Family lines

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41 mother lines and 29 father lines. Search by name, place or the people who carry it.

Mother line B4

The seafarers' line

Line is likely 30,000 to 50,000 years old
Mother line M7

The line of the eastern seas

Line is likely 35,000 to 55,000 years old
Mother line F1

The line of the great rivers

Line is likely 30,000 to 45,000 years old
Mother line B5

From the Mekong to Japan

Line is likely 30,000 to 45,000 years old
Mother line D4

The line of the northern lands

Line is likely 25,000 to 40,000 years old
Mother line D5

A line of China and beyond

Line is likely 25,000 to 40,000 years old
Mother line N9

The long eastern coastline

Line is likely 35,000 to 50,000 years old
Mother line R9

An old Southeast Asian line

Line is likely 40,000 to 55,000 years old
Mother line M8

A root of the northern lines

Line is likely 35,000 to 50,000 years old
Mother line F2

A sister of the river line

Line is likely 25,000 to 40,000 years old
Mother line C7

A northern family's southern branch

Line is likely 15,000 to 30,000 years old
Mother line M10

A quiet line of East Asia

Line is likely 25,000 to 45,000 years old
Mother line F3

From the coast to the islands

Line is likely 20,000 to 40,000 years old
Mother line M9

A line of hills and islands

Line is likely 30,000 to 50,000 years old
Mother line G2

The steppe and plateau line

Line is likely 20,000 to 35,000 years old
Mother line A

From China to the Americas

Line is likely 25,000 to 45,000 years old
Mother line M12

A small line of East Asia

Line is likely 25,000 to 45,000 years old
Mother line F4

A rare F family line

Line is likely 20,000 to 40,000 years old
Mother line M74

An old line of the south

Line is likely 20,000 to 40,000 years old
Mother line E

The island line

Line is likely up to about 35,000 years old
Mother line N10

A rare line of southern China

Line is likely 30,000 to 50,000 years old
Mother line B6

A line of Southeast Asia

Line is likely 25,000 to 45,000 years old
Mother line M33

From India to the east

Line is likely 25,000 to 50,000 years old
Mother line M21

One of Southeast Asia's oldest lines

Line is likely 40,000 to 60,000 years old
Mother line D4

The line of the northern lands

Line is likely 25,000 to 40,000 years old
Mother line M50

A rare line of Southeast Asia

Line is not well known; likely tens of thousands of years old
Mother line M73

A rare southern line

Line is not well known; likely tens of thousands of years old
Mother line Y2

The line of the eastern islands

Line is young for a mother line: likely under 20,000 years old
Mother line M20

A rare line of southern Asia

Line is not well known; likely tens of thousands of years old
Mother line G1

A line of the far northeast

Line is likely 20,000 to 35,000 years old
Mother line M-general

One of the two great lines

Line is about 50,000 to 70,000 years old
Mother line N-general

The other great line

Line is about 50,000 to 70,000 years old
Mother line R-general

The line of many branches

Line is about 50,000 to 65,000 years old
Mother line M-SouthAsia

The old lines of India

Line is most of these families are likely 20,000 to 50,000 years old old
Mother line U2

An ancient line of India

Line is likely 40,000 to 55,000 years old
Mother line R-SouthAsia

The R families of India

Line is likely 30,000 to 60,000 years old
Mother line H

The great line of the west

Line is H is likely 20,000 to 30,000 years old; the HV family is older old
Mother line U

A line from Europe to India

Line is the U family is about 45,000 to 55,000 years old; most of its branches are younger old
Mother line JT

Two sister lines of West Asia

Line is J and T are each likely 25,000 to 45,000 years old old
Mother line N-west

Rare old lines of West Asia

Line is the roots are likely 50,000 to 60,000 years old; families W and I are much younger old
Mother line L

Africa's own mother lines

Line is the oldest of all mother lines: from about 70,000 to well over 100,000 years old
Father line O-M324

China's most common father line

Line is likely 20,000 to 30,000 years old
Father line O-M119

The seafarers' father line

Line is likely 20,000 to 35,000 years old
Father line O-M268

The line of the rice lands

Line is likely 25,000 to 35,000 years old
Father line R-M420

A Central and South Asian line

Line is likely 15,000 to 25,000 years old
Father line C-F1067

An old line of East Asia

Line is likely 30,000 to 35,000 years old
Father line H-M69

An old line of India

Line is likely 20,000 to 45,000 years old
Father line C-F1370

One of the first lines east

Line is likely 40,000 to 55,000 years old
Father line N-F2930

A Chinese branch of N

Line is likely 15,000 to 25,000 years old
Father line D-CTS11577

A very old East Asian line

Line is likely 35,000 to 50,000 years old
Father line L-M2481

A line of South Asia

Line is likely 15,000 to 30,000 years old
Father line O-M122

The parent of China's main line

Line is likely 25,000 to 35,000 years old
Father line N-F1206

From China to the far north

Line is likely 15,000 to 25,000 years old
Father line R-M343

The line of the west

Line is likely 15,000 to 25,000 years old
Father line R-M124

A South and Central Asian line

Line is likely 10,000 to 20,000 years old
Father line C-M130

One of Asia's oldest lines

Line is likely 45,000 to 55,000 years old
Father line J-M410

A line from the first farmlands

Line is likely 15,000 to 30,000 years old
Father line Q-F1096

A line of the northern steppes

Line is likely 20,000 to 30,000 years old
Father line N-M231

A line that went north

Line is likely 20,000 to 40,000 years old
Father line J-M12

A West and South Asian line

Line is likely 15,000 to 30,000 years old
Father line H-Z13871

A rare old line of India

Line is not yet well dated; likely more than 10,000 years old
Father line O-M175

East Asia's great father line

Line is likely 30,000 to 40,000 years old
Father line R-M207

A line of Asia and Europe

Line is likely 25,000 to 35,000 years old
Father line J-Z2215

The father line of Arabia

Line is likely 15,000 to 25,000 years old
Father line G-P15

A line of the Caucasus

Line is likely 15,000 to 25,000 years old
Father line I-M170

Europe's old father line

Line is likely 20,000 to 30,000 years old
Father line H-Z5857

A less common line of India

Line is not yet well dated; likely more than 10,000 years old
Father line E-M96

Africa's great father line

Line is likely 50,000 to 65,000 years old
Father line Q-M346

From the steppes to the Americas

Line is likely 15,000 to 30,000 years old
Father line C-L1373

The line of Mongolia and Siberia

Line is likely 15,000 to 35,000 years old

Laboratory standards

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What each standard covers