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Haplogroup U4

mtDNA (maternal line) · one of the U lineages

A hunter-gatherer–associated European maternal lineage. [isogg][aadr]

The British record

In the ancient British record

Frequency of U4 among ancient samples from Britain & Ireland, by period — from our aggregation of the CC0 Allen Ancient DNA Resource. See the full chart.

• Bronze Age 3%
• Early Medieval 2%
• Iron Age 3%
• Medieval+ 13%
• Neolithic 0%
• Roman 1%

For a fuller account, search “Haplogroup U4” in a reference such as Wikipedia or ISOGG.

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Sources

• [isogg] International Society of Genetic Genealogy (ISOGG), Y-DNA Haplogroup Tree. Reference — cite for haplogroup nomenclature only (not frequencies) · link
• [aadr] Allen Ancient DNA Resource (AADR) v66, Mallick & Reich (Harvard), doi:10.7910/DVN/FFIDCW. CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication) · link