L2
L2 is a branch of the FamilyTreeDNA mt tree with 1,344 kits that gave a country, counting all sub-branches. It is most common in these samples: Jamaica (38% of kits), Sudan (25% of kits), Dominican Republic (15% of kits). The branch's common foremother lived about 86k years ago: the FTDNA Discover estimate runs from 78k to 96k years ago. YFull has 2,153 samples in this branch and dates its common foremother to 20k years ago.
Where it is found #
Countries and regions given by the branch's carriers. “Share of branch” is the part of the branch's kits that belongs to the country. “Share of country” is the part of that country's kits that falls into the branch; it is computed only for countries with at least 50 kits.
| Country / region | kits | Share of branch | Share of country |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 440 | 2.2% | |
| United States (Native American)United States | 111 | 4.7% | |
| Jamaica | 56 | 38% | |
| Brazil | 44 | 9.7% | |
| Saudi Arabia | 34 | 4.2% | |
| Spain | 31 | 2.1% | |
| Portugal | 28 | 3.1% | |
| Puerto Rico | 26 | 4.2% | |
| Poland | 25 | 0.6% | |
| Mexico | 19 | 1.1% | |
| South Africa | 19 | 7.3% | |
| Cuba | 18 | 8.3% | |
| Germany | 18 | 0.2% | |
| Dominican Republic | 17 | 15% | |
| Israel | 17 | 15% | |
| Sweden | 15 | 0.2% | |
| Ukraine | 15 | 0.7% | |
| Morocco | 14 | 8.3% | |
| Russian Federation | 14 | 0.5% | |
| Haiti | 13 | · |
91 more
The remaining countries and regions (91), 370 kits in total: Sudan 13, Barbados 12, Guinea-Bissau 12, England 11, St. Vincent and the Grenadines 11, Egypt 10, France 10, Italy 10, Bahamas 9, Lithuania 9, Chad 8, Colombia 8, Romania 8, Trinidad and Tobago 8, Uganda 8, Algeria 7, Ethiopia 7, Ghana 7, Kuwait 7, Scotland 7, Cape Verde 6, Hungary 6, Nigeria 6, United Kingdom 6, US Virgin Islands 6, Belarus 5, Ireland 5, Mali 5, Mozambique 5, Sierra Leone 5, Tunisia 5, Yemen 5, Austria 4, Cameroon 4, Eritrea 4, Guyana 4, Kenya 4, Senegal 4, Venezuela 4, Antigua and Barbuda 3, Bahrain 3, Cayman Islands 3, Curaçao 3, India 3, Latvia 3, Malta 3, Netherlands 3, Panama 3, Saint Kitts and Nevis 3, Suriname 3, Syrian Arab Republic 3, United Arab Emirates 3, Angola 2, Canada 2, Congo, the Democratic Republic of the 2, Cote D'Ivoire (Republic of the Ivory Coast) 2, Czech Republic 2, Grenada 2, Honduras 2, Iraq 2, Jordan 2, Libya 2, Mauritania 2, Northern Ireland 2, Oman 2, Peru 2, Qatar 2, Slovakia 2, St. Lucia 2, Admiralty Islands 1, Bulgaria 1, Central African Republic 1, Costa Rica 1, Denmark 1, Dominica 1, El Salvador 1, Equatorial Guinea 1, Guatemala 1, Guinea 1, Iran 1, Lebanon 1, Liberia 1, Madagascar 1, Martinique 1, Nicaragua 1, Niger 1, Pakistan 1, Palestinian Territory 1, Rwanda 1, Switzerland 1, Uruguay 1.
Most common among these peoples #
From YFull samples that gave a mother tongue: the part of a people's samples that falls into this branch. Peoples with at least 3 samples in the branch are listed.
- Shilha: 14% of samples (3 of 22)
- Portuguese: 6.1% of samples (4 of 66)
- Arabs: 2.6% of samples (4 of 153)
- Germans: 2.4% of samples (3 of 125)
- English: 1.8% of samples (9 of 511)
Sub-branches #
Sub-branches that have their own page (50 kits or more). The bar is the kits in the sub-branch with its own sub-branches; the age is when its common foremother lived.
2 small sub-branches more without a page: 1,344 kits.
The same branch on YFull #
YFull builds its tree from the same SNPs; the node is matched by name or by a shared SNP. TMRCA is when the common ancestor of all samples lived, formed is when the branch split from its parent. Intervals are 95%.
L2: 2,153 samples. The common foremother lived 20k years ago (20k–20k); the branch split off 20k years ago (20k–20k).