Haplogroup T2
T2 came west from the Near East with the Neolithic — a farming-era maternal lineage now spread from Anatolia across all of Europe. Explore the branch in the full mtDNA haplotree — sub-branches, defining variants and where its testers live. Free, no account needed.
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Origin and distribution of T2
T2 is the larger European wing of haplogroup T, a lineage that formed in the Near East and entered Europe in the very first farming generations — T2 women were buried in Anatolian and LBK villages nine thousand years ago, and the branch has been part of the continent's maternal fabric ever since, typically a few per cent everywhere rather than dominant anywhere.
Its sub-branches split the geography finely: T2b is the common Western European form (frequent in Britain, the Low Countries and Iberia), T2a leans Mediterranean and Near Eastern, T2e carries a notable Sephardic Jewish cluster. That density of well-dated branches makes T2 a favourite for deep genealogy — several of its twigs are young enough to anchor a documented maternal pedigree to a named medieval region.
One line among many: your mtDNA haplogroup traces a single maternal line — mother to mother into deep time — so it is a thread of ancestry, not an ethnicity and not a percentage of who you are. Two people in the same branch share a foremother; the rest of their genomes are their own story.
Frequently asked questions
What is haplogroup T2?
T2 came west from the Near East with the Neolithic — a farming-era maternal lineage now spread from Anatolia across all of Europe. It is a branch of the mtDNA tree: everyone in it inherits the same set of defining mutations from one shared foremother.
How do I find out if I belong to T2?
If you have already tested with a consumer DNA company, the free mtDNA Haplogroup Finder reads a raw DNA export and places you on the tree at the resolution your file supports — free, and the file is discarded after analysis. A dedicated mtDNA sequencing test resolves deeper branches than a genotyping chip can.
Does belonging to T2 make me related to one people?
No. A haplogroup follows a single maternal line — one ancestor per generation — while the rest of your ancestry doubles every generation back. It is a deep-time thread, not an ethnicity, and two members of the same branch can otherwise be as genetically different as any two strangers.
What does this page's tree data show?
The live browser below shows the branch inside the full mtDNA haplotree of tested lineages — its sub-branches, the variants that define them, and the countries its testers report. Counts reflect people who have taken a mtDNA test and shared an origin, so they describe the tested world, not ancient frequencies.
Keep exploring
Don't know your haplogroup yet? The free mtDNA Haplogroup Finder reads it from a raw DNA export. Or browse the whole tree in the mtDNA Haplotree. Other major branches: