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Mother line B4
The seafarers' line
Age likely 30,000 to 50,000 yearsPassed down mother to childStops 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 woman walked out of Africa. Her daughters, and their daughters, followed the coasts east to southern China. There the B4 family likely grew, and in time its daughters reached Taiwan, the Philippines and Indonesia, and sailed far into the Pacific. Every mother between her and you passed on the same small piece of DNA. You still carry it.
The road, stop by stop
- East AfricaMore than 50,000 years agoHer line, later named N, leaves Africa with some of the first people to settle Asia.
- South AsiaOn the way eastThe line follows the warm southern coasts; branch R grows from N on the way.
- Southern ChinaTens of thousands of years agoBranch B4, a sister of B5, likely grows up in southern East Asia.
- TaiwanIn later timesB4 is common among Taiwan's first peoples, and in the Philippines and Indonesia.
- MalaysiaTodayYou. Your result on atgc.asia shows how common this line is among the Malaysians we have tested.
Where it is found today
Common in Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia and southern China, and found across Southeast Asia.
Most often found in: China, Indonesia, Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam.
