Akar Nusa / Family lines / Father line G-P15

Father line G-P15

A line of the Caucasus

Age likely 15,000 to 25,000 yearsPassed down father to sonStops 5 on the road
A line of the Caucasus
A line of the Caucasus

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 into West Asia, where the G family likely grew. Its branch G-P15 is most common in the Caucasus today, and likely travelled with early farmers into Europe. Some sons went east to Pakistan and India. Every father since passed it on. You still carry it.

The road, stop by stop

  1. East Africa
    More than 50,000 years ago
    The father line of almost all men outside Africa leaves Africa.
  2. Arabia
    On the way north
    The line likely moves north through Arabia.
  3. West Asia
    Tens of thousands of years ago
    Branch G likely grows up in or near the hills of West Asia.
  4. The Caucasus
    In later times
    G-P15 becomes most common in the Caucasus; some sons go east towards India.
  5. Malaysia
    Today
    You. Your result on atgc.asia shows how common this line is among the Malaysians we have tested.

Where it is found today

Most common in the Caucasus; also found in Turkey, Iran and southern Europe, and in small numbers in Pakistan and India.

Most often found in: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Turkey.

Laboratory standards

Our DNA tests are run with our laboratory partners. These are the standards they work to.

What each standard covers