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Lebanon: haplogroups

FamilyTreeDNA has 672 kits with a Y-DNA result and 155 kits with mtDNA (mitochondrial DNA). On the paternal line the most common are J1 — 23%, J2 — 23% and E1b1b-M35 — 17%. On the maternal line the most common are H — 28%, U — 17% and J1 — 10%. YFull has 159 samples for Y from the same area, and its mix of major branches is broadly the same. The largest gap is E: 19% on FTDNA against 27% on YFull.

Compare with…
24.1
Y-DNA · kits per 100,000 men
rank 45 of 123 among countries. About 2.8 million men (UN, 2023). A kit's country is the ancestor's homeland, not where the tester lives
2.7
mtDNA · kits per 100,000 people
rank 49 of 93 among countries. About 5.8 million people (UN, 2023)

Mitotree, the mt tree of FTDNA Discover, has about 108 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

672 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
308 · 45.8% 30k years
J1
156 · 23.2% 19k years
P58
107 · 15.9% 9,800 years
L858
88 · 13.1% 4,900 years
FGC11
59 · 8.8% 4,800 years
FGC1707
21 · 3.1% 2,700 years
L859
18 · 2.7% 1,500 years
J2
152 · 22.6% 28k years
J2a
110 · 16.4% 20k years
M67
27 · 4.0% 13k years
Z2222
26 · 3.9% 16k years
L25
20 · 3.0% 8,800 years
J2b
16 · 2.4% 16k years
E
126 · 18.8% 52k years
E1b1b-M35
117 · 17.4% 25k years
E-M78
62 · 9.2% 15k years
V22
34 · 5.1% 8,700 years
E-M123
25 · 3.7% 18k years
M34
22 · 3.3% 15k years
M84
16 · 2.4% 9,500 years
R
92 · 13.7% 28k years
R1b-M269
60 · 8.9% 6,500 years
L23
41 · 6.1% 6,400 years
Z2103 (M12149)
23 · 3.4% 5,700 years
P312
17 · 2.5% 4,900 years
G
54 · 8.0% 28k years
G2a
32 · 4.8% 19k years
T
37 · 5.5% 28k years
L
24 · 3.6% 24k years
I
15 · 2.2% 35k years
other
16 · 2.4%

Among the rest: Q 7, N 2, H 2, A 2, C 1, F 1, K 1.

Maternal line · mtDNA

155 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.
H
43 · 27.7% 11k years
H-T152C!
5 · 3.2%
H1
4 of 155 7,900 years
H7
4 of 155 6,800 years
H13
4 of 155 11k years
U
27 · 17.4% 51k years
U1
13 · 8.4% 33k years
U1b3
8 · 5.2%
U1a1a
5 · 3.2% 17k years
U2'3'4'7'8'9
9 · 5.8% 50k years
U5a1-T16192C!
3 of 155
T
18 · 11.6% 20k years
T1a
11 · 7.1% 13k years
T1a-T152C!
8 · 5.2%
T2
7 · 4.5% 15k years
J1
15 · 9.7% 28k years
J1b4a1
5 · 3.2% 4,400 years
J1d1a1
4 of 155 5,900 years
J1c
3 of 155 13k years
HV
9 · 5.8% 13k years
HV-T16311C!
3 of 155
K1a
9 · 5.8% 11k years
K1a4
3 of 155 11k years
R0a
7 · 4.5% 28k years
R0a1a
4 of 155 8,600 years
R0a2'3
3 of 155
N1b1a
5 · 3.2% 15k years
X2f
4 of 155 6,100 years
L3
3 of 155 66k years
I1b
3 of 155 11k years
other
12 · 7.7%

Among the rest: B 1.

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.

Lebanon: 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.

  • E-V22 E-V22: 34 kits · 5.1% (95% confidence interval: 4–7%) (×12.0) 8,700 years
  • J-M304 J: 308 kits · 45.8% (95% confidence interval: 42–50%) (×3.4) 30k years
  • J-M410 J2a: 110 kits · 16.4% (95% confidence interval: 14–19%) (×4.0) 20k years
  • LT-L298 LT: 61 kits · 9.1% (95% confidence interval: 7–11%) (×4.6) 43k years
  • J-M172 J2: 152 kits · 22.6% (95% confidence interval: 20–26%) (×3.6) 28k years
  • T-Z709: 18 kits · 2.7% (95% confidence interval: 2–4%) (×6.2) 8,000 years
  • J-M267 J1: 156 kits · 23.2% (95% confidence interval: 20–27%) (×3.3) 19k years
  • J-Z2227 J2a-Z2227: 53 kits · 7.9% (95% confidence interval: 6–10%) (×4.2) 15k 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.

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

Lebanon: 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.

  • T1a: 11 kits · 7.1% (95% confidence interval: 4–12%) (×3.6)

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

672
FTDNA
kits
159
YFull
samples
FTDNAYFull
FTDNA · YFull · Δ
J J-M304
45.8% · 45.9%+0.1
J1 J-M267
23.2% · 23.9%+0.7
P58 J-P58
15.9% · 23.3%+7.3
J2 J-M172
22.6% · 22.0%−0.6
J2a J-M410
16.4% · 19.5%+3.1
J2b J-M102
2.4% · 2.5%+0.1
E E-M96
18.8% · 27.0%+8.3
E1b1b-M35 E-M35
17.4% · 24.5%+7.1
E-M78
9.2% · 17.0%+7.8
E-M123
3.7% · 5.7%+1.9
R R-M207
13.7% · 9.4%−4.3
R1b-M269 R-M269
8.9% · 5.7%−3.3
L23 R-L23
6.1% · 3.8%−2.3
G G-M201
8.0% · 6.9%−1.1
G2a G-P15
4.8% · 5.7%+0.9
T T-M184
5.5% · 4.4%−1.1
L L-M20
3.6% · 4.4%+0.8
I I-L758
2.2% · 0.6%−1.6

mtDNA

YFull has fewer than 30 samples from this country, too few to compare. 25 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 672 · Projects 270

FTDNAProjects
FTDNA · Projects · Δ
J J-M304
45.8% · 40.4%−5.5
J1 J-M267
23.2% · 12.2%−11
P58 J-P58
15.9% · 10.0%−5.9
L858 J-L858
13.1% · 8.1%−4.9
FGC11 J-FGC11
8.8% · 5.2%−3.6
J2 J-M172
22.6% · 28.1%+5.5
J2a J-M410
16.4% · 16.3%−0.1
E E-M96
18.8% · 20.7%+2
E1b1b-M35 E-M35
17.4% · 18.5%+1.1
E-M78
9.2% · 7.0%−2.2
R R-M207
13.7% · 13.3%−0.4
R1b-M269 R-M269
8.9% · 10.0%+1.1
L23 R-L23
6.1% · 6.3%+0.2
G G-M201
8.0% · 8.5%+0.5

mtDNA FTDNA 155 · Projects 53

FTDNAProjects
FTDNA · Projects · Δ
H
27.7% · 34.0%+6.2
U
17.4% · 17.0%−0.4
U1
8.4% · 9.4%+1
U1b3
5.2% · 7.5%+2.4
U2'3'4'7'8'9
5.8% · 5.7%−0.1
T
11.6% · 13.2%+1.6
T1a
7.1% · 3.8%−3.3
T1a-T152C!
5.2% · 1.9%−3.3
T2
4.5% · 5.7%+1.1
J1
9.7% · 7.5%−2.1
HV
5.8% · 3.8%−2
K1a
5.8% · 1.9%−3.9
R0a
4.5% · 5.7%+1.1
N1b1a
3.2% · 1.9%−1.3
278
Y-DNA · People on the map
270 of them have a branch of the tree; relatives with one ancestor at one place count as one, 275 such votes
74%
Y-DNA · SNP-confirmed
that many have the branch confirmed by an SNP test, the rest predicted from STRs
53
mtDNA · People on the map
53 of them have a branch of the tree; relatives with one ancestor at one place count as one, 50 such votes
83%
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.
E-M96 +8.3
gap to YFull · Y
the Y branch whose share differs most between the two companies: FTDNA 18.8%, YFull 27.0%
41% / 25%
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 31.3 branchings from the root, an FTDNA kit 26.1
25%
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.
40%
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.
30%
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.
0.23
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.

+1
Y-DNA, FTDNA
new kits, 2026-10-09 → 2026-11-12
+1
mtDNA, FTDNA
new kits, 2026-10-12 → 2026-11-11
+1
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

Subregions #

Each bar is all the kits of one place; a colour is a group of haplogroups. The “Lebanon” 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

J2J1ERGTHLother
Lebanon no region 672
Druze 3

mtDNA

HUTJHVKRXLother
Lebanon no region 155
Druze 0
no data
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. YFull regions →

Regions on YFull
Country / region Y mt Leading
Mont-Liban LB-JL 61 2 J-M410 J2a 28%, E-M35 E1b1b-M35 20%, J-P58 J1-P58 13%
Beyrouth LB-BA 20 7 J-FGC11 J1-FGC11 30%, J-M410 J2a 20%, G-P15 G2a 20%
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.

Ancient samples

From excavations on this territory: 26 samples by Y-DNA and 16 samples by mtDNA. The oldest: 1,825 BCE, Canaanites.

Achaemenid Empire 6 · Crusader 6 · Medieval Levantine 5 · Hellenistic period 4 · Canaanites 2

All ancient samples →

Data on this page: FamilyTreeDNA Y tree, 12 November 2026: 672 kits; FamilyTreeDNA mtDNA tree, 11 November 2026: 155 kits; YFull Y tree, 2 November 2026: 159 samples; YFull mtDNA tree, 2 November 2026: 25 samples.

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

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