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Our testers in numbers

What the Malaysians we have tested show us, as plain numbers.

Our testers in numbers
Whole country

WHERE THE STORIES ON THIS SHELF HAPPENED. SHAPES ARE SCHEMATIC.

Stories on this shelf

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The most common mother line among Malaysians we have tested

A ranked list of the most common mother-line families, with plain notes.

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The most common father line among Malaysians we have tested

A ranked list of father-line families.

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The average region estimate across Malaysians we tested

One chart of the mix, with the range.

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Mother line and father line: do they point to the same place?

Some people have an island mother line and an East Asian father line.

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How mother lines differ by state

A map of the most common mother lines in each state.

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How father lines differ by state

A state-by-state view of father lines.

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How many Malaysians carry a Southeast Asian island mother line?

A count of the island lines.

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How many carry East Asian lines?

A count of the East Asian lines.

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How many carry South Asian lines?

A count of the South Asian lines.

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Do Malaysians mix? How many have two or more region estimates

Share of testers with mixed ancestry.

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Orang Asli lines among general Malaysians

How many carry the oldest local lines.

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The oldest line we found

The oldest mother-line family seen in Malaysians we tested.

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Your line against the nation: how common is your line

A personal comparison to the Malaysian average.

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How many Malaysians share a line with Taiwan or the Philippines?

Austronesian cousins.

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The rare lines: our rarest mother and father lines

Highlights with consent and without any person.

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Borneo lines among Peninsular testers

How many testers outside Borneo carry Borneo lines.

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Mother-line and father-line by age group

Do the young and the old differ?

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Testers who found a surprise: how often DNA changes the family story

Anonymous counts of surprise.

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20 family lines linked to this shelf

A line being common in a place does not mean everyone there carries it, and it never settles who anyone is.

Mother line B4

The seafarers' line

Line is likely 30,000 to 50,000 years old
Mother line M7

The line of the eastern seas

Line is likely 35,000 to 55,000 years old
Mother line F1

The line of the great rivers

Line is likely 30,000 to 45,000 years old
Mother line B5

From the Mekong to Japan

Line is likely 30,000 to 45,000 years old
Mother line D4

The line of the northern lands

Line is likely 25,000 to 40,000 years old
Mother line D5

A line of China and beyond

Line is likely 25,000 to 40,000 years old
Mother line N9

The long eastern coastline

Line is likely 35,000 to 50,000 years old
Mother line R9

An old Southeast Asian line

Line is likely 40,000 to 55,000 years old
Mother line M8

A root of the northern lines

Line is likely 35,000 to 50,000 years old
Mother line F2

A sister of the river line

Line is likely 25,000 to 40,000 years old
Father line O-M324

China's most common father line

Line is likely 20,000 to 30,000 years old
Father line O-M119

The seafarers' father line

Line is likely 20,000 to 35,000 years old
Father line O-M268

The line of the rice lands

Line is likely 25,000 to 35,000 years old
Father line R-M420

A Central and South Asian line

Line is likely 15,000 to 25,000 years old
Father line C-F1067

An old line of East Asia

Line is likely 30,000 to 35,000 years old
Father line H-M69

An old line of India

Line is likely 20,000 to 45,000 years old
Father line C-F1370

One of the first lines east

Line is likely 40,000 to 55,000 years old
Father line N-F2930

A Chinese branch of N

Line is likely 15,000 to 25,000 years old
Father line D-CTS11577

A very old East Asian line

Line is likely 35,000 to 50,000 years old
Father line O-M122

The parent of China's main line

Line is likely 25,000 to 35,000 years old

Laboratory standards

Our DNA tests are run with our laboratory partners. These are the standards they work to.

What each standard covers