Saudi Arabia: haplogroups
FamilyTreeDNA has 12,049 kits with a Y-DNA result and 816 kits with mtDNA (mitochondrial DNA). On the paternal line the most common are J1-FGC11 — 40%, E1b1b-M35 — 10% and J2a — 9%. On the maternal line the most common are R0a — 17%, J1 — 15% and H — 10%. YFull has 7,164 samples for Y from the same area, and its mix of major branches is almost the same. The largest gap is J1-P58: 47% on FTDNA against 55% on YFull.
Compare with…Mitotree, the mt tree of FTDNA Discover, has about 58 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
12,049 kits · 30 branchesAmong the rest: A 167, L 137, Q 75, H 56, C 37, O 28, I 7, D 4, F 3, K 1.
Maternal line · mtDNA
816 kits · 30 branchesMigration 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).
Saudi Arabia: 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-FGC1695: 4,224 kits · 35.1% (95% confidence interval: 34–36%) (×12.2) 3,200 years
- J-FGC23310: 2,076 kits · 17.2% (95% confidence interval: 17–18%) (×12.9) 2,100 years
- J-FGC7: 745 kits · 6.2% (95% confidence interval: 6–7%) (×14.7) 2,000 years
- J-FGC1721: 2,460 kits · 20.4% (95% confidence interval: 20–21%) (×11.8) 2,200 years
- J-FGC4422: 671 kits · 5.6% (95% confidence interval: 5–6%) (×10.6) 3,100 years
- J-M267 J1: 6,481 kits · 53.8% (95% confidence interval: 53–55%) (×7.7) 19k years
- J-FGC2: 514 kits · 4.3% (95% confidence interval: 4–5%) (×10.5) 1,500 years
- J-FGC1: 637 kits · 5.3% (95% confidence interval: 5–6%) (×9.9) 1,800 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.
All 112 countries and regions by similarity
- Kuwait 93%
- Qatar 84%
- Iraq 80%
- Bahrain 79%
- Syria 78%
- Yemen 74%
- Egypt 71%
- Jordan 70%
- Palestine 70%
- United Arab Emirates 69%
- Oman 67%
- Sudan 67%
- Lebanon 65%
- Iran 64%
- Tunisia 61%
- Algeria 60%
- Turkey 56%
- Morocco 53%
- Azerbaijan 53%
- Israel 52%
- Armenia 45%
- Greece 45%
- Libya 43%
- Tajikistan 43%
- Romania 42%
- Italy 42%
- Uzbekistan 39%
- Belarus 38%
- Pakistan 38%
- Ukraine 37%
- Lithuania 36%
- Georgia 35%
- Spain 35%
- Afghanistan 35%
- Hungary 35%
- Russia 34%
- Italy (Sicily) 34%
- Moldova 34%
- India 33%
- Portugal 33%
- Austria 33%
- Brazil 32%
- Latvia 31%
- Bulgaria 31%
- Poland 30%
- Dagestan 29%
- Somalia 29%
- Mexico 29%
- Kazakhstan 29%
- Puerto Rico 28%
- Slovakia 26%
- Colombia 26%
- Cuba 25%
- Macedonia 25%
- Sri Lanka 25%
- Germany 24%
- Dominican Republic 24%
- Switzerland 24%
- Jamaica 23%
- France 23%
- Adygea 23%
- Netherlands 23%
- South Africa 23%
- Czech Republic 22%
- Belgium 21%
- Chechnya 21%
- Chile 20%
- Cameroon 20%
- Albania 20%
- United States 20%
- United States (Native American) 19%
- Serbia 18%
- Bashkortostan 18%
- Argentina 18%
- Peru 17%
- Croatia 17%
- United Kingdom 17%
- Nigeria 16%
- England 16%
- Ghana 16%
- Luxembourg 16%
- Tatarstan 15%
- Canada 14%
- China 14%
- Slovenia 13%
- Ingushetia 13%
- Denmark 13%
- Australia 13%
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 13%
- Scotland 12%
- Indonesia 12%
- Montenegro 12%
- Wales 12%
- Chuvashia 11%
- Mongolia 10%
- Ireland 10%
- Mordovia 10%
- Philippines 9%
- New Zealand 9%
- Northern Ireland 8%
- Sweden 8%
- Norway 8%
- Orstkhoy (Aosta Valley in FTDNA) 7%
- Japan 6%
- South Korea 5%
- England (Cornish) 4%
- Iceland 4%
- Estonia 4%
- Karelia 3%
- Finland 3%
- Vietnam 3%
- Isle of Man 2%
Saudi Arabia: 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.
- J1: 10 kits · 1.2% (95% confidence interval: 1–2%) (×103.7)
- R0a: 142 kits · 17.4% (95% confidence interval: 15–20%) (×46.7)
- J1d: 34 kits · 4.2% (95% confidence interval: 3–6%) (×38.1)
- T1b: 15 kits · 1.8% (95% confidence interval: 1–3%) (×20.7)
- M1a: 23 kits · 2.8% (95% confidence interval: 2–4%) (×17.3)
- X2: 11 kits · 1.3% (95% confidence interval: 1–2%) (×14.3)
- J1b: 77 kits · 9.4% (95% confidence interval: 8–12%) (×7.8)
- U7a: 13 kits · 1.6% (95% confidence interval: 1–3%) (×12.4)
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.
All 71 countries and regions by similarity
- Kuwait 76%
- United Arab Emirates 67%
- Iraq 60%
- Syria 57%
- Egypt 54%
- Turkey 53%
- Iran 52%
- Italy 50%
- Lebanon 49%
- Armenia 47%
- Algeria 44%
- Israel 44%
- Portugal 41%
- Greece 40%
- Belarus 39%
- Morocco 39%
- Spain 39%
- United States 39%
- Poland 38%
- Russia 37%
- Bulgaria 37%
- Chechnya 37%
- Ukraine 36%
- France 36%
- Romania 36%
- Austria 36%
- Hungary 36%
- Lithuania 36%
- Germany 35%
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 35%
- Switzerland 35%
- Czech Republic 35%
- United States (Native American) 35%
- Belgium 34%
- Netherlands 33%
- Latvia 33%
- United Kingdom 33%
- England 33%
- Slovakia 33%
- Scotland 33%
- Sweden 33%
- Wales 32%
- Northern Ireland 31%
- Dominican Republic 31%
- Ireland 31%
- Norway 31%
- Cuba 31%
- Denmark 31%
- Slovenia 31%
- Brazil 30%
- South Africa 30%
- Canada 30%
- Moldova 30%
- Croatia 29%
- India 29%
- Serbia 28%
- Estonia 26%
- Australia 25%
- Jamaica 24%
- Puerto Rico 22%
- Finland 21%
- New Zealand 18%
- Mexico 18%
- Colombia 11%
- Argentina 11%
- China 5%
- Canada (First Nations) 5%
- Chile 5%
- Japan 1%
- Philippines 0%
- South Korea 0%
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
mtDNA
The same country on the project maps
Y-DNA FTDNA 12,049 · Projects 2,154
mtDNA FTDNA 816 · Projects 144
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.
Y-DNA: branches that grew
- G-PF3345*: +9
- J-FGC7: +9
- E-PF2179*: +6
- J-FGC1695*: +5
- J-FGC1721*: +5
- T-CTS2214*: +5
- A-PR2921* A (tree root): +3
- J-FGC23310*: +3
- J-FGC7638*: +3
- J-L858* J1-L858: +3
- R-Z94* R1a-Z94: +3
- E-CTS10298* E-Z830: +2
- E-PF6751: +2
- J-FGC1723*: +2
- J-FGC4422: +2
- R-Z2124 R1a-Z2124: +2
- CT-M168* CT: +1
- E-M34*: +1
- E-U175: +1
- J-FGC5*: +1
- J-L25* J2a-L25: +1
- J-M92 J2a-M92: +1
- J-PF5160* J2a-Z2222: +1
- J-YSC0000076: +1
- J-Z2227* J2a-Z2227: +1
- K-M526*: +1
- L-M22: +1
- R-M173* R1: +1
- R-M269* R1b-M269: +1
- R-Z93* R1a-Z93: +1
- and 1 more
mtDNA: branches that grew
New Y-DNA samples in YFull
- E-Y680789 · Ar Riyad · Arabs ×2
- J-FGC28711 · Ash Sharqiyah ×2
- J-FGC8849 · Ash Sharqiyah ×2
- J-FTK19632 · Ar Riyad ×2
- J-Y134737 · `Asir ×2
- J-Y251698 · Makkah · Hijazi Arabs ×2
- J-Y82304 · Makkah ×2
- T-Z19935 · Ash Sharqiyah ×2
- A-BY121794 · Al Jawf
- A-Y64330 · Ash Sharqiyah
- E-FGC66447 · Al Qasim · Najdi Arabs
- E-FGC79649 · Al Qasim
- E-FT211626 · Makkah
- E-FT277800 · Ar Riyad
- E-FT287983 · Ar Riyad
- E-FTC41251 · Ash Sharqiyah · Arabs
- E-FTC43732 · Ar Riyad
- E-FTD38931 · Makkah
- E-FTD85458 · Al Qasim · Najdi Arabs
- E-FTF37332 · Jizan
- E-FTG80898 · Ash Sharqiyah
- E-FTH44421 · Al Qasim
- E-Y140671 · Ash Sharqiyah
- E-Y182022 · Al Madinah
- E-Z15029 · Makkah
- E-Z5009 · Makkah · Hijazi Arabs
- G-FT68976 · Al Jawf · Arabs
- G-FTB44568 · Al Qasim · Najdi Arabs
- J-A31554 · Makkah · Arabs
- J-BY122186 · Al Jawf
- and 50 more
New mtDNA samples in 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 →
| Country / region | Y | mt | Leading | Similar regions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ar Riyad SA-01 | 2,129 | 66 | J-FGC1707 J1-FGC1707 38%, E-M35 E1b1b-M35 14%, J-PF5160 J2a-Z2222 9% | Al Kuwayt (Al Asimah) — 93% similar; Ash Sharqiyah — 93% similar; Makkah — 80% similar |
| Ash Sharqiyah SA-04 | 1,083 | 49 | J-L858 J1-L858 38%, J-M410 J2a 22%, T-M184 T 9% | Al Kuwayt (Al Asimah) — 95% similar; Ar Riyad — 93% similar; Makkah — 81% similar |
| Makkah SA-02 | 906 | 59 | J-FGC11 J1-FGC11 49%, E-M35 E1b1b-M35 21%, J-M410 J2a 5% | Al Madinah — 86% similar; Ash Sharqiyah — 81% similar; Ar Riyad — 80% similar |
| Al Qasim SA-05 | 608 | 17 | J-FGC11 J1-FGC11 49%, J-M410 J2a 19%, E-L795 E-M84 12% | · |
| Jizan SA-09 | 325 | 7 | J-FGC11 J1-FGC11 61%, E-M35 E1b1b-M35 8%, J-Z640 J1-Z640 3% | · |
| `Asir SA-14 | 324 | 16 | J-FGC11 J1-FGC11 61%, J-Z640 J1-Z640 11%, J-L25 J2a-L25 8% | · |
| Al Madinah SA-03 | 323 | 30 | E-M35 E1b1b-M35 40%, J-FGC11 J1-FGC11 32%, J-M172 J2 6% | Makkah — 86% similar |
| Al Bahah SA-11 | 305 | 8 | J-P58 J1-P58 91%, E-L795 E-M84 3%, J-L25 J2a-L25 2% | · |
| Ha'il SA-06 | 196 | 13 | J-FGC11 J1-FGC11 44%, G-CTS342 G2a-CTS342 24%, E-M35 E1b1b-M35 14% | · |
| Al Jawf SA-12 | 148 | 3 | J-FGC11 J1-FGC11 76%, G-CTS342 G2a-CTS342 10%, J-PF5160 J2a-Z2222 3% | · |
| Tabuk SA-07 | 91 | 3 | J-FGC11 J1-FGC11 24%, E-L795 E-M84 12%, L-M27 L-M27 11% | · |
| Najran SA-10 | 81 | 3 | J-P58 J1-P58 90%, J-L25 J2a-L25 4% | · |
| Al Hudud ash Shamaliyah SA-08 | 37 | 2 | J-FGC1707 J1-FGC1707 32%, E-M96 E 8% | · |
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.
- Arabs 896 / 48
- Najdi Arabs 158 / 3
- Hijazi Arabs 141 / 8
- Saudi Arabian Sign Language 31 / 0
- Gulf Arabs 19 / 0
- English 12 / 6
- Upper Egyptians 14 / 2
- Bahrainis 7 / 0
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.
| Country | shared branches | expected | × | chance? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kuwait | 212 | 43.2 | 4.9 | unlikely by chance p < 0.001 |
| Bahrain | 46 | 16.8 | 2.7 | unlikely by chance p < 0.001 |
| Iraq | 40 | 11.8 | 3.4 | unlikely by chance p < 0.001 |
| Qatar | 35 | 17.4 | 2.0 | unlikely by chance p < 0.001 |
| Yemen | 21 | 5.3 | 4.0 | unlikely by chance p < 0.001 |
| Syria | 9 | 3.9 | 2.3 | unlikely by chance p = 0.013 |
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=797
Notably above chance
| Y | mt | pairs | expected by chance | × | chance? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J1-FGC11 | H6b | 14 | 4.5 | 3.09 | unlikely by chance p < 0.001 |
Most frequent combinations
| Y | mt | pairs | expected by chance | × | chance? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J1-FGC1707 | R0a | 63 | 56.5 | 1.11 | could be chance p = 0.125 |
| J1-FGC1707 | J1b | 39 | 36.7 | 1.06 | could be chance p = 0.336 |
| J1-FGC11 | R0a | 27 | 25.8 | 1.05 | could be chance p = 0.427 |
| J1-FGC1707 | J2a | 23 | 21.6 | 1.07 | could be chance p = 0.391 |
| J1-FGC11 | J1b | 22 | 16.7 | 1.31 | could be chance p = 0.088 |
| J1-FGC1707 | N1a | 21 | 14.2 | 1.47 | could be chance p = 0.013 |
| J1-FGC1707 | J1d | 15 | 13.8 | 1.09 | could be chance p = 0.398 |
| J1-FGC1707 | L2a | 15 | 12.1 | 1.24 | could be chance p = 0.174 |
Data on this page: FamilyTreeDNA Y tree, 12 November 2026: 12,049 kits; FamilyTreeDNA mtDNA tree, 11 November 2026: 816 kits; YFull Y tree, 2 November 2026: 7,164 samples; YFull mtDNA tree, 2 November 2026: 316 samples.
How to cite: ftdnastat, "Saudi Arabia: Y-DNA and mtDNA haplogroups", https://ftdnastat.github.io/en/c/saudi-arabia/, data of 2026-11-14, build 20261114-18dba71.
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