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Mother line M-general
One of the two great lines
Age about 50,000 to 70,000 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, became line M, one of the two great mother lines of the first people outside Africa. M spread along the warm coasts to India, Southeast Asia and East Asia, and a great many families there descend from it. Every mother since passed it on. You still carry it.
The road, stop by stop
- East AfricaMore than 50,000 years agoThe mothers whose line becomes M leave Africa with some of Asia's first settlers.
- South AsiaOn the way eastM becomes the most common mother line of India.
- Mainland Southeast AsiaTens of thousands of years agoBranches of M settle mainland Southeast Asia, including the Malay Peninsula.
- East AsiaIn later timesOther branches spread across China, 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 right across South, Southeast and East Asia; in India it is the most common mother line.
Most often found in: Bangladesh, China, India, Japan, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam.
