Paternal line · Y-DNA
The Eastern European and South Asian line
R1a
Where it is common today
Eastern Europe, Central Asia and South Asia.
How old it is
This branch split from its parent about 22,800 years ago (between 20,500 and 25,100).
Every man who carries it today descends from one man who lived about 18,200 years ago (between 16,400 and 20,100).
From the big letter down to this branch
- P-M1254
- P-P337
- P-P284
- P-P226
- R
- R-Y482
- R1
- R1a
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
620 ancient genomes in the Allen Ancient DNA Resource carry this line. The oldest is from Minino-2, Russia, around 8,710 BC.
- Mödling-An der Goldenen Stiege, AustriaAD 72040 people
- Kamenny-Ambar-5, Russia1,920 BC – 1,790 BC16 people
- Rákóczifalva-Bagi-földek, HungaryAD 600 – AD 72014 people
- Ląd, PolandAD 1,100 – AD 1,17013 people
- Santok, PolandAD 1,10012 people
- Leubingen-1, Germany2,100 BC – 1,890 BC9 people
- Esperstedt, Germany2,410 BC – 2,280 BC7 people
- Orak, Russia1,650 BC – 1,520 BC7 people
- Salme, EstoniaAD 7507 people
- Poznań-Śródka, PolandAD 1,1007 people
- Ulaangom, Mongolia1,120 BC – 280 BC6 people
- Ostrów Lednicki, PolandAD 1,1006 people
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