Akar NusaAkar Nusa / Family lines / Mother line B5
Mother line B5
From the Mekong to Japan
Age likely 30,000 to 45,000 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, where the B5 family likely grew. In time one branch spread through mainland Southeast Asia and another went north to Korea and Japan. Every mother between her and you passed it on. 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 B5, a sister of B4, likely grows up in southern East Asia.
- The MekongIn later timesBranch B5a spreads through mainland Southeast Asia; B5b is found mostly further north.
- 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 Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam, and found from southern China to Korea and Japan.
Most often found in: Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.
