Japan: 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 #

7,000–6,000 BCE

3 · 20.0%

5,000–4,000 BCE

1 · 6.7%

4,000–3,000 BCE

2 · 13.3%

3,000–2,000 BCE

2 · 13.3%

2,000–1,000 BCE

2 · 13.3%

1,000–0 BCE

1 · 6.7%

0–1,000 CE

1 · 6.7%

1,000–2,000 CE

3 · 20.0%

Y-DNA

Branches #

7 · 46.7%

4 · 26.7%

1 · 6.7%

1 · 6.7%

1 · 6.7%

1 · 6.7%

Y-DNA

Cultures #

All archaeological cultures

Jomon 10
Historical Japanese 3
Late Jomon 1
Classical Japanese 1

Paternal lines of the ancients #

Source: FamilyTreeDNA Discover.

Paternal lines of the ancients
Sample	Culture	Site	Date	Branch	Study
Iyai 18 Iyai18	Jomon	Iyai rock shelter, Gunma	6,418 BCE	D-CTS2654	Kato et al. 2026
Iyai 15 Iyai15	Jomon	Iyai rock shelter, Gunma	6,312 BCE	D-CTS4292	Kato et al. 2026
Iyai 4 Iyai4	Jomon	Iyai rock shelter, Gunma	6,206 BCE	D-FTJ51902	Kato et al. 2026; Mizuno et al. 2020 (Ann Hum Biol.)
Toyama 274 JpOd274	Jomon	Odake shell-midden, Toyama	4,254 BCE	D-Z1564	Cooke et al. 2021
Toyama 181 JpOd181	Jomon	Odake shell-midden, Toyama	3,895 BCE	D-Z3834	Cooke et al. 2021
Toyama 282 JpOd282	Jomon	Odake shell-midden, Toyama	3,869 BCE	D-FTD12505	Cooke et al. 2021
Rokutsu 13887 I13887	Jomon	Rokutsu Shell Mound, Chiba	2,082 BCE	D-FTC343	C.-C. Wang et al. 2021 (Nature)
Rokutsu 13886 I13886	Jomon	Rokutsu Shell Mound, Chiba	2,053 BCE	D-FTC343	C.-C. Wang et al. 2021 (Nature)
Sanganji 131421 Sanganji_131421-3	Jomon	Sanganji Shell Mound, Fukushima, Tōhoku	1,330 BCE	D-M64 ?	Kanzawa-Kiriyama et al. 2016
Funadomari 5 I6341	Late Jomon	Burial, Funadomari	1,250 BCE	D-CTS1824	C.-C. Wang et al. 2021 (Nature); Kanzawa-Kiriyama et al. 2019
Rokutsu 13883 I13883	Jomon	Rokutsu Shell Mound, Chiba	909 BCE	D-Z1564 ?	C.-C. Wang et al. 2021 (Nature)
Iwade 32 JpIw32	Classical Japanese	Iwade horizontal cave tombs, Honshu	572 CE	O-F16437	Cooke et al. 2021
Nagabaka 35 NAG035	Historical Japanese	Nagabaka, Miyako Islands	1,830 CE	C-M131 ?	Robbeets et al. 2021
Nagabaka 36 NAG036	Historical Japanese	Nagabaka, Miyako Islands	1,840 CE	O-F1204 ?	Robbeets et al. 2021
Nagabaka 39 NAG039	Historical Japanese	Nagabaka, Miyako Islands	1,840 CE	O-Y130014	Robbeets et al. 2021