A South Asian line

Where it is common today

South Asia (and the Roma).

How old it is

This branch split from its parent about 48,500 years ago (between 46,200 and 50,900).

Every man who carries it today descends from one man who lived about 45,600 years ago (between 42,900 and 48,400).

From the big letter down to this branch

1. A1b
2. BT
3. CT
4. CF
5. F
6. GHIJK
7. HIJK
8. H

Every test reads your line to a different depth. One report says J1, another J-P58, another a code four steps further down — all of them are right, the longer one is simply more detailed. HealthOS reads as deep as your file allows.

Ancient people who carried it

98 ancient genomes in the Allen Ancient DNA Resource carry this line. The oldest is from Goyet Cave, Belgium, around 25,840 BC.

• Derenburg-Meerenstieg-2, Germany5,220 BC – 4,900 BC8 people
• Gurgy Les Noisats, France4,890 BC – 4,120 BC5 people
• Stuttgart-Mühlhausen-1, Germany5,230 BC – 5,150 BC4 people
• Asparn Schletz, Austria5,150 BC – 5,100 BC4 people
• Urziceni, Romania3,950 BC – 3,620 BC4 people
• Roopkund, IndiaAD 830 – AD 9404 people
• 'Ain Ghazal, Jordan8,100 BC – 7,950 BC3 people
• Fleury-sur-Orne, France4,560 BC – 4,020 BC3 people
• Cova d'en Pardo, Spain2,800 BC3 people
• Barcın-Höyük, Turkey6,290 BC – 6,140 BC2 people
• Mérnöki-telep, Hungary5,740 BC – 5,610 BC2 people
• Stuttgart-Mühlhausen-2, Germany5,150 BC – 5,110 BC2 people

Paternal lines (Y-DNA)