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Mother line JT
Two sister lines of West Asia
Age J and T are each likely 25,000 to 45,000 years oldPassed 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, carried line R into West Asia. There two sister families, J and T, likely grew. Their daughters later spread west into Europe and east through Iran to Pakistan and India. A cousin, R2, is found from Iran to India. 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.
- ArabiaOn the way northLine R likely grows from N somewhere between Arabia and India.
- West AsiaTens of thousands of years agoThe sister families J and T likely grow up in West Asia.
- Indus valleyIn later timesSome daughters go east through Iran to Pakistan and India; others go west.
- 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 West Asia, the Caucasus and Europe; found in smaller numbers in Central Asia, Pakistan and India.
Most often found in: Armenia, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey.
