Paternal line · Y-DNA
The most common line in East Asia
O
Where it is common today
East and Southeast Asia — the most common line in China.
How old it is
This branch split from its parent about 36,800 years ago (between 34,300 and 39,300).
Every man who carries it today descends from one man who lived about 30,500 years ago (between 28,700 and 32,400).
From the big letter down to this branch
- HIJK
- IJK
- K
- K2
- K-M2308
- K-M2335
- NO
- O
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
204 ancient genomes in the Allen Ancient DNA Resource carry this line. The oldest is from Dushan, China, around 6,760 BC.
- Naton Beach Site, Guam770 BC – AD 1,58039 people
- Best Sunshine Casino, USAAD 1,350 – AD 1,58021 people
- Blihun site, TaiwanAD 150 – AD 54016 people
- Yappa Nhae 2, ThailandAD 320 – AD 3609 people
- Samdzong Tomb, NepalAD 450 – AD 6806 people
- Zongri, China2,820 BC – 2,400 BC4 people
- Man Bac, Vietnam1,900 BC – 1,730 BC4 people
- Kyang, Nepal400 BC4 people
- Longsangquduo, ChinaAD 1,050 – AD 1,0604 people
- Latuotanggu, ChinaAD 1,120 – AD 1,3204 people
- Wadian, China2,350 BC3 people
- Wangchenggang, China1,750 BC3 people
Find your own line
Upload the raw data file from 23andMe, AncestryDNA, MyHeritage or a whole-genome test. It is read on your device, and it is free.
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The HealthOS DNA Kit reads your maternal line, your paternal (Y) line if you have a Y chromosome, your ancestry across 15 regions and the ancient peoples you sit closest to. Spit in a tube at home; the lab is in Germany and the raw file is yours.
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