Paternal line · Y-DNA
A Middle Eastern and East African line
T
Where it is common today
The Middle East, East Africa and the Mediterranean.
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 26,900 years ago (between 24,500 and 29,300).
From the big letter down to this branch
- CF
- F
- GHIJK
- HIJK
- IJK
- K
- LT
- T
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
106 ancient genomes in the Allen Ancient DNA Resource carry this line. The oldest is from Malak-Preslavets, Bulgaria, around 5,600 BC.
- Mödling-An der Goldenen Stiege, AustriaAD 72031 people
- Peki'in, Israel4,380 BC – 4,000 BC9 people
- Varna, Bulgaria4,600 BC – 4,450 BC4 people
- Malak-Preslavets, Bulgaria5,600 BC2 people
- Karsdorf, Germany5,180 BC – 5,120 BC2 people
- Oylum Höyük, Turkey2,500 BC2 people
- Tepe Hissar, Iran2,890 BC – 2,400 BC2 people
- Kerkouene, Tunisia490 BC – 420 BC2 people
- Himera, Italy480 BC – 410 BC2 people
- Villaricos, Spain270 BC – AD 802 people
- Kulubnarti 21-R-2, SudanAD 860 – AD 9202 people
- Asparn Schletz, Austria5,150 BC1 people
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