32 ancient people from Albania have had their genome published, from 6,146 BC to AD 1704. Here they are on a map and period by period, with their archaeological cultures and haplogroups.
32ancient individuals
10excavation sites
3published studies
6,146 BColdest individual
Main archaeological groups: Albania Cinamak IA (6), Albania Barc PostMedieval (5), Albania Bardhoc PostMedieval (4), Albania Cinamak BA IA (3), Albania Barc PostMedieval-oTurkish (2). Most frequent Y-DNA lines: R1b (6), J2b (5), G2a (2), J2a (2), I2a (1), R1a (1). Most frequent mtDNA lines: J1c (6), H (3), T1a (2), T2b (2), U3b (2), X2e (2).
Source: Allen Ancient DNA Resource v66 (Mallick et al. 2024), individuals with a date and coordinates; samples the AADR flags as misdated are left out. Group names are those of the original studies. Haplogroups are shown when they could be read from the ancient DNA.
Which of these ancient peoples are in your DNA?
Our Balkan Frontier report compares your own raw DNA file with the ancient and modern populations of the region, era by era, and explains your result in plain language with your haplogroups.
