Akar NusaAkar Nusa / Family lines / Mother line M8
Mother line M8
A root of the northern lines
Age likely 35,000 to 50,000 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 coasts east into East Asia, where the M8 family grew. Some of its branches went far north into Siberia, and some on to the Americas, while its own branch, M8a, stayed mostly in China. Every mother between her and you 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 M8 likely grows up in East Asia, parent of C and Z.
- Northern ChinaIn later timesIts own branch M8a is found mostly among Chinese families today.
- MalaysiaTodayYou. Your result on atgc.asia shows how common this line is among the Malaysians we have tested.
Where it is found today
Its own branch M8a is found mostly in China, and at low levels in Japan and Korea.
Most often found in: China, Japan, Mongolia, South Korea.
