1,600 BCE J-P58 ? Agranat-Tamir et al. 2020
Megiddo 10359 I10359 Canaanite Tel Megiddo, Zikhron Ya'akov Israel 1,562 BCE J-Z1865 ? Agranat-Tamir et al. 2020
Megiddo 10101 I10101 Megiddo Tel Megiddo, Zikhron Ya'akov Israel 1,550 BCE J-P58 ? Agranat-Tamir et al. 2020
Megiddo 4625 I4525 Megiddo Tel Megiddo, Zikhron Ya'akov Israel 1,550 BCE J-Z1865 ? Agranat-Tamir et al. 2020
Megiddo 2189 I2189 Megiddo Tel Megiddo, Zikhron Ya'akov Israel 1,550 BCE R-M417 ? Agranat-Tamir et al. 2020
Megiddo 10266 I10266 Megiddo Tel Megiddo, Zikhron Ya'akov Israel 1,512 BCE J-PF5032 ? Agranat-Tamir et al. 2020
Megiddo Brother 2 I10769 Megiddo Elite Tel Megiddo, Zikhron Ya'akov Israel 1,500 BCE E-FT178874 Agranat-Tamir et al. 2020
Megiddo Brother 1 I10770 Megiddo Elite Tel Megiddo, Zikhron Ya'akov Israel 1,500 BCE E-FT178874 Agranat-Tamir et al. 2020
Megiddo 4519 I4519 Megiddo Tel Megiddo, Zikhron Ya'akov Israel 1,475 BCE J-M92 ? Agranat-Tamir et al. 2020
Megiddo 2198 I2198 Megiddo Tel Megiddo, Zikhron Ya'akov Israel 1,470 BCE J-L862 ? Agranat-Tamir et al. 2020
Megiddo 4518 I4518 Megiddo Tel Megiddo, Zikhron Ya'akov Israel 1,425 BCE T-CTS2214 ? Agranat-Tamir et al. 2020
Megiddo 2195 I2195 Megiddo Tel Megiddo, Zikhron Ya'akov Israel 1,422 BCE J-Z1865 ? Agranat-Tamir et al. 2020
Megiddo 2190 I2190 Megiddo Tel Megiddo, Zikhron Ya'akov Israel 1,401 BCE J-M92 ? Agranat-Tamir et al. 2020
Tel Shadud 126 I1934 Ancient Egyptian Tel Shadud, Jezreel Valley Israel 1,250 BCE J-L862 ? van den Brink et al. 2017
Ashkelon 66 ASH066 Philistine Burial, Ashkelon Israel 1,234 BCE J-L862 ? Feldman et al. 2019 (Sci. Adv.)
Tel Shadud 112 I2062 Ancient Egyptian Tel Shadud, Jezreel Valley Israel 1,220 BCE R-L23 ? Akbari et al. 2026; van den Brink et al. 2017
Ashkelon 87 ASH087 Philistine Burial, Ashkelon Israel 1,150 BCE L-L595 ? Feldman et al. 2019 (Sci. Adv.)
Ashkelon 8 ASH008 Philistine Burial, Ashkelon Israel 1,145 BCE J-Z27715 ? Feldman et al. 2019 (Sci. Adv.)
Megiddo 4517 I4517 Megiddo Tel Megiddo, Zikhron Ya'akov Israel 1,001 BCE J-ZS241 ? Agranat-Tamir et al. 2020
Abel Beth Maacah 2201 I2201 Gallilean Abel Beth Maacah, Metula Israel 939 BCE T-CTS2860 ? Agranat-Tamir et al. 2020
Achziv 22260 I22260 Phoenician Akhziv, southern cemetery, Nahariyya Israel 650 BCE E-FTA52721 Ringbauer et al. 2025
Achziv 11788 I11788 Phoenician Achziv, northern cemetery, Nahariyya Israel 650 BCE E-V12 ? Ringbauer et al. 2025
Achziv 22253 I22253 Phoenician Akhziv, southern cemetery, Nahariyya Israel 650 BCE E-V22 ? Ringbauer et al. 2025
Achziv 11805 I11805 Phoenician Akhziv, southern cemetery, Nahariyya Israel 650 BCE G-Z6554 ? Ringbauer et al. 2025
Achziv 22254 I22254 Phoenician Akhziv, southern cemetery, Nahariyya Israel 650 BCE J-Z28203 ? Ringbauer et al. 2025
Achziv 11794 I11794 Phoenician Achziv, northern cemetery, Nahariyya Israel 585 BCE E-CTS6667 ? Ringbauer et al. 2025

Maternal lines of the ancients #

Source: YFull; no culture given.

Maternal lines of the ancients
Sample Site Region Date Branch
97404 HaZafon Israel 4,200 BCE J2a2d4
96083 HaZafon Israel 4,200 BCE T2c1c1c
97405 HaZafon Israel 4,200 BCE J2a2d4
97406 HaZafon Israel 4,200 BCE T2e
97403 HaZafon Israel 4,200 BCE J2a2d4
97484 HaZafon Israel 4,200 BCE N1b1a2e
97483 HaZafon Israel 4,200 BCE T2e12a
97485 HaZafon Israel 4,200 BCE T2e12a
97486 HaZafon Israel 4,200 BCE T1a11
97487 HaZafon Israel 4,200 BCE R0a-a2
97489 HaZafon Israel 4,200 BCE T1-a
148089 HaZafon Israel 650 BCE U7b
148130 HaZafon Israel 650 BCE R0a1
148129 HaZafon Israel 650 BCE I4b
148090 HaZafon Israel 585 BCE U1b3a
161152 Israel 574 BCE T1a9a