Haplogroup L

Y-DNA (paternal line)

A lineage found mainly in South Asia and the Middle East. [isogg]

In the ancient British record

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

Medieval+ 1%

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

Remember: a haplogroup is a deep, broad lineage shared by many people — not an ethnicity, a nationality or a clan. See what DNA can and can’t tell you.

Sources

[isogg] International Society of Genetic Genealogy (ISOGG), Y-DNA Haplogroup Tree. Reference — cite for haplogroup nomenclature only (not frequencies) · link