Akar NusaAkar Nusa / Family lines / Mother line F1
Mother line F1
The line of the great rivers
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 warm coasts east, generation after generation, until the line reached the great rivers of Southeast Asia. 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 R9, and from it F, likely grow up in southern East Asia.
- The MekongIn later timesF1 becomes one of the most common mother lines of Lao, Khmer, Thai and Vietnamese families.
- MalaysiaTodayYou. Your result on atgc.asia shows how common this line is among the Malaysians we have tested.
Where it is found today
Common among Lao, Khmer, Thai and Vietnamese families, and found across Southeast Asia and southern China.
Most often found in: Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.
