The Simplified Haplogroup Locale Chart
(PDF version has been removed)
Revised 1 April 2008

The alphabetical designations/names of Y-DNA and mitochondrial (mtDNA) haplogroups were assigned independently of one another by different researchers* . This is often confusing to newcomers who think, for example, that a B Y-DNA haplogroup and a B mtDNA haplogroup refer to the same locale and/or time frame. However, this is not the case - as can be seen in the below very simplified locale chart. 

This is a locale chart – not a migration chart.
Any locale similarity (for example N) is merely accidental.
Entries in italics need sources.
See also the additional information at the below links (includes links to haplogroup descriptions).

 

*After a period of initial confusion, the Y-DNA haplogroup names became better organized when the Y Chromosome Consortium (YCC) was formed.  Hence the names now reflect the migration out of Africa, and the oldest Y-DNA haplogroup is A.  mtDNA haplogroup names are still in flux and perhaps, in time, will be revised.  In the present naming system, the oldest mtDNA haplogroup is L, found in sub-Saharan Africa. The mtDNA groups were identified and names before the Y-DNA groups and sequential development was not yet envisioned.  The mtDNA Native American groups were put together alphabetically as A, B, C, and D; however, these letters are not closely related in the tree. 

For additional information, see these links:

International Society of Genetic Genealogy
Y-DNA Haplogroup Tree
http://www.isogg.org/tree
Includes descriptions of each Y-DNA haplogroup

Simple migration charts:
Y-DNA
http://www.kerchner.com/images/dna/ydna_migrationmap_(FTDNA2006).jpg
mt-DNA
http://www.worldfamilies.net/migration_map_wfn.gif

Not quite so simple migration charts:
Dr. J. Douglas McDonald - maps of Y and mtDNA haplogroups
http://www.scs.uiuc.edu/~mcdonald/WorldHaplogroupsMaps.pdf

Animated mtDNA migration slide show
http://www.mcdonald.cam.ac.uk/genetics/mtDNAworld/one.html

More complete descriptions of most (but not all) haplogroups:
Genographic Project -  Atlas of the Human Journey
 - click on the Genetic Markers link at
https://www3.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/atlas.html
At this time, Genographic includes all the Y-DNA haplogroups but does not include all mtDNA haplogroups (e.g., see above in italics).

Genographic Y-DNA Cross Reference Chart
(Y-DNA “M numbers” → Y-DNA Haplogroups)  [M168=?]

Web site with links to more haplogroup information:
Y-DNA
http://www.kerchner.com/haplogroups-ydna.htm
http://worldfamilies.net/y-haplogroups.html

mt-DNA
http://www.kerchner.com/haplogroups-mtdna.htm
http://worldfamilies.net/reference_mtDNA.html

Haplogroup Discussion Group
DNA-ANTHROGENEALOGY
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DNA-ANTHROGENEALOGY

        
Sources

Genographic Project
https://www3.nationalgeographic.com/genographic

Wade, Nicholas.  Before the Dawn Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors.
New York: Penguin Press, 2006.  (Pages 57 and 59.)

Wells, Spencer.  Deep Ancestry:  Inside the Genographic Project.
Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 2006.

Yahoo Discussion Lists:  ISOGG and DNA-Anthrogenealogy
The first draft was based on the charts in Wade and feedback was requested from participants of the above lists. 
The current chart has been revised as stated below and the contributors are noted in (   ) .
 In some cases Wells’ book was used to confirm suggestions.

Intro remarks –  minor revisions (Alice Fairhurst)
                                2^nd paragraph with was moved to end of chart.

mtDNA B - Oceania added (G. K. Bopp)
mtDNA  D -  East Asia added (G. K. Bopp)

Y-DNA  J - East Asia changed to Middle East  (James A. Honeychuck)

Y-DNA G – Based on FTDNA description
      
Y-DNA Haplogroups S and T – Press release:  Scientists reshape Y chromosome haplogroup tree gaining new insights into human ancestry
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-04/cshl-sry032608.php

Other  – Saharan/Sub-Sahara changed to Sub-Saharan Africa (Steven Perkins)
                Link to McDonald charts added

Some of the entries in italics are based on sources that need further investigation and/or that are not included here yet.

These suggestions from Vincent Vizachero have not yet been added (may appear in next revision):
     mtDNA Haplogroup X is found in Europe at reasonably high frequency.
     mtDNA - include North Africa under H, J,  L, M, T, and U
          http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/AJHG/journal/issues/v71n5/024272/024272.web.pdf
          http://www.stats.gla.ac.uk/~vincent/papers/980656.web.pdf

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