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Father line C-L1373
The line of Mongolia and Siberia
Age likely 15,000 to 35,000 yearsPassed down father to sonStops 5 on the road
THE ROAD OF THIS LINE. GOLD COUNTRIES ARE WHERE IT IS COMMON. SHAPES ARE SCHEMATIC.
The story
More than 50,000 years ago, a man walked out of Africa. His sons, and their sons, carried the same mark east with some of the first people to settle Asia. Far to the north, the C family's branch C-L1373 grew in the steppes and forests of Mongolia and Siberia, and is common there today. Every father since passed it on. You still carry it.
The road, stop by stop
- East AfricaMore than 50,000 years agoThe father line of almost all men outside Africa leaves Africa.
- South AsiaOn the way eastThe line likely follows the southern coasts of Asia.
- East AsiaTens of thousands of years agoBranch C, among the oldest father lines in Asia, settles East Asia.
- MongoliaIn later timesC-L1373 grows among the peoples of Mongolia, Siberia and Central Asia.
- MalaysiaTodayYou. Your result on atgc.asia shows how common this line is among the Malaysians we have tested.
Where it is found today
Most common among Mongolian, Kazakh and Siberian peoples; found in small numbers in northern China and Central Asia.
Most often found in: Kazakhstan, Mongolia.
