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Mother line D5
A line of China and beyond
Age likely 25,000 to 40,000 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 into East Asia. There the D5 family grew, a sister of the D4 family of the north. It spread across China and on to Korea, Japan and Southeast Asia. Every mother since passed it on. You still carry it.
The road, stop by stop
- East AfricaMore than 50,000 years agoHer line, later named M, leaves Africa with some of the first people to settle Asia.
- South AsiaOn the way eastThe line follows the warm southern coasts of Asia.
- Central ChinaTens of thousands of years agoBranch D grows up in East Asia and splits into D4 and D5.
- Southern ChinaIn later timesD5 is found across China, with smaller branches in Korea and Japan.
- MalaysiaTodayYou. Your result on atgc.asia shows how common this line is among the Malaysians we have tested.
Where it is found today
Found mostly in China, with smaller numbers in Korea, Japan and mainland Southeast Asia.
Most often found in: China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan.
