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Yemen: haplogroups

FamilyTreeDNA has 1,617 kits with a Y-DNA result and 95 kits with mtDNA (mitochondrial DNA). On the paternal line the most common are J1 — 64%, E1b1b-M35 — 18% and J2 — 8%. On the maternal line the most common are J — 13%, L3 — 12% and R0a1a — 8%. YFull has 1,348 samples for Y from the same area, and its mix of major branches is almost the same. The largest gap is J1-P58: 49% on FTDNA against 57% on YFull.

Compare with…
8.1
Y-DNA · kits per 100,000 men
rank 67 of 123 among countries. About 20 million men (UN, 2023). A kit's country is the ancestor's homeland, not where the tester lives
0.2
mtDNA · kits per 100,000 people
rank 79 of 93 among countries. About 39 million people (UN, 2023)

Mitotree, the mt tree of FTDNA Discover, has about 228 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

1,617 kits · 26 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
1,161 · 71.8% 30k years
J1
1,034 · 63.9% 19k years
P58
788 · 48.7% 9,800 years
L858
601 · 37.2% 4,900 years
FGC11
566 · 35.0% 4,800 years
FGC1707
72 · 4.5% 2,700 years
L859
21 · 1.3% 1,500 years
Z640
18 · 1.1% 4,300 years
J2
126 · 7.8% 28k years
J2b
68 · 4.2% 16k years
M205
62 · 3.8% 5,900 years
J2a
43 · 2.7% 20k years
M67
31 · 1.9% 13k years
Z7671
26 · 1.6% 13k years
E
313 · 19.4% 52k years
E1b1b-M35
283 · 17.5% 25k years
E-Z830
205 · 12.7% 20k years
M84
179 · 11.1% 9,500 years
E-M78
35 · 2.2% 15k years
V22
18 · 1.1% 8,700 years
E-M81
29 · 1.8% 4,500 years
PF2546
18 · 1.1% 2,400 years
M2 (E1b1a)
19 · 1.2% 18k years
R
36 · 2.2% 28k years
G
32 · 2.0% 28k years
T
31 · 1.9% 28k years
other
44 · 2.7%

Among the rest: A 19, B 7, L 6, Q 4, O 3, C 2, H 1, S 1, D 1.

Maternal line · mtDNA

95 kits · 25 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.
L2'3'4'6
23 · 24% 97k years
L3'4'6
18 · 19% 93k years
L3'4
15 · 16% 80k years
L3
11 · 12% 66k years
L3e'i'k'x
4 of 95 53k years
L3b'f
3 of 95
L3d1'2'3'4'5'6
3 of 95
L4a
3 of 95 43k years
L6a
3 of 95 22k years
L2a1
4 of 95 15k years
R0a
13 · 14% 28k years
R0a1a
8 · 8% 8,600 years
R0a2-T195C!
3 of 95
J
12 · 13% 35k years
J1d1a1
5 · 5% 5,900 years
J2a2
4 of 95 18k years
U
8 · 8% 51k years
U3
3 of 95 35k years
HV
5 · 5% 13k years
T2
5 · 5% 15k years
K1a
5 · 5% 11k years
M
4 of 95 53k years
H
4 of 95 11k years
L0a1d
3 of 95 7,000 years
I
3 of 95 17k years
other
10 · 11%

Among the rest: B 1.

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 time scale is logarithmic: the closer to the present, the longer a year takes.

The same branches are in the tree on this page.

Yemen: 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.

  • E-Y5427: 160 kits · 9.9% (95% confidence interval: 9–11%) (×16.4) 7,200 years
  • J-FGC7638: 566 kits · 35.0% (95% confidence interval: 33–37%) (×10.5) 4,700 years
  • J-CTS9721: 784 kits · 48.5% (95% confidence interval: 46–51%) (×9.8) 9,600 years
  • J-M267 J1: 1,034 kits · 63.9% (95% confidence interval: 62–66%) (×9.2) 19k years
  • J-FGC4422: 104 kits · 6.4% (95% confidence interval: 5–8%) (×12.2) 3,100 years
  • E-PF6751: 79 kits · 4.9% (95% confidence interval: 4–6%) (×11.3) 7,000 years
  • E-CTS10298 E-Z830: 205 kits · 12.7% (95% confidence interval: 11–14%) (×8.2) 20k years
  • J-FGC1723: 367 kits · 22.7% (95% confidence interval: 21–25%) (×7.3) 3,300 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.

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

Yemen: 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: 13 kits · 13.7% (95% confidence interval: 8–22%) (×36.7)
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

1,617
FTDNA
kits
1,348
YFull
samples
FTDNAYFull
FTDNA · YFull · Δ
J J-M304
71.8% · 68.6%−3.2
J1 J-M267
63.9% · 59.2%−4.7
P58 J-P58
48.7% · 56.8%+8
J2 J-M172
7.8% · 9.4%+1.6
J2b J-M102
4.2% · 7.0%+2.8
J2a J-M410
2.7% · 2.4%−0.3
E E-M96
19.4% · 22.6%+3.3
E1b1b-M35 E-M35
17.5% · 20.8%+3.3
E-Z830 E-CTS10298
12.7% · 17.7%+5
E-M78
2.2% · 2.2%+0.1
E-M81
1.8% · 0.9%−0.9
M2 (E1b1a) E-M2
1.2% · 1.1%−0.1
R R-M207
2.2% · 1.3%−1
G G-M201
2.0% · 2.7%+0.7
T T-M184
1.9% · 3.6%+1.6

mtDNA

95
FTDNA
kits
197
YFull
samples
FTDNAYFull
FTDNA · YFull · Δ
L2'3'4'6
24.2% · 12.2%−12
L3'4'6
18.9% · 7.1%−11.8
L3'4
15.8% · 7.1%−8.7
L6a
3.2% · 0.0%−3.2
L2a1
4.2% · 4.6%+0.4
R0a
13.7% · 20.8%+7.1
R0a1a
8.4% · 9.1%+0.7
R0a2-T195C!
3.2% · 1.0%−2.1
J
12.6% · 18.3%+5.6
J1d1a1
5.3% · 3.0%−2.2
J2a2
4.2% · 6.6%+2.4
U
8.4% · 12.7%+4.3
U3
3.2% · 2.0%−1.1
HV
5.3% · 2.0%−3.2
T2
5.3% · 2.0%−3.2
K1a
5.3% · 4.1%−1.2
M
4.2% · 5.1%+0.9
H
4.2% · 5.1%+0.9
L0a1d
3.2% · 1.0%−2.1
I
3.2% · 1.0%−2.1

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 1,617 · Projects 348

FTDNAProjects
FTDNA · Projects · Δ
J J-M304
71.8% · 68.7%−3.1
J1 J-M267
63.9% · 64.9%+1
P58 J-P58
48.7% · 47.4%−1.3
L858 J-L858
37.2% · 32.2%−5
FGC11 J-FGC11
35.0% · 31.3%−3.7
FGC1707 J-FGC1707
4.5% · 8.6%+4.2
J2 J-M172
7.8% · 3.4%−4.3
J2b J-M102
4.2% · 0.9%−3.3
M205 J-M205
3.8% · 0.6%−3.3
J2a J-M410
2.7% · 1.7%−0.9
E E-M96
19.4% · 15.8%−3.6
E1b1b-M35 E-M35
17.5% · 12.1%−5.4
E-Z830 E-CTS10298
12.7% · 6.9%−5.8
M84 E-L795
11.1% · 6.0%−5
363
Y-DNA · People on the map
348 of them have a branch of the tree; relatives with one ancestor at one place count as one, 323 such votes
84%
Y-DNA · SNP-confirmed
that many have the branch confirmed by an SNP test, the rest predicted from STRs
93%
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.
J-P58 +8
gap to YFull · Y
the Y branch whose share differs most between the two companies: FTDNA 48.7%, YFull 56.8%
43% / 33%
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 35.7 branchings from the root, an FTDNA kit 31.0
33%
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.
56%
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.
35%
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.

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.

+2
Y-DNA, FTDNA
new kits, 2026-10-09 → 2026-11-12
+1
mtDNA, FTDNA
new kits, 2026-10-12 → 2026-11-11
+14
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
Hadramawt YE-HD 334 38 J-P58 J1-P58 58%, J-M172 J2 12%, E-CTS10298 E-Z830 10%
Ibb YE-IB 113 18 J-P58 J1-P58 45%, E-L795 E-M84 28%, J-M102 J2b 7%
Shabwah YE-SH 94 6 J-FGC11 J1-FGC11 62%, E-M35 E1b1b-M35 6%
San'a' YE-SN 79 19 J-P58 J1-P58 61%, E-L795 E-M84 20%, J-M172 J2 11%
Ta'izz YE-TA 78 17 J-P58 J1-P58 45%, E-L795 E-M84 27%, E-PF2546 E-PF2546 4%
Dhamar YE-DH 71 14 J-FGC11 J1-FGC11 38%, E-L795 E-M84 37%, J-M172 J2 6%
Al Bayda' YE-BA 68 2 J-FGC11 J1-FGC11 59%, J-M172 J2 6%, E-L795 E-M84 6%
Abyan YE-AB 59 8 J-FGC11 J1-FGC11 63%, T-M184 T 17%, J-L25 J2a-L25 5%
Al Hudaydah YE-HU 58 7 J-L620 J1-L620 67%, J-M172 J2 10%, E-L795 E-M84 10%
Sa'dah YE-SD 57 5 E-L795 E-M84 32%, J-FGC11 J1-FGC11 25%
'Amran YE-AM 50 12 J-FGC11 J1-FGC11 56%, T-M184 T 14%, E-L795 E-M84 10%
Lahij YE-LA 47 11 J-FGC11 J1-FGC11 53%, E-L795 E-M84 30%
Hajjah YE-HJ 36 3 J-FGC11 J1-FGC11 53%, E-L795 E-M84 8%
Ad Dali YE-DA 28 5 J-FGC11 J1-FGC11 36%, E-L795 E-M84 32%
Arkhabil Suqutra YE-SU 27 4 J-M205 J2b-M205 89%, J-P58 J1-P58 11%
Ma'rib YE-MA 24 1 J-FGC11 J1-FGC11 54%
Al Mahrah YE-MR 23 11 J-P58 J1-P58 87%
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?
Saudi Arabia 21 5.3 4.0 unlikely by chance p < 0.001
United Arab Emirates 6 1.4 4.1 unlikely by chance p = 0.003
Oman 5 0.31 16.0 unlikely by chance p < 0.001
YFull

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=497

Most frequent combinations

Y × mt: line combinations · Most frequent combinations
Y mt pairs expected by chance × chance?
J1-FGC11 R0a 36 33.9 1.06 could be chance p = 0.345
E-M84 R0a 15 12.9 1.17 could be chance p = 0.286
J1-P58 R0a 12 11.8 1.02 could be chance p = 0.526
J1-FGC11 J2a 11 10.2 1.08 could be chance p = 0.439
J1-FGC11 J1b 9 9.0 1.00 could be chance p = 0.584
J1-FGC11 J1d 8 5.3 1.52 could be chance p = 0.107
J1-FGC11 L0a 8 7.9 1.01 could be chance p = 0.566
E-M84 J1b 7 3.4 2.04 could be chance p = 0.041

Ancient samples

From excavations on this territory: 15 samples by Y-DNA and 0 samples by mtDNA. The oldest: 664 CE, Medieval Arabian.

Medieval Arabian 15

All ancient samples →

Data on this page: FamilyTreeDNA Y tree, 12 November 2026: 1,617 kits; FamilyTreeDNA mtDNA tree, 11 November 2026: 95 kits; YFull Y tree, 2 November 2026: 1,348 samples; YFull mtDNA tree, 2 November 2026: 197 samples.

How to cite: ftdnastat, "Yemen: Y-DNA and mtDNA haplogroups", https://ftdnastat.github.io/en/c/yemen/, data of 2026-11-14, build 20261114-18dba71.

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