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Haplogroup M

mtDNA (maternal line)

One of the two macro-lineages carrying maternal ancestry out of Africa; common across Asia. [isogg]

In the ancient British record

Frequency of M among ancient samples from Britain & Ireland, by period — from our aggregation of the CC0 Allen Ancient DNA Resource. See the full chart.

Fuller account: M on Wikipedia.

Remember: a haplogroup is a deep, broad lineage shared by many people — not an ethnicity, a nationality or a clan. See what DNA can and can’t tell you.

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