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United Arab Emirates: haplogroups

FamilyTreeDNA has 1,371 kits with a Y-DNA result and 168 kits with mtDNA (mitochondrial DNA). On the paternal line the most common are J1-L858 — 29%, T-CTS6507 — 16% and J2 — 15%. On the maternal line the most common are U — 15%, H — 13% and J1b — 10%. YFull has 664 samples for Y from the same area, and its mix of major branches is almost the same. The largest gap is E: 12% on FTDNA against 25% on YFull.

Compare with…
20.1
Y-DNA · kits per 100,000 men
rank 49 of 123 among countries. About 6.8 million men (UN, 2023). A kit's country is the ancestor's homeland, not where the tester lives
1.6
mtDNA · kits per 100,000 people
rank 57 of 93 among countries. About 11 million people (UN, 2023)

Mitotree, the mt tree of FTDNA Discover, has about 205 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

1,371 kits · 30 branches
Main branches of the Y tree. Each branch counts every kit in it and in its sub-branches; sub-branches are indented. Age is how many years ago the branch's common ancestor lived (TMRCA).
J
677 · 49.4% 30k years
J1
471 · 34.4% 19k years
L858
398 · 29.0% 4,900 years
FGC11
276 · 20.1% 4,800 years
FGC1707
246 · 17.9% 2,700 years
Z640
49 · 3.6% 4,300 years
J2
204 · 14.9% 28k years
J2a
155 · 11.3% 20k years
Z2222
67 · 4.9% 16k years
L25
54 · 3.9% 8,800 years
T
277 · 20.2% 28k years
CTS6507
219 · 16.0% 4,200 years
E
165 · 12.0% 52k years
E1b1b-M35
121 · 8.8% 25k years
E-M78
58 · 4.2% 15k years
V22
43 · 3.1% 8,700 years
E-Z830
57 · 4.2% 20k years
M34
54 · 3.9% 15k years
M2 (E1b1a)
41 · 3.0% 18k years
M191
30 · 2.2% 5,900 years
R
119 · 8.7% 28k years
R1a-M198
75 · 5.5% 8,500 years
Z93
61 · 4.4% 4,700 years
L657
29 · 2.1% 4,000 years
Z2124
20 · 1.5% 4,500 years
R1b-Z2103 (M12149)
23 · 1.7% 5,700 years
L
53 · 3.9% 24k years
M27
29 · 2.1% 8,500 years
G
46 · 3.4% 28k years
G2a
25 · 1.8% 19k years
other
34 · 2.5%

Among the rest: Q 12, B 5, H 4, C 3, F 2, I 2, O 2, A 2, N 2.

Maternal line · mtDNA

168 kits · 30 branches
Main mt-tree branches grouped by letter, sub-branches indented. Each branch counts every kit in it and in its sub-branches. Age is how many years ago the branch's common foremother lived, from FTDNA data where available.
U
25 · 14.9% 51k years
U2'3'4'7'8'9
21 · 12.5% 50k years
U2
12 · 7.1% 50k years
U2e1'2'3
9 · 5.4%
U2e1
5 · 3.0% 11k years
U2e3
4 of 168 15k years
U1a1
4 of 168 21k years
J
24 · 14.3% 35k years
J1b
16 · 9.5% 19k years
J1b3b1
4 of 168 6,600 years
J2a2b
4 of 168 17k years
H
22 · 13.1% 11k years
H13a2a
5 · 3.0% 9,900 years
L2'3'4'5'6'7
18 · 10.7%
L2'3'4'6
15 · 8.9% 97k years
L3
10 · 6.0% 66k years
R
15 · 8.9% 58k years
R0a
12 · 7.1% 28k years
R0a2
7 · 4.2% 13k years
R0a1a
5 · 3.0% 8,600 years
K2
14 · 8.3% 25k years
K2a
11 · 6.5% 14k years
N1
13 · 7.7% 51k years
N1a1b1
5 · 3.0% 21k years
N1b1a2
5 · 3.0% 9,600 years
M
12 · 7.1% 53k years
M4''67
5 · 3.0% 37k years
M5a
4 of 168 16k years
HV
11 · 6.5% 13k years
T
6 · 3.6% 20k years
other
8 · 4.8%

Migration 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).

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The same branches are in the tree on this page.

United Arab Emirates: 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.

  • T-Z709: 222 kits · 16.2% (95% confidence interval: 14–18%) (×37.4) 8,000 years
  • LT-L298 LT: 330 kits · 24.1% (95% confidence interval: 22–26%) (×12.1) 43k years
  • J-FGC2: 74 kits · 5.4% (95% confidence interval: 4–7%) (×13.2) 1,500 years
  • J-FGC1721: 244 kits · 17.8% (95% confidence interval: 16–20%) (×10.3) 2,200 years
  • J-YSC0000076: 72 kits · 5.3% (95% confidence interval: 4–7%) (×11.6) 4,500 years
  • J-L858 J1-L858: 398 kits · 29.0% (95% confidence interval: 27–31%) (×7.0) 4,900 years
  • E-V22 E-V22: 43 kits · 3.1% (95% confidence interval: 2–4%) (×7.5) 8,700 years
  • J-FGC23310: 98 kits · 7.1% (95% confidence interval: 6–9%) (×5.4) 2,100 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.

1–12%13–20%21–32%33–44%45–85%United Arab Emiratesunder 100 kits
All 112 countries and regions by similarity
  1. Bahrain 85%
  2. Iraq 80%
  3. Qatar 79%
  4. Kuwait 77%
  5. Oman 76%
  6. Syria 74%
  7. Iran 72%
  8. Saudi Arabia 69%
  9. Egypt 67%
  10. Lebanon 67%
  11. Jordan 65%
  12. Palestine 65%
  13. Azerbaijan 62%
  14. Turkey 62%
  15. Armenia 53%
  16. Sudan 53%
  17. Yemen 49%
  18. Greece 48%
  19. Israel 48%
  20. Tajikistan 45%
  21. Algeria 45%
  22. Tunisia 44%
  23. Romania 44%
  24. Pakistan 43%
  25. Italy 43%
  26. Morocco 42%
  27. Georgia 41%
  28. Belarus 40%
  29. Afghanistan 40%
  30. Ukraine 40%
  31. Moldova 39%
  32. Lithuania 39%
  33. India 39%
  34. Hungary 37%
  35. Italy (Sicily) 37%
  36. Russia 35%
  37. Austria 35%
  38. Spain 35%
  39. Portugal 35%
  40. Bulgaria 34%
  41. Uzbekistan 34%
  42. Latvia 34%
  43. Brazil 33%
  44. Dagestan 32%
  45. Libya 32%
  46. Kazakhstan 32%
  47. Poland 32%
  48. Sri Lanka 29%
  49. Slovakia 29%
  50. Cuba 28%
  51. Mexico 28%
  52. Colombia 27%
  53. Macedonia 26%
  54. Germany 25%
  55. Adygea 25%
  56. Chechnya 25%
  57. Puerto Rico 24%
  58. Switzerland 24%
  59. Czech Republic 24%
  60. South Africa 23%
  61. France 23%
  62. Netherlands 22%
  63. Albania 21%
  64. Jamaica 20%
  65. Croatia 20%
  66. Belgium 20%
  67. Serbia 20%
  68. Dominican Republic 20%
  69. Argentina 19%
  70. Tatarstan 19%
  71. Peru 19%
  72. United States 18%
  73. Chile 18%
  74. Ingushetia 18%
  75. Bashkortostan 17%
  76. United States (Native American) 17%
  77. United Kingdom 16%
  78. Slovenia 16%
  79. England 16%
  80. Somalia 15%
  81. Luxembourg 15%
  82. Canada 14%
  83. Orstkhoy (Aosta Valley in FTDNA) 13%
  84. Bosnia and Herzegovina 13%
  85. Montenegro 13%
  86. Cameroon 12%
  87. Wales 12%
  88. Australia 12%
  89. Denmark 12%
  90. Indonesia 12%
  91. Scotland 12%
  92. Ghana 11%
  93. China 11%
  94. Nigeria 11%
  95. Mordovia 10%
  96. Ireland 10%
  97. Mongolia 9%
  98. Chuvashia 9%
  99. Northern Ireland 8%
  100. Sweden 8%
  101. Philippines 8%
  102. Norway 8%
  103. New Zealand 7%
  104. England (Cornish) 5%
  105. Estonia 5%
  106. Japan 5%
  107. South Korea 4%
  108. Iceland 4%
  109. Karelia 3%
  110. Finland 3%
  111. Vietnam 2%
  112. Isle of Man 1%

United Arab Emirates: 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.

  • R0a: 12 kits · 7.1% (95% confidence interval: 4–12%) (×19.2)
  • J1b: 16 kits · 9.5% (95% confidence interval: 6–15%) (×7.8)
  • K2a: 11 kits · 6.5% (95% confidence interval: 4–11%) (×5.8)

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.

0–21%22–28%29–32%33–35%36–67%United Arab Emiratesunder 100 kits
All 71 countries and regions by similarity
  1. Saudi Arabia 67%
  2. Iraq 61%
  3. Kuwait 60%
  4. Iran 54%
  5. Syria 50%
  6. Armenia 46%
  7. Lebanon 46%
  8. Turkey 46%
  9. Italy 42%
  10. Egypt 40%
  11. Algeria 39%
  12. Chechnya 36%
  13. Romania 36%
  14. Greece 36%
  15. Belarus 35%
  16. Israel 35%
  17. Poland 34%
  18. Bulgaria 34%
  19. Ukraine 34%
  20. Austria 33%
  21. Hungary 33%
  22. France 33%
  23. Russia 33%
  24. India 32%
  25. Bosnia and Herzegovina 32%
  26. Latvia 32%
  27. United States 32%
  28. Moldova 32%
  29. Lithuania 32%
  30. Spain 32%
  31. Germany 32%
  32. Czech Republic 31%
  33. Slovakia 31%
  34. Portugal 31%
  35. Switzerland 31%
  36. Netherlands 30%
  37. Belgium 30%
  38. Slovenia 30%
  39. Croatia 29%
  40. South Africa 28%
  41. Wales 28%
  42. Denmark 28%
  43. England 28%
  44. United Kingdom 28%
  45. Serbia 28%
  46. United States (Native American) 28%
  47. Morocco 27%
  48. Scotland 27%
  49. Canada 27%
  50. Sweden 27%
  51. Ireland 26%
  52. Norway 26%
  53. Northern Ireland 26%
  54. Estonia 24%
  55. Cuba 23%
  56. Brazil 21%
  57. Australia 21%
  58. Dominican Republic 21%
  59. Finland 17%
  60. Puerto Rico 17%
  61. Jamaica 17%
  62. Mexico 17%
  63. New Zealand 13%
  64. Colombia 9%
  65. Argentina 8%
  66. China 5%
  67. Canada (First Nations) 3%
  68. Chile 2%
  69. Philippines 2%
  70. Japan 1%
  71. South Korea 0%
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 2026-11-02. The tree shows only its top three levels.

Y-DNA

1,371
FTDNA
kits
664
YFull
samples
FTDNAYFull
FTDNA · YFull · Δ
J J-M304
49.4% · 46.2%−3.1
J1 J-M267
34.4% · 38.1%+3.7
L858 J-L858
29.0% · 34.9%+5.9
J2 J-M172
14.9% · 8.1%−6.7
J2a J-M410
11.3% · 6.6%−4.7
T T-M184
20.2% · 13.6%−6.7
CTS6507 T-CTS6507
16.0% · 9.3%−6.6
E E-M96
12.0% · 24.5%+12.5
E1b1b-M35 E-M35
8.8% · 20.0%+11.2
E-M78
4.2% · 11.4%+7.2
E-Z830 E-CTS10298
4.2% · 8.6%+4.4
M2 (E1b1a) E-M2
3.0% · 4.2%+1.2
M191 E-M191
2.2% · 3.8%+1.6
R R-M207
8.7% · 6.3%−2.4
R1a-M198 R-M198
5.5% · 3.5%−2
Z93 R-Z93
4.4% · 3.0%−1.4
R1b-Z2103 (M12149) R-M12149
1.7% · 1.8%+0.1
L L-M20
3.9% · 4.1%+0.2
M27 L-M27
2.1% · 2.7%+0.6
G G-M201
3.4% · 3.5%+0.1
G2a G-P15
1.8% · 2.4%+0.6

mtDNA

168
FTDNA
kits
37
YFull
samples
FTDNAYFull
FTDNA · YFull · Δ
U
14.9% · 13.5%−1.4
U2'3'4'7'8'9
12.5% · 10.8%−1.7
U2
7.1% · 8.1%+1
U1a1
2.4% · 2.7%+0.3
J
14.3% · 16.2%+1.9
J1b
9.5% · 10.8%+1.3
J1b3b1
2.4% · 0.0%−2.4
J2a2b
2.4% · 0.0%−2.4
H
13.1% · 16.2%+3.1
H13a2a
3.0% · 2.7%−0.3
L2'3'4'5'6'7
10.7% · 2.7%−8
L2'3'4'6
8.9% · 2.7%−6.2
L3
6.0% · 0.0%−6
R
8.9% · 13.5%+4.6
R0a
7.1% · 8.1%+1
R0a2
4.2% · 2.7%−1.5
R0a1a
3.0% · 2.7%−0.3
K2
8.3% · 10.8%+2.5
K2a
6.5% · 10.8%+4.3
N1
7.7% · 8.1%+0.4
N1a1b1
3.0% · 2.7%−0.3
N1b1a2
3.0% · 0.0%−3
M
7.1% · 5.4%−1.7
M4''67
3.0% · 5.4%+2.4
M5a
2.4% · 0.0%−2.4
HV
6.5% · 5.4%−1.1
T
3.6% · 5.4%+1.8

The same country on the project maps

In the FTDNA geographic projects a member puts the place of their paternal or maternal ancestor on the map. Here those points are set against the public tree: solid bar the tree, hatched bar the points on the maps, copy of 2026-10-20. A person in several projects counts once. Branches as in the tree above: each counts every kit in it and in its sub-branches.

Y-DNA FTDNA 1,371 · Projects 281

FTDNAProjects
FTDNA · Projects · Δ
J J-M304
49.4% · 42.7%−6.7
J1 J-M267
34.4% · 31.7%−2.7
L858 J-L858
29.0% · 27.8%−1.3
FGC11 J-FGC11
20.1% · 25.3%+5.1
FGC1707 J-FGC1707
17.9% · 23.5%+5.5
J2 J-M172
14.9% · 11.0%−3.8
J2a J-M410
11.3% · 7.1%−4.2
Z2222 J-PF5160
4.9% · 3.9%−1
T T-M184
20.2% · 24.2%+4
CTS6507 T-CTS6507
16.0% · 15.3%−0.7
E E-M96
12.0% · 8.9%−3.1
E1b1b-M35 E-M35
8.8% · 5.7%−3.1
R R-M207
8.7% · 6.8%−1.9
R1a-M198 R-M198
5.5% · 3.9%−1.6
281
Y-DNA · People on the map
281 of them have a branch of the tree; relatives with one ancestor at one place count as one, 251 such votes
92%
Y-DNA · SNP-confirmed
that many have the branch confirmed by an SNP test, the rest predicted from STRs
92%
agreement with YFull · Y
how closely the Y tree branches match between FTDNA and YFull, each branch counted without its sub-branches. 100% is identical, below 80% is visibly different.
E-M96 +12.5
gap to YFull · Y
the Y branch whose share differs most between the two companies: FTDNA 12.0%, YFull 24.5%
41% / 45%
reached the finest branch: YFull / FTDNA
share of YFull samples and FTDNA kits that reached the finest branch of the FTDNA tree. On average a YFull sample sits 38.9 branchings from the root, an FTDNA kit 36.9
45%
Y-DNA · 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.
72%
Big Y
rough share of kits with a Big Y test, a full read of the Y chromosome. It is estimated from the branches where the region's kits sit, so it is an estimate, not a count.
29%
mtDNA · 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.
0.12
mt to Y
mtDNA kits per one Y-DNA kit. Below 0.3 means the country tests almost only the paternal line.

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.

+13
Y-DNA, FTDNA
new kits, 2026-10-09 → 2026-11-12
+1
mtDNA, FTDNA
new kits, 2026-10-12 → 2026-11-11
+9
Y-DNA, YFull
new samples as of 2026-11-02

Y-DNA: branches that grew

mtDNA: branches that grew

New Y-DNA samples in YFull

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. YFull regions →

Regions on YFull
Country / region Y mt Leading
Abu Dhabi AE-AZ 166 7 J-L858 J1-L858 45%, E-V22 E-V22 12%, T-CTS6507 T-CTS6507 8%
Dubayy AE-DU 96 7 J-FGC1707 J1-FGC1707 24%, J-M172 J2 17%, E-M191 E-M191 10%
Ash Shariqah AE-SH 87 9 J-L858 J1-L858 45%, E-M34 E-M34 9%, E-V22 E-V22 7%
Ras al Khaymah AE-RK 86 5 E-M35 E1b1b-M35 60%, J-L858 J1-L858 23%, E-M2 E-M2 (E1b1a) 3%
Al Fujayrah AE-FU 28 2 T-M184 T 50%, R-Z2106 R1b-Z2106 18%, J-M172 J2 11%
YFull

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.

YFull

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.

Recent kin across borders
Country shared branches expected × chance?
Kuwait 31 12.0 2.6 unlikely by chance p < 0.001
Qatar 24 4.8 5.0 unlikely by chance p < 0.001
Bahrain 19 4.7 4.1 unlikely by chance p < 0.001
Oman 7 0.80 8.8 unlikely by chance p < 0.001
Yemen 6 1.4 4.1 unlikely by chance p = 0.003

Data on this page: FamilyTreeDNA Y tree, 12 November 2026: 1,371 kits; FamilyTreeDNA mtDNA tree, 11 November 2026: 168 kits; YFull Y tree, 2 November 2026: 664 samples; YFull mtDNA tree, 2 November 2026: 37 samples.

How to cite: ftdnastat, "United Arab Emirates: Y-DNA and mtDNA haplogroups", https://ftdnastat.github.io/en/c/united-arab-emirates/, data of 2026-11-14, build 20261114-18dba71.

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