| R1b-L2 | |
| Origin-Date: | 4400 years before present |
| Tmrca: | 4400 years before present |
| Origin-Place: | Western Europe |
| Ancestor: | R-M269 R1b-P312 R1b-U152 |
R-L2 is a human Y-chromosome DNA haplogroup, characteristic of a part of the inhabitants of Italy and Western Europe in general. R-L2 is thought to have originated around the Alps or southern Rhine, additionally, due to R-L2 having split off of R1b-U152 relatively early and it being a major branch, R-L2 carriers were largely contemporary with R-U152 carriers leading to R-L2 also having multiple large and diverse branches, of which some are respectively linked to Etruscans, Italics and the Alpine Celts.