Poland mtDNA

FamilyTreeDNA holds for Poland: 4,392 kits with mtDNA. On the maternal line the most common are K1a — 8%, J1c — 5% and U5a — 4%. YFull has 420 samples for mt from the same area, and its mix of major branches is broadly the same. The largest gap is K1a: 8% on FTDNA against 4% on YFull.

4,392

kits

891 distinct finest branches

45%

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.

Each colour is one of the eight most common macro-haplogroups worldwide (the first letter of the haplogroup, such as R or J). Everything else is grey.HUTJKVLIother

Level 1

Macro-haplogroups #

The opening letters of the mtDNA haplogroup (H, U, HV), the broadest division of the mt tree. Percentages of all the region's kits.

1,756 · 40.0%

666 · 15.2%

476 · 10.8%

374 · 8.5%

309 · 7.0%

154 · 3.5%

153 · 3.5%

132 · 3.0%

115 · 2.6%

86 · 2.0%

55 · 1.3%

30 · 0.7%

25 · 0.6%

21 · 0.5%

15 · 0.3%

10 · 0.2%

Level 2

Branches #

mt-tree branches shortened to three parts: letters, a number and one letter, such as U5a, H13a, J2b.

K1a

334 · 7.6% 11k years

J1c

224 · 5.1% 13k years

U5a

191 · 4.3% 21k years

T2b

170 · 3.9% 8,500 years

H1c

151 · 3.4% 5,300 years

H1b

132 · 3.0% 5,100 years

U5b

131 · 3.0% 22k years

H2a

119 · 2.7% 8,200 years

H1a

111 · 2.5% 5,800 years

H5a

108 · 2.5% 7,800 years

N1b

98 · 2.2% 33k years

T1a

90 · 2.0% 13k years

U4a

87 · 2.0% 8,900 years

K2a

82 · 1.9% 14k years

H6a

81 · 1.8% 7,900 years

76 · 1.7% 7,200 years

H1e

75 · 1.7% 6,300 years

U2e

73 · 1.7% 23k years

H11a

70 · 1.6% 6,400 years

61 · 1.4%

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 2026-09-29.

4,392

FTDNA

kits

420

YFull

samples

Macro-haplogroups

FTDNAYFull

FTDNA · YFull · Δ

40.0% · 34.3%−5.7

15.2% · 22.4%+7.2

10.8% · 7.6%−3.2

8.5% · 10.0%+1.5

7.0% · 8.8%+1.8

3.0% · 4.0%+1

3.5% · 3.6%+0.1

3.5% · 1.9%−1.6

2.6% · 1.9%−0.7

2.0% · 2.4%+0.4

1.3% · 1.4%+0.2

0.5% · 0.7%+0.2

Branches

FTDNAYFull

FTDNA · YFull · Δ

K1a

7.6% · 3.8%−3.8

U5a

4.3% · 7.1%+2.8

J1c

5.1% · 6.4%+1.3

U4a

2.0% · 5.2%+3.3

H1c

3.4% · 5.0%+1.6

U5b

3.0% · 4.5%+1.5

T2b

3.9% · 4.3%+0.4

H1b

3.0% · 4.3%+1.3

H5a

2.5% · 2.9%+0.4

H2a

2.7% · 2.6%−0.1

H6a

1.8% · 2.6%+0.8

H1a

2.5% · 0.2%−2.3

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.

H11b: 35 kits · 0.8% (×9.5)
H7e: 33 kits · 0.8% (×8.1)
HV1b: 56 kits · 1.3% (×6.5)
N1b: 98 kits · 2.2% (×4.5)
I1c: 20 kits · 0.5% (×6.6)
H40b: 14 kits · 0.3% (×6.8)
C5c: 13 kits · 0.3% (×6.4)
HV5a: 18 kits · 0.4% (×5.7)

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.