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Libya: haplogroups

FamilyTreeDNA has 496 kits with a Y-DNA result and 28 kits with mtDNA (mitochondrial DNA). On the paternal line the most common are J1-FGC1707 — 33%, E1b1b-M35 — 28% and J2 — 9%. For mt that is fewer than 50, so those shares below are a rough guide only. YFull has 164 samples for Y from the same area, and its mix of major branches is almost the same. The largest gap is E1b1b-M35: 28% on FTDNA against 48% on YFull.

Compare with…
13.4
Y-DNA · kits per 100,000 men
rank 59 of 123 among countries. About 3.7 million men (UN, 2023). A kit's country is the ancestor's homeland, not where the tester lives

Paternal line · Y-DNA

496 kits · 25 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
248 · 50.0% 30k years
J1
202 · 40.7% 19k years
L858
174 · 35.1% 4,900 years
FGC1707
162 · 32.7% 2,700 years
J2
46 · 9.3% 28k years
J2a
29 · 5.8% 20k years
Z2222
18 · 3.6% 16k years
L25
15 · 3.0% 8,800 years
Z435
9 · 1.8% 3,800 years
J2b
9 · 1.8% 16k years
E
159 · 32.1% 52k years
E1b1b-M35
138 · 27.8% 25k years
E-M81
99 · 20.0% 4,500 years
PF2546
85 · 17.1% 2,400 years
E-M78
24 · 4.8% 15k years
V12
5 · 1.0% 11k years
E-M34
5 · 1.0% 15k years
M2 (E1b1a)
18 · 3.6% 18k years
R
34 · 6.9% 28k years
R1b-V88
17 · 3.4% 14k years
R1b-L23
5 · 1.0% 6,400 years
T
23 · 4.6% 28k years
G
16 · 3.2% 28k years
G2a
12 · 2.4% 19k years
G2a1-Z6552
5 · 1.0% 17k years
other
16 · 3.2%

Among the rest: A 7, C 2, L 2, Q 2, K 1, I 1, H 1.

Maternal line · mtDNA

28 kits · 5 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.
L3
8 · 29% (8 of 28, 95% confidence interval: 15–47%) 66k years
L3f
3 of 28 (3 of 28, 95% confidence interval: 4–27%) 51k years
L3e'i'k'x
3 of 28 (3 of 28, 95% confidence interval: 4–27%) 53k years
H
5 · 18% (5 of 28, 95% confidence interval: 8–36%) 11k years
M1
4 of 28 (4 of 28, 95% confidence interval: 6–31%) 26k years
other
11 · 39% (11 of 28, 95% confidence interval: 24–58%)

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 same branches are in the tree on this page.

Libya: 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-FGC5: 159 kits · 32.1% (95% confidence interval: 28–36%) (×55.3) 1,900 years
  • J-FGC1: 120 kits · 24.2% (95% confidence interval: 21–28%) (×45.3) 1,800 years
  • E-PF2546 E-PF2546: 85 kits · 17.1% (95% confidence interval: 14–21%) (×42.5) 2,400 years
  • J-M267 J1: 202 kits · 40.7% (95% confidence interval: 36–45%) (×5.8) 19k years
  • E-M35 E1b1b-M35: 138 kits · 27.8% (95% confidence interval: 24–32%) (×5.3) 25k years
  • E-P2: 156 kits · 31.5% (95% confidence interval: 28–36%) (×4.4) 42k years
  • J-M304 J: 248 kits · 50.0% (95% confidence interval: 46–54%) (×3.8) 30k years
  • J-Z387: 14 kits · 2.8% (95% confidence interval: 2–5%) (×5.0) 7,000 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.

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

496
FTDNA
kits
164
YFull
samples
FTDNAYFull
FTDNA · YFull · Δ
J J-M304
50.0% · 42.7%−7.3
J1 J-M267
40.7% · 34.1%−6.6
L858 J-L858
35.1% · 33.5%−1.5
J2 J-M172
9.3% · 8.5%−0.7
J2a J-M410
5.8% · 3.7%−2.2
J2b J-M102
1.8% · 4.9%+3.1
E E-M96
32.1% · 49.4%+17.3
E1b1b-M35 E-M35
27.8% · 47.6%+19.7
E-M81
20.0% · 35.4%+15.4
E-M78
4.8% · 11.0%+6.1
E-M34
1.0% · 0.6%−0.4
M2 (E1b1a) E-M2
3.6% · 1.8%−1.8
R R-M207
6.9% · 0.6%−6.2
R1b-V88 R-V88
3.4% · 0.6%−2.8
R1b-L23 R-L23
1.0% · 0.0%−1
T T-M184
4.6% · 4.3%−0.4
G G-M201
3.2% · 2.4%−0.8
G2a G-P15
2.4% · 2.4%0
G2a1-Z6552 G-Z6552
1.0% · 0.6%−0.4

mtDNA

YFull has fewer than 30 samples from this country, too few to compare. 24 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.

Y-DNA FTDNA 496 · Projects 131

FTDNAProjects
FTDNA · Projects · Δ
J J-M304
50.0% · 67.2%+17.2
J1 J-M267
40.7% · 59.5%+18.8
L858 J-L858
35.1% · 51.1%+16.1
FGC1707 J-FGC1707
32.7% · 48.9%+16.2
J2 J-M172
9.3% · 7.6%−1.6
J2a J-M410
5.8% · 3.8%−2
E E-M96
32.1% · 25.2%−6.9
E1b1b-M35 E-M35
27.8% · 22.9%−4.9
E-M81
20.0% · 15.3%−4.7
PF2546 E-PF2546
17.1% · 13.7%−3.4
E-M78
4.8% · 4.6%−0.3
M2 (E1b1a) E-M2
3.6% · 2.3%−1.3
R R-M207
6.9% · 3.8%−3
T T-M184
4.6% · 0.0%−4.6
133
Y-DNA · People on the map
131 of them have a branch of the tree; relatives with one ancestor at one place count as one, 125 such votes
90%
Y-DNA · SNP-confirmed
that many have the branch confirmed by an SNP test, the rest predicted from STRs
92%
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-M35 +19.7
gap to YFull · Y
the Y branch whose share differs most between the two companies: FTDNA 27.8%, YFull 47.6%
31% / 26%
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 34.5 branchings from the root, an FTDNA kit 31.8
26%
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.
46%
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.

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

Y-DNA: branches that grew

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: 0 samples by Y-DNA and 2 samples by mtDNA.
All ancient samples →

Data on this page: FamilyTreeDNA Y tree, 12 November 2026: 496 kits; FamilyTreeDNA mtDNA tree, 11 November 2026: 28 kits; YFull Y tree, 2 November 2026: 164 samples; YFull mtDNA tree, 2 November 2026: 24 samples.

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

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