Saudi Arabia mtDNA

FamilyTreeDNA holds for Saudi Arabia: 807 kits with mtDNA. On the maternal line the most common are R0a — 18%, J1b — 9% and J2a — 4%. YFull has 312 samples for mt from the same area, and its mix of major branches is almost the same. The largest gap is J2a: 4% on FTDNA against 8% on YFull.

807

kits

273 distinct finest branches

36%

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.

157 · 19.5%

150 · 18.6%

111 · 13.8%

83 · 10.3%

77 · 9.5%

59 · 7.3%

46 · 5.7%

34 · 4.2%

31 · 3.8%

26 · 3.2%

17 · 2.1%

8 · 1.0%

3 · 0.4%

2 · 0.2%

1 · 0.1%

Level 2

Branches #

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

R0a

142 · 17.6% 28k years

J1b

76 · 9.4% 19k years

J2a

34 · 4.2% 26k years

J1d

33 · 4.1% 18k years

L2a

31 · 3.8% 76k years

M1a

23 · 2.9% 20k years

N1a

22 · 2.7% 46k years

K1a

22 · 2.7% 11k years

T2c

20 · 2.5% 14k years

H2a

17 · 2.1% 8,200 years

L0a

15 · 1.9% 48k years

T1b

15 · 1.9% 6,900 years

U7a

13 · 1.6% 14k years

11 · 1.4% 16k years

L3e

10 · 1.2% 36k years

H6a

10 · 1.2% 7,900 years

10 · 1.2% 28k years

T1a

9 · 1.1% 13k years

N1b

8 · 1.0% 33k years

U9a

8 · 1.0% 22k years

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.

807

FTDNA

kits

312

YFull

samples

Macro-haplogroups

FTDNAYFull

FTDNA · YFull · Δ

19.5% · 24.0%+4.6

18.6% · 14.7%−3.8

13.8% · 10.3%−3.5

9.5% · 10.9%+1.4

10.3% · 8.7%−1.6

7.3% · 6.7%−0.6

4.2% · 6.7%+2.5

5.7% · 5.4%−0.3

3.8% · 3.8%0

3.2% · 3.2%0

2.1% · 2.6%+0.5

0.4% · 1.6%+1.2

Branches

FTDNAYFull

FTDNA · YFull · Δ

R0a

17.6% · 14.1%−3.5

J1b

9.4% · 9.9%+0.5

J2a

4.2% · 8.3%+4.1

J1d

4.1% · 4.8%+0.7

M1a

2.9% · 3.8%+1

L2a

3.8% · 2.2%−1.6

N1a

2.7% · 3.5%+0.8

H2a

2.1% · 3.2%+1.1

U7a

1.6% · 2.9%+1.3

K1a

2.7% · 2.6%−0.2

T2c

2.5% · 2.6%+0.1

N1b

1.0% · 2.2%+1.3

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.

J1: 10 kits · 1.2% (×104.4)
R0a: 142 kits · 17.6% (×47.1)
J1d: 33 kits · 4.1% (×37.5)
T1b: 15 kits · 1.9% (×20.9)
M1a: 23 kits · 2.9% (×17.5)
X2: 11 kits · 1.4% (×14.4)
J1b: 76 kits · 9.4% (×7.7)
U7a: 13 kits · 1.6% (×12.7)

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.