Akar Nusa / Family lines / Mother line Y2

Mother line Y2

The line of the eastern islands

Age young for a mother line: likely under 20,000 yearsPassed down mother to childStops 5 on the road
The line of the eastern islands
The line of the eastern islands

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 N9 family grew. From it came Y, and from Y came Y2, a line of the islands, found today mostly in the Philippines and Indonesia. Every mother since passed it on. You still carry it.

The road, stop by stop

  1. East Africa
    More than 50,000 years ago
    Her line, later named N, leaves Africa with some of the first people to settle Asia.
  2. South Asia
    On the way east
    The line follows the warm southern coasts of Asia.
  3. Southern China
    Tens of thousands of years ago
    Branch N9, and from it Y, likely grow up in East Asia.
  4. The Philippines
    In later times
    Y2 is found today mostly in the Philippines and Indonesia.
  5. Malaysia
    Today
    You. Your result on atgc.asia shows how common this line is among the Malaysians we have tested.

Where it is found today

Found mostly in the Philippines and Indonesia, and in small numbers in Borneo and Taiwan.

Most often found in: Indonesia, Philippines.

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Laboratory standards

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