Paternal line · Y-DNA
The main Native American line
Q
Where it is common today
Siberia and the Americas — the main Native American line.
How old it is
Every man who carries it today descends from one man who lived about 28,700 years ago (between 26,500 and 31,000).
From the big letter down to this branch
- K2b
- P
- P-V1651
- P-M1254
- P-P337
- P-P284
- P-P226
- Q
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
813 ancient genomes in the Allen Ancient DNA Resource carry this line. The oldest is from Los Rieles, Chile, around 9,940 BC.
- Chichén Itzá, MexicoAD 620 – AD 1,09041 people
- La Caleta, Dominican RepublicAD 650 – AD 1,49036 people
- Nepluyevsky Barrow Necropolis, Russia1,820 BC – 1,750 BC16 people
- Murzikha-2, Russia4,580 BC – 3,810 BC12 people
- Canimar Abajo, Cuba50 BC – AD 1,24012 people
- San Nicolas Island, USA3,440 BC – AD 86011 people
- El Soco, Dominican RepublicAD 950 – AD 1,35010 people
- Firsovo-11, Russia5,620 BC – 5,420 BC9 people
- Atajadizo, Dominican RepublicAD 820 – AD 1,4809 people
- Bañados de Añatuya, ArgentinaAD 270 – AD 1,5809 people
- Jabuticabeira II, Brazil470 BC – 290 BC8 people
- Ekven, Russia110 BC – AD 1,3408 people
Find your own line
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