Northern Ireland: 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 #

2,000–1,000 BCE

3 · 100.0%

Y-DNA

Branches #

R-DF21

2 · 66.7%

R-L21

1 · 33.3%

Y-DNA

Cultures #

All archaeological cultures

Bronze Age British Isles 3

mtDNA

By period #

4,000–3,000 BCE

1 · 100.0%

mtDNA

Branches #

J1c3

1 · 100.0%

Paternal lines of the ancients #

Source: FamilyTreeDNA Discover.

Paternal lines of the ancients
Sample	Culture	Site	Date	Branch	Study
Rathlin 1 Rathlin1	Bronze Age British Isles	Glebe, Rathlin Island	1,947 BCE	R-DF21 ?	Cassidy et al. 2016
Rathlin 2 Rathlin2	Bronze Age British Isles	Glebe, Rathlin Island	1,869 BCE	R-DF21 ?	Cassidy et al. 2016
Rathlin 3 Rathlin3	Bronze Age British Isles	Glebe, Rathlin Island	1,635 BCE	R-L21 ?	Cassidy et al. 2016

Maternal lines of the ancients #

Source: YFull; no culture given.

Maternal lines of the ancients
Sample	Site	Date	Branch
82489	Northern Ireland	3,268 BCE	J1c3