Took the Nat Geo test and for my mom side I got the following break down (I will post in the order they break down into):
Branch: L2
Age: 89,300 ± 21,500 Years Ago
Location of Origin: West Africa
Groups containing women from this lineage spread across West Africa and to Central Africa.
Geneticists consider this line the signature Bantu lineage. It accounts for around half the maternal lineages found in the southeast African Bantu populations. The great Bantu migrations of the first millennium BCE displaced and replaced many populations. Thus, the descendant groups of your lineage are present today at higher frequencies in many modern populations across Central and East Africa.
Branch: L2d
Age: About 12,000 Years Ago
Location of Origin: Central Africa
From Central Africa, this lineage has spread in low frequencies to the north and south. It is present as far east as the Arabian Peninsula.
Note: This branch is not accompanied by a major movement on the map, and research on this branch is continuing.
For My Pops I got:
Branch: P305
Age: More than 100,000 years old
Location of Origin: Africa
The common direct paternal ancestor of all men alive today was born in Africa between 300,000 and 150,000 years ago. Dubbed “Y-chromosome Adam” by the popular press, he was neither the first human male nor the only man alive in his time. He was, though, the only male whose Y-chromosome lineage is still around today. All men, including your direct paternal ancestors, trace their ancestry to one of this man’s descendants. The oldest Y-chromosome lineages in existence, belonging to the A00 branch of the tree, are found only in African populations.
Around 100,000 years ago the mutation named P305 occurred in the Y chromosome of a man in Africa. This is one of the oldest known mutations that is not shared by all men. Therefore, it marks one of the early splits in the human Y-chromosome tree, which itself marks one of the earliest branching points in modern human evolution. The man who first carried this mutation lived in Africa and is the ancestor to more than 99.9% of paternal lineages today. In fact, men who do not carry this mutation are so rare that its importance in human history was discovered only in the past two years.
As P305-bearing populations migrated around the globe, they picked up additional markers on their Y chromosomes. Today, there are no known P305-bearing individuals without these additional markers.
Branch: M42
Age: About 80,000 Years Ago
Location of Origin: East Africa
Around 80,000 years ago, the BT branch of the Y-chromosome tree was born, defined by many genetic markers, including M42. The common ancestor of most men living today, some of this man’s descendants would begin the journey out of Africa to the Middle East and India. Some small groups from this line would eventually reach the Americas, while other groups would settle in Europe, and some would remain near their ancestral homeland in Africa.
Individuals from this line whose ancestors stayed in Africa often practice cultural traditions that resemble those of the distant past. For example, they often live in traditional hunter-gatherer societies. These include the Mbuti and Biaka Pygmies of central Africa, as well as Tanzania’s Hadza.
Point of Interest
The M42 branch is shared by almost all men alive today, both in Africa and around the world.
Photograph by Ali Talan, My Shot
Branch: M168
Age: About 70,000 years ago
Location of Origin: East Africa
When humans left Africa, they migrated across the globe in a web of paths that spread out like the branches of a tree, each limb of migration identifiable by a marker in our DNA. For male lineages, the M168 branch was one of the first to leave the African homeland.
The man who gave rise to the first genetic marker in your lineage probably lived in northeast Africa in the region of the Rift Valley, perhaps in present-day Ethiopia, Kenya, or Tanzania. Scientists put the most likely date for when he lived at around 70,000 years ago. His descendants became the only lineage to survive outside of Africa, making him the common ancestor of every non-African man living today.
Your nomadic ancestors would have followed the good weather and the animals they hunted, although the exact route they followed remains to be determined. In addition to a favorable change in climate, around this same time there was a great leap forward in modern humans’ intellectual capacity. Many scientists believe that the emergence of language gave us a huge advantage over other early humanlike species. Improved tools and weapons, the ability to plan ahead and cooperate with one another, and an increased capacity to exploit resources in ways we hadn’t been able to earlier allowed modern humans to rapidly migrate to new territories, exploit new resources, and replace other hominids such as the Neanderthals.
Point of Interest
This male branch is one of the first to leave the African homeland.
Photograph by Guillaume Moccand, My Shot
Branch: M203
Age: About 50,000 Years Ago
Location of Origin: Northeast Africa
Two major paternal lineages survive from the first man to have this genetic marker.
Photograph by Goran Jovic, My Shot
Branch: M96
Age: 50,000 – 55,000 Years Ago
Location of Origin: Africa
Near the time of this man’s birth, modern human populations expanded and moved out from their ancestral homelands. He belonged to a group that traveled across and settled Africa. This participation in African expansions has led to its wide distribution in modern Africa. Later, branches of his descendants took part in the second expansion from Africa. These migrants are responsible for its presence in Eurasia.
Today, this lineage and its descendant branches are present in Africa, Asia, and Europe. In Africa, it has high frequencies in Bantu populations: 83 percent of Bantus from Kenya, 86 percent of Bantus from Tanzania and Gabon, and 97 percent of Bantus from the Congo. They are 76 percent of the Zulu population. They make up 91 percent of the Dogon male population. They are also 92 percent of Yoruban male lineages.
In West Asia, the frequencies from one population to the next are more varied. Among Arab populations, frequencies are moderate to high: 17 percent in Sudan, 26 percent in Lebanon, 52 percent in Libya, and 8 percent in Qatar. It is between 12 and 23 percent of Jewish populations, and it contributes to 80 to 92 percent of Berber populations.
In Europe, its frequencies are highest in the South and the East. It is 13 to 17 percent of Italian male lineages. It is about 17 percent of the Serbian male population. It is 2 percent of Belgian, Finnish, and Irish male lineages.
Point of Interest
Geneticists have found members of this lineage at trace frequencies among Bantu-speakers from South Africa, Pygmies and Bantus from the Cameroon, and in Saudi Arabia.
Branch: P147
Age: 45,000 – 50,000 Years Ago
Location of Origin: Africa
Today, most members of this lineage belong to one of its descendant branches. Those who do not are rare.
Note: This branch is not accompanied by a major movement on the map, and research on this branch is continuing.
Branch: P177
Age: About 40,000 Years Ago
Location of Origin: Africa
In modern populations, most of this man’s descendants belong to two main branches of his lineage.
Note: This branch is not accompanied by a major movement on the map, and research on this branch is continuing.
Photograph by Pascal Maitre, National Geographic
Branch: M2
Age: 20,000 – 30,000 Years Ago
Location of Origin: West Africa
The first man from this line was born when most of West Africa was fertile and hospitable. In time, the drying of the Sahara forced groups of his descendants to migrate south into sub-Saharan Africa. Then with the Bantu expansions, these same populations moved once more into Central Africa, East Africa, and southern Africa.
Point of Interest
Due to its high frequency in Western Africa, this branch accounts for most of today's African-Americans who came to the Americas as part of the transatlantic slave trade.
What I found Interesting is from M96 to M2 (about 25,000+ years we were in the land known as Kemet) according to the Map provided (M203 shows where we split where some people went into Kemet/Egypt and others went into the Arabian peninsula.)
So Then they were right, The Black Man is The Original Man, The Afro Asiatic God.
Branch: L2
Age: 89,300 ± 21,500 Years Ago
Location of Origin: West Africa
Groups containing women from this lineage spread across West Africa and to Central Africa.
Geneticists consider this line the signature Bantu lineage. It accounts for around half the maternal lineages found in the southeast African Bantu populations. The great Bantu migrations of the first millennium BCE displaced and replaced many populations. Thus, the descendant groups of your lineage are present today at higher frequencies in many modern populations across Central and East Africa.
Branch: L2d
Age: About 12,000 Years Ago
Location of Origin: Central Africa
From Central Africa, this lineage has spread in low frequencies to the north and south. It is present as far east as the Arabian Peninsula.
Note: This branch is not accompanied by a major movement on the map, and research on this branch is continuing.
For My Pops I got:
Branch: P305
Age: More than 100,000 years old
Location of Origin: Africa
The common direct paternal ancestor of all men alive today was born in Africa between 300,000 and 150,000 years ago. Dubbed “Y-chromosome Adam” by the popular press, he was neither the first human male nor the only man alive in his time. He was, though, the only male whose Y-chromosome lineage is still around today. All men, including your direct paternal ancestors, trace their ancestry to one of this man’s descendants. The oldest Y-chromosome lineages in existence, belonging to the A00 branch of the tree, are found only in African populations.
Around 100,000 years ago the mutation named P305 occurred in the Y chromosome of a man in Africa. This is one of the oldest known mutations that is not shared by all men. Therefore, it marks one of the early splits in the human Y-chromosome tree, which itself marks one of the earliest branching points in modern human evolution. The man who first carried this mutation lived in Africa and is the ancestor to more than 99.9% of paternal lineages today. In fact, men who do not carry this mutation are so rare that its importance in human history was discovered only in the past two years.
As P305-bearing populations migrated around the globe, they picked up additional markers on their Y chromosomes. Today, there are no known P305-bearing individuals without these additional markers.
Branch: M42
Age: About 80,000 Years Ago
Location of Origin: East Africa
Around 80,000 years ago, the BT branch of the Y-chromosome tree was born, defined by many genetic markers, including M42. The common ancestor of most men living today, some of this man’s descendants would begin the journey out of Africa to the Middle East and India. Some small groups from this line would eventually reach the Americas, while other groups would settle in Europe, and some would remain near their ancestral homeland in Africa.
Individuals from this line whose ancestors stayed in Africa often practice cultural traditions that resemble those of the distant past. For example, they often live in traditional hunter-gatherer societies. These include the Mbuti and Biaka Pygmies of central Africa, as well as Tanzania’s Hadza.
Point of Interest
The M42 branch is shared by almost all men alive today, both in Africa and around the world.
Photograph by Ali Talan, My Shot
Branch: M168
Age: About 70,000 years ago
Location of Origin: East Africa
When humans left Africa, they migrated across the globe in a web of paths that spread out like the branches of a tree, each limb of migration identifiable by a marker in our DNA. For male lineages, the M168 branch was one of the first to leave the African homeland.
The man who gave rise to the first genetic marker in your lineage probably lived in northeast Africa in the region of the Rift Valley, perhaps in present-day Ethiopia, Kenya, or Tanzania. Scientists put the most likely date for when he lived at around 70,000 years ago. His descendants became the only lineage to survive outside of Africa, making him the common ancestor of every non-African man living today.
Your nomadic ancestors would have followed the good weather and the animals they hunted, although the exact route they followed remains to be determined. In addition to a favorable change in climate, around this same time there was a great leap forward in modern humans’ intellectual capacity. Many scientists believe that the emergence of language gave us a huge advantage over other early humanlike species. Improved tools and weapons, the ability to plan ahead and cooperate with one another, and an increased capacity to exploit resources in ways we hadn’t been able to earlier allowed modern humans to rapidly migrate to new territories, exploit new resources, and replace other hominids such as the Neanderthals.
Point of Interest
This male branch is one of the first to leave the African homeland.
Photograph by Guillaume Moccand, My Shot
Branch: M203
Age: About 50,000 Years Ago
Location of Origin: Northeast Africa
Two major paternal lineages survive from the first man to have this genetic marker.
Photograph by Goran Jovic, My Shot
Branch: M96
Age: 50,000 – 55,000 Years Ago
Location of Origin: Africa
Near the time of this man’s birth, modern human populations expanded and moved out from their ancestral homelands. He belonged to a group that traveled across and settled Africa. This participation in African expansions has led to its wide distribution in modern Africa. Later, branches of his descendants took part in the second expansion from Africa. These migrants are responsible for its presence in Eurasia.
Today, this lineage and its descendant branches are present in Africa, Asia, and Europe. In Africa, it has high frequencies in Bantu populations: 83 percent of Bantus from Kenya, 86 percent of Bantus from Tanzania and Gabon, and 97 percent of Bantus from the Congo. They are 76 percent of the Zulu population. They make up 91 percent of the Dogon male population. They are also 92 percent of Yoruban male lineages.
In West Asia, the frequencies from one population to the next are more varied. Among Arab populations, frequencies are moderate to high: 17 percent in Sudan, 26 percent in Lebanon, 52 percent in Libya, and 8 percent in Qatar. It is between 12 and 23 percent of Jewish populations, and it contributes to 80 to 92 percent of Berber populations.
In Europe, its frequencies are highest in the South and the East. It is 13 to 17 percent of Italian male lineages. It is about 17 percent of the Serbian male population. It is 2 percent of Belgian, Finnish, and Irish male lineages.
Point of Interest
Geneticists have found members of this lineage at trace frequencies among Bantu-speakers from South Africa, Pygmies and Bantus from the Cameroon, and in Saudi Arabia.
Branch: P147
Age: 45,000 – 50,000 Years Ago
Location of Origin: Africa
Today, most members of this lineage belong to one of its descendant branches. Those who do not are rare.
Note: This branch is not accompanied by a major movement on the map, and research on this branch is continuing.
Branch: P177
Age: About 40,000 Years Ago
Location of Origin: Africa
In modern populations, most of this man’s descendants belong to two main branches of his lineage.
Note: This branch is not accompanied by a major movement on the map, and research on this branch is continuing.
Photograph by Pascal Maitre, National Geographic
Branch: M2
Age: 20,000 – 30,000 Years Ago
Location of Origin: West Africa
The first man from this line was born when most of West Africa was fertile and hospitable. In time, the drying of the Sahara forced groups of his descendants to migrate south into sub-Saharan Africa. Then with the Bantu expansions, these same populations moved once more into Central Africa, East Africa, and southern Africa.
Point of Interest
Due to its high frequency in Western Africa, this branch accounts for most of today's African-Americans who came to the Americas as part of the transatlantic slave trade.
What I found Interesting is from M96 to M2 (about 25,000+ years we were in the land known as Kemet) according to the Map provided (M203 shows where we split where some people went into Kemet/Egypt and others went into the Arabian peninsula.)
So Then they were right, The Black Man is The Original Man, The Afro Asiatic God.
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