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Although I stated the DNA goes back to Iran (or in that area of the Middle East), like every other line this one comes out of Africa.
This may be helpful it is an excerpt from the results:
“Your Y chromosome results identify you as a membe of Haplogroup K, a lineage defined by a genetic marker called M9. This haplogroup is the final destination of a genetic journey that began some 60,000 years ago with an ancienty Y chromosome marker called M168.
The very widely dispersed M168 marker can be traced to a single individual -“Eurasian Adam.” This AFRICAN man, who lived some 31,000 to 79,000 years ago, is the common ancestor of every non-African person living today. His descendants migrated out of Africa and became the only lineage to survive away from humanity’s home continent.
Some 90 to 95 percent of all non-Africans are descendants of the second great human migration out of Africa, which is defined by the marker M89. Many people of this lineaage remained in the Middle East, but others continued their movement and followed the grasslands through IRAN to the vast steppes of Central Asia.
Most residents of the Northern Hemisphere trace their roots to this unique individual (Eurasian Adam), and carry his defining marker. Nearly all North Americans and East Asians have the M9 markers, as do most Europeans and many INDIANS. The haplogroup is known as the Eurasian Clan. “
I think you missed my point.
By matching your DNA with others in the world, it simply means you share a paternal (Y-DNA) or maternal (mitochndrial DNA) ancestor with only those (currently living) people who have been tested.
Do they have ancient DNA from Iran to match up with your test or do they match it with people currently living. If it is the latter, these Iranians may trace their lineage back to Mongolia, as may yours.
All I am saying is you can’t assume that this match made in Iran doesn’t necessarily mean your common ancestor ever lived in Iran, but that a group of his descendants migrated to Iran, and have had their DNA tested as have you.
It may be the way I am phrasing it, but this ancestor came out of East Africa and entered Iran. He then mutated into the first EuroAsiatic (Adam if you will) human. In other words although I only mentioned Iran, he left Africa about 150,000 years ago. I believe they found his DNA in Kenya, but I will have to double check the records.
Anita
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