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Kuwait: haplogroups

FamilyTreeDNA has 2,268 kits with a Y-DNA result and 158 kits with mtDNA (mitochondrial DNA). On the paternal line the most common are J1-FGC11 — 35%, E1b1b-M35 — 12% and J2a — 11%. On the maternal line the most common are U — 12%, H — 10% and R0a2 — 9%. YFull has 1,669 samples for Y from the same area, and its mix of major branches is almost the same. The largest gap is J1-FGC1707: 21% on FTDNA against 28% on YFull.

Compare with…
76.6
Y-DNA · kits per 100,000 men
rank 13 of 123 among countries. About 3.0 million men (UN, 2023). A kit's country is the ancestor's homeland, not where the tester lives
3.3
mtDNA · kits per 100,000 people
rank 46 of 93 among countries. About 4.8 million people (UN, 2023)

Mitotree, the mt tree of FTDNA Discover, has about 32 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

2,268 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
1,282 · 56.5% 30k years
J1-L858
852 · 37.6% 4,900 years
FGC11
799 · 35.2% 4,800 years
FGC1707
468 · 20.6% 2,700 years
L859
43 · 1.9% 1,500 years
J2
309 · 13.6% 28k years
J2a
253 · 11.2% 20k years
Z2222
139 · 6.1% 16k years
L25
86 · 3.8% 8,800 years
E
364 · 16.0% 52k years
E1b1b-M35
261 · 11.5% 25k years
E-Z830
151 · 6.7% 20k years
M34
110 · 4.9% 15k years
M84
93 · 4.1% 9,500 years
E-M78
101 · 4.5% 15k years
V12
47 · 2.1% 11k years
V22
46 · 2.0% 8,700 years
M2 (E1b1a)
88 · 3.9% 18k years
M191
49 · 2.2% 5,900 years
R
246 · 10.8% 28k years
R1a-M198
122 · 5.4% 8,500 years
Z93
110 · 4.9% 4,700 years
Z2124
44 · 1.9% 4,500 years
R2
57 · 2.5% 16k years
R1b-M269
50 · 2.2% 6,500 years
G
112 · 4.9% 28k years
G2a
80 · 3.5% 19k years
P303
52 · 2.3% 12k years
T
101 · 4.5% 28k years
L
71 · 3.1% 24k years
other
92 · 4.1%

Among the rest: B 35, H 15, Q 15, A 15, C 5, I 4, F 1, K 1, O 1.

Maternal line · mtDNA

158 kits · 30 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.
R0a
24 · 15.2% 28k years
R0a2
15 · 9.5% 13k years
R0a2c
10 · 6.3% 10,000 years
R0a1
9 · 5.7% 17k years
R0a1a
6 · 3.8% 8,600 years
J1
20 · 12.7% 28k years
J1b
14 · 8.9% 19k years
J1b2
8 · 5.1% 7,200 years
J1d
5 · 3.2% 17k years
L2'3'4'6
19 · 12.0% 97k years
L3
10 · 6.3% 66k years
L3b'f
4 of 158
L3e3
4 of 158 15k years
L2a1-G143A
4 of 158
U
19 · 12.0% 51k years
U2'3'4'7'8'9
12 · 7.6% 50k years
U9a
4 of 158 22k years
H
16 · 10.1% 11k years
H2a1
4 of 158 7,000 years
T
13 · 8.2% 20k years
T1
10 · 6.3% 15k years
T1b
7 · 4.4% 6,900 years
M
9 · 5.7% 53k years
M4''67
4 of 158 37k years
N
8 · 5.1% 59k years
N3a
5 · 3.2% 5,800 years
I
7 · 4.4% 17k years
I7
4 of 158 7,900 years
HV
6 · 3.8% 13k years
X2-G225A
4 of 158
other
13 · 8.2%

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. Above the map you can pick the paternal line (Y-DNA) or the maternal one (mtDNA).

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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.

Kuwait: 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.

  • J-FGC2: 150 kits · 6.6% (95% confidence interval: 6–8%) (×16.2) 1,500 years
  • J-FGC1695: 743 kits · 32.8% (95% confidence interval: 31–35%) (×11.4) 3,200 years
  • J-FGC23310: 368 kits · 16.2% (95% confidence interval: 15–18%) (×12.2) 2,100 years
  • J-FGC1: 169 kits · 7.5% (95% confidence interval: 6–9%) (×14.0) 1,800 years
  • J-FGC1721: 454 kits · 20.0% (95% confidence interval: 18–22%) (×11.6) 2,200 years
  • J-FGC4422: 113 kits · 5.0% (95% confidence interval: 4–6%) (×9.5) 3,100 years
  • E-PF6751: 85 kits · 3.7% (95% confidence interval: 3–5%) (×8.6) 7,000 years
  • J-M304 J: 1,282 kits · 56.5% (95% confidence interval: 54–59%) (×4.2) 30k 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.

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

Kuwait: 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.

  • R0a: 24 kits · 15.2% (95% confidence interval: 10–22%) (×40.8)
  • J1b: 14 kits · 8.9% (95% confidence interval: 5–14%) (×7.3)

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.

0–24%25–28%29–30%31–34%35–76%Kuwaitunder 100 kits
All 71 countries and regions by similarity
  1. Saudi Arabia 76%
  2. United Arab Emirates 60%
  3. Iraq 56%
  4. Egypt 50%
  5. Turkey 50%
  6. Iran 50%
  7. Lebanon 50%
  8. Armenia 47%
  9. Syria 47%
  10. Italy 41%
  11. Israel 40%
  12. Algeria 38%
  13. Greece 36%
  14. Bulgaria 35%
  15. Belarus 34%
  16. Bosnia and Herzegovina 34%
  17. Chechnya 34%
  18. Russia 33%
  19. Poland 33%
  20. United States 32%
  21. Portugal 32%
  22. Ukraine 32%
  23. Lithuania 31%
  24. Romania 31%
  25. Spain 31%
  26. Morocco 31%
  27. Czech Republic 31%
  28. South Africa 31%
  29. Hungary 30%
  30. United States (Native American) 30%
  31. India 30%
  32. Moldova 30%
  33. Austria 30%
  34. Dominican Republic 30%
  35. Latvia 30%
  36. France 30%
  37. Slovakia 30%
  38. Belgium 29%
  39. Germany 29%
  40. Switzerland 28%
  41. Scotland 28%
  42. Sweden 28%
  43. Serbia 28%
  44. Netherlands 27%
  45. Estonia 27%
  46. Slovenia 27%
  47. United Kingdom 27%
  48. England 26%
  49. Wales 26%
  50. Croatia 26%
  51. Ireland 26%
  52. Norway 26%
  53. Denmark 26%
  54. Northern Ireland 25%
  55. Canada 25%
  56. Cuba 25%
  57. Brazil 24%
  58. Jamaica 24%
  59. Australia 22%
  60. Puerto Rico 21%
  61. Finland 20%
  62. New Zealand 16%
  63. Mexico 15%
  64. Argentina 12%
  65. Colombia 10%
  66. China 4%
  67. Canada (First Nations) 4%
  68. Chile 3%
  69. Japan 0%
  70. Philippines 0%
  71. South Korea 0%
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. The tree shows only its top three levels.

Y-DNA

2,268
FTDNA
kits
1,669
YFull
samples
FTDNAYFull
FTDNA · YFull · Δ
J J-M304
56.5% · 56.0%−0.6
J1-L858 J-L858
37.6% · 42.6%+5
FGC11 J-FGC11
35.2% · 39.4%+4.1
J2 J-M172
13.6% · 10.7%−2.9
J2a J-M410
11.2% · 9.9%−1.3
E E-M96
16.0% · 19.1%+3.1
E1b1b-M35 E-M35
11.5% · 14.6%+3.1
E-Z830 E-CTS10298
6.7% · 9.4%+2.7
E-M78
4.5% · 5.0%+0.5
M2 (E1b1a) E-M2
3.9% · 4.0%+0.1
M191 E-M191
2.2% · 1.9%−0.3
R R-M207
10.8% · 10.7%−0.1
R1a-M198 R-M198
5.4% · 4.1%−1.2
Z93 R-Z93
4.9% · 3.8%−1.1
R2 R-M479
2.5% · 3.2%+0.7
R1b-M269 R-M269
2.2% · 2.2%0
G G-M201
4.9% · 4.4%−0.6
G2a G-P15
3.5% · 3.2%−0.3
P303 G-P303
2.3% · 2.0%−0.3
T T-M184
4.5% · 4.1%−0.4
L L-M20
3.1% · 3.0%−0.1

mtDNA

158
FTDNA
kits
50
YFull
samples
FTDNAYFull
FTDNA · YFull · Δ
R0a
15.2% · 10.0%−5.2
R0a2
9.5% · 6.0%−3.5
R0a2c
6.3% · 4.0%−2.3
R0a1
5.7% · 4.0%−1.7
R0a1a
3.8% · 0.0%−3.8
J1
12.7% · 8.0%−4.7
J1b
8.9% · 6.0%−2.9
J1b2
5.1% · 4.0%−1.1
J1d
3.2% · 0.0%−3.2
L2'3'4'6
12.0% · 6.0%−6
L3
6.3% · 4.0%−2.3
L3b'f
2.5% · 0.0%−2.5
L3e3
2.5% · 0.0%−2.5
L2a1-G143A
2.5% · 2.0%−0.5
U
12.0% · 10.0%−2
U2'3'4'7'8'9
7.6% · 6.0%−1.6
U9a
2.5% · 0.0%−2.5
H
10.1% · 22.0%+11.9
H2a1
2.5% · 6.0%+3.5
T
8.2% · 4.0%−4.2
T1
6.3% · 2.0%−4.3
T1b
4.4% · 0.0%−4.4
M
5.7% · 4.0%−1.7
M4''67
2.5% · 4.0%+1.5
N
5.1% · 10.0%+4.9
N3a
3.2% · 6.0%+2.8
I
4.4% · 10.0%+5.6
I7
2.5% · 6.0%+3.5
HV
3.8% · 4.0%+0.2
X2-G225A
2.5% · 0.0%−2.5

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.

Y-DNA FTDNA 2,268 · Projects 348

FTDNAProjects
FTDNA · Projects · Δ
J J-M304
56.5% · 47.4%−9.1
J1-L858 J-L858
37.6% · 27.6%−10
FGC11 J-FGC11
35.2% · 24.4%−10.8
FGC1707 J-FGC1707
20.6% · 15.8%−4.8
J2 J-M172
13.6% · 12.9%−0.7
J2a J-M410
11.2% · 10.3%−0.8
Z2222 J-PF5160
6.1% · 5.7%−0.4
E E-M96
16.0% · 19.8%+3.8
E1b1b-M35 E-M35
11.5% · 13.2%+1.7
E-Z830 E-CTS10298
6.7% · 4.9%−1.8
R R-M207
10.8% · 10.6%−0.2
R1a-M198 R-M198
5.4% · 5.5%+0.1
Z93 R-Z93
4.9% · 4.9%0
G G-M201
4.9% · 5.5%+0.5
361
Y-DNA · People on the map
348 of them have a branch of the tree; relatives with one ancestor at one place count as one, 344 such votes
93%
Y-DNA · SNP-confirmed
that many have the branch confirmed by an SNP test, the rest predicted from STRs
97%
agreement with YFull · Y
how closely the Y tree branches match between FTDNA and YFull, each branch counted without its sub-branches. 100% is identical, below 80% is visibly different.
J-FGC1707 +7.8
gap to YFull · Y
the Y branch whose share differs most between the two companies: FTDNA 20.6%, YFull 28.4%
45% / 52%
reached the finest branch: YFull / FTDNA
share of YFull samples and FTDNA kits that reached the finest branch of the FTDNA tree. On average a YFull sample sits 39.5 branchings from the root, an FTDNA kit 36.3
52%
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.
77%
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.
33%
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.
0.07
mt to Y
mtDNA kits per one Y-DNA kit. Below 0.3 means the country tests almost only the paternal line.

New this month #

FTDNA: how much the kit count grew between the tree copies of 2026-10-09 and 2026-11-12. A kit that moved to a new sub-branch after refinement is not counted as new. YFull: samples YFull itself marks as new, in the copy of 2026-11-02; YFull drops the mark after a few weeks.

+13
Y-DNA, FTDNA
new kits, 2026-10-09 → 2026-11-12
+1
mtDNA, FTDNA
new kits, 2026-10-12 → 2026-11-11
+22
Y-DNA, YFull
new samples as of 2026-11-02

Y-DNA: branches that grew

mtDNA: branches that grew

New Y-DNA samples in YFull

YFull

Regions on YFull #

Regions that cannot be picked at FTDNA but are reported by YFull customers. Regions with 20 or more samples are shown; modern YFull customers only. Similar regions are those with nearly the same mix of major paternal branches: similarity of 80% or more, both regions with 150+ Y samples. YFull regions →

Regions on YFull
Country / region Y mt Leading Similar regions
Al Kuwayt (Al Asimah) KW-KU 503 18 J-FGC11 J1-FGC11 31%, E-M35 E1b1b-M35 15%, J-M410 J2a 15% Ash Sharqiyah — 95% similar; Ar Riyad — 93% similar
Al Ahmadi KW-AH 221 3 J-FGC11 J1-FGC11 63%, E-L795 E-M84 11%, J-M410 J2a 7% ·
Hawalli KW-HA 143 4 E-M35 E1b1b-M35 27%, J-FGC11 J1-FGC11 20%, J-M410 J2a 13% ·
Al Jahrra KW-JA 106 · J-FGC11 J1-FGC11 71%, J-M410 J2a 7%, E-V22 E-V22 6% ·
Mubarak al Kabir KW-MU 83 3 J-FGC11 J1-FGC11 35%, E-M35 E1b1b-M35 18%, J-M410 J2a 14% ·
Al Farwaniyah KW-FA 78 2 J-FGC1707 J1-FGC1707 58%, G-P15 G2a 5%, J-M410 J2a 4% ·
YFull

Peoples and languages on YFull #

Native language reported by YFull customers from this country. People from regions with a page of their own (republics, autonomies) are shown there. These are the testers' own answers, not a census.

YFull

Recent kin across borders #

Shared young paternal branches: YFull customers from this country and from the partner country have a common paternal-line ancestor no older than 500 years. The comparison accounts for how linked a country is abroad overall: shown are partners with more shared branches than its general openness would give. It reflects recent migration and shared ancestry, not ethnicity.

Recent kin across borders
Country shared branches expected × chance?
Saudi Arabia 212 43.2 4.9 unlikely by chance p < 0.001
Qatar 43 15.6 2.8 unlikely by chance p < 0.001
Bahrain 34 15.1 2.3 unlikely by chance p < 0.001
United Arab Emirates 31 12.0 2.6 unlikely by chance p < 0.001
Iraq 28 10.5 2.7 unlikely by chance p < 0.001
YFull

Paternal and maternal lines together #

Members of this people with both lines known on YFull. For each “Y branch × mt branch” combination, how many times it occurred and how many would be expected if the two lines had nothing to do with each other. Y and mt pairs → n=133

Notably above chance

Y × mt: line combinations · Notably above chance
Y mt pairs expected by chance × chance?
J1-FGC1707 L2a 10 4.7 2.15 unlikely by chance p < 0.001

Most frequent combinations

Y × mt: line combinations · Most frequent combinations
Y mt pairs expected by chance × chance?
J1-FGC1707 L2a 10 4.7 2.15 unlikely by chance p < 0.001
J1-FGC1707 R0a 10 7.0 1.43 could be chance p = 0.084
J1-FGC1707 J1b 9 7.0 1.29 could be chance p = 0.204
E-M84 J1b 3 0.8 3.80 could be chance p = 0.031
J1-FGC11 I7a 3 0.3 10.23 unlikely by chance p < 0.001
J1-FGC1707 H6b 3 1.4 2.15 could be chance p = 0.099
J1-FGC1707 J2a 3 1.4 2.15 could be chance p = 0.099

Data on this page: FamilyTreeDNA Y tree, 12 November 2026: 2,268 kits; FamilyTreeDNA mtDNA tree, 11 November 2026: 158 kits; YFull Y tree, 2 November 2026: 1,669 samples; YFull mtDNA tree, 2 November 2026: 50 samples.

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

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