Paternal line · Y-DNA
A South Asian and Middle Eastern line
L
Where it is common today
South Asia and parts of the Middle East.
How old it is
This branch split from its parent about 42,600 years ago (between 39,700 and 45,500).
Every man who carries it today descends from one man who lived about 23,100 years ago (between 20,800 and 25,500).
From the big letter down to this branch
- CF
- F
- GHIJK
- HIJK
- IJK
- K
- LT
- L
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
49 ancient genomes in the Allen Ancient DNA Resource carry this line. The oldest is from Monjukli-Depe, Turkmenistan, around 4,600 BC.
- Loebanr, Pakistan950 BC – 810 BC8 people
- Areni-1, Armenia4,210 BC – 3,920 BC3 people
- Katelai, Pakistan900 BC3 people
- Maryinskaya-5, Russia3,200 BC2 people
- Himera, Italy550 BC – 410 BC2 people
- Mödling-An der Goldenen Stiege, AustriaAD 7202 people
- Cambridgeshire, United KingdomAD 1,2502 people
- Monjukli-Depe, Turkmenistan4,600 BC1 people
- Sinyukha, Russia3,210 BC1 people
- Shahr-i Sokhta, Iran2,890 BC1 people
- Tepe Hissar, Iran2,760 BC1 people
- Atchana-Alalakh, Turkey1,890 BC1 people
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