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Mother line F4
A rare F family line
Age likely 20,000 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 warm coasts east into southern China, where the F family grew. F4 is one of its rarer branches, found in small numbers in southern China and Southeast Asia, with one branch among Taiwan's first peoples. 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 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.
- TaiwanIn later timesOne branch, F4b, is found among Taiwan's first peoples; others stay on the mainland.
- MalaysiaTodayYou. Your result on atgc.asia shows how common this line is among the Malaysians we have tested.
Where it is found today
Found in small numbers in southern China, Taiwan and Southeast Asia.
Most often found in: China, Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam.
