Scotland mtDNA

FamilyTreeDNA holds for Scotland: 4,612 kits with mtDNA. On the maternal line the most common are J1c — 9%, U5a — 5% and T2b — 5%. YFull has 79 samples for mt from the same area, and its mix of major branches is noticeably different. The largest gap is U5a: 5% on FTDNA against 1% on YFull.

4,612

kits

1,009 distinct finest branches

44%

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.

1,908 · 41.4%

653 · 14.2%

602 · 13.1%

452 · 9.8%

367 · 8.0%

221 · 4.8%

146 · 3.2%

79 · 1.7%

64 · 1.4%

60 · 1.3%

22 · 0.5%

11 · 0.2%

5 · 0.1%

3 · 0.1%

Level 2

Branches #

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

J1c

407 · 8.8% 13k years

U5a

239 · 5.2% 21k years

T2b

220 · 4.8% 8,500 years

K1a

195 · 4.2% 11k years

U5b

185 · 4.0% 22k years

H1a

176 · 3.8% 5,800 years

H1b

144 · 3.1% 5,100 years

H1c

137 · 3.0% 5,300 years

J1b

117 · 2.5% 19k years

H2a

116 · 2.5% 8,200 years

T1a

108 · 2.3% 13k years

102 · 2.2% 7,200 years

I1a

86 · 1.9% 11k years

H4a

84 · 1.8% 9,500 years

H6a

78 · 1.7% 7,900 years

H5a

67 · 1.5% 7,800 years

K1c

67 · 1.5% 16k years

H1e

58 · 1.3% 6,300 years

H13a

51 · 1.1% 11k years

H3a

50 · 1.1%

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 2026-09-29.

4,612

FTDNA

kits

YFull

samples

Macro-haplogroups

FTDNAYFull

FTDNA · YFull · Δ

41.4% · 31.6%−9.7

13.1% · 20.3%+7.2

14.2% · 10.1%−4

9.8% · 12.7%+2.9

8.0% · 8.9%+0.9

4.8% · 6.3%+1.5

3.2% · 5.1%+1.9

1.4% · 5.1%+3.7

1.7% · 0.0%−1.7

1.3% · 0.0%−1.3

0.5% · 0.0%−0.5

0.2% · 0.0%−0.2

Branches

FTDNAYFull

FTDNA · YFull · Δ

J1c

8.8% · 11.4%+2.6

T2b

4.8% · 6.3%+1.6

H2a

2.5% · 6.3%+3.8

U5a

5.2% · 1.3%−3.9

J1b

2.5% · 5.1%+2.5

K1a

4.2% · 3.8%−0.4

U5b

4.0% · 3.8%−0.2

H1a

3.8% · 1.3%−2.6

H1b

3.1% · 3.8%+0.7

X2b

0.9% · 3.8%+2.9

H1g

0.9% · 3.8%+2.9

H1c

3.0% · 0.0%−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.

I2c: 21 kits · 0.5% (×4.8)
I2a: 28 kits · 0.6% (×3.8)
V10a: 23 kits · 0.5% (×3.8)
HV16: 14 kits · 0.3% (×4.0)
H31a: 16 kits · 0.3% (×3.5)
V2: 14 kits · 0.3% (×3.5)
V15a: 15 kits · 0.3% (×3.1)

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.