Akar NusaAkar Nusa / Family lines / Mother line M20
Mother line M20
A rare line of southern Asia
Age not well known; likely tens of thousands of 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, and somewhere in southern East Asia the M20 family grew. It has stayed rare, and it is found today in small numbers in southern China 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.
- Southern ChinaTens of thousands of years agoBranch M20 likely grows up in southern East Asia.
- VietnamIn later timesM20 is found in small numbers in southern China and Southeast Asia.
- MalaysiaTodayYou. Your result on atgc.asia shows how common this line is among the Malaysians we have tested.
Where it is found today
Rare; found in small numbers in southern China and Southeast Asia.
