Switzerland mtDNA

FamilyTreeDNA holds for Switzerland: 1,293 kits with mtDNA. On the maternal line the most common are T2b — 7%, J1c — 6% and K1a — 5%. YFull has 43 samples for mt from the same area, and its mix of major branches is noticeably different. The largest gap is T2c: 1% on FTDNA against 7% on YFull.

1,293

kits

513 distinct finest branches

37%

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.

557 · 43.1%

198 · 15.3%

179 · 13.8%

112 · 8.7%

100 · 7.7%

44 · 3.4%

29 · 2.2%

25 · 1.9%

17 · 1.3%

15 · 1.2%

10 · 0.8%

4 · 0.3%

1 · 0.1%

Level 2

Branches #

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

T2b

92 · 7.1% 8,500 years

J1c

75 · 5.8% 13k years

K1a

60 · 4.6% 11k years

U5a

56 · 4.3% 21k years

H1a

47 · 3.6% 5,800 years

U5b

43 · 3.3% 22k years

H2a

39 · 3.0% 8,200 years

H1c

34 · 2.6% 5,300 years

31 · 2.4% 7,200 years

H5a

30 · 2.3% 7,800 years

26 · 2.0%

U2e

26 · 2.0% 23k years

H6a

24 · 1.9% 7,900 years

T1a

24 · 1.9% 13k years

U4a

21 · 1.6% 8,900 years

H1b

20 · 1.5% 5,100 years

H3h

20 · 1.5% 4,500 years

H10e

20 · 1.5% 4,300 years

T2c

19 · 1.5% 14k years

H1e

18 · 1.4% 6,300 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.

1,293

FTDNA

kits

YFull

samples

Macro-haplogroups

FTDNAYFull

FTDNA · YFull · Δ

43.1% · 34.9%−8.2

15.3% · 23.3%+7.9

13.8% · 18.6%+4.8

8.7% · 9.3%+0.6

7.7% · 4.7%−3.1

3.4% · 2.3%−1.1

2.2% · 2.3%+0.1

1.9% · 2.3%+0.4

1.3% · 2.3%+1

1.2% · 0.0%−1.2

0.8% · 0.0%−0.8

0.3% · 0.0%−0.3

Branches

FTDNAYFull

FTDNA · YFull · Δ

T2b

7.1% · 4.7%−2.5

J1c

5.8% · 7.0%+1.2

H6a

1.9% · 7.0%+5.1

T2c

1.5% · 7.0%+5.5

U5b

3.3% · 4.7%+1.3

H2a

3.0% · 4.7%+1.6

T2a

1.2% · 4.7%+3.5

U3b

0.6% · 4.7%+4

U3a

0.5% · 4.7%+4.1

H26a

0.5% · 4.7%+4.2

H15a

0.2% · 4.7%+4.4

K1a

4.6% · 2.3%−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.

H7b: 18 kits · 1.4% (×4.9)
H3h: 20 kits · 1.5% (×3.5)
H10e: 20 kits · 1.5% (×3.2)
T2c: 19 kits · 1.5% (×3.2)
T2e: 15 kits · 1.2% (×3.0)

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.