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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.
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ethnicity, a nationality or a clan. See what DNA can and can’t tell
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Sources
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[isogg] International Society of Genetic Genealogy (ISOGG), Y-DNA Haplogroup Tree. Reference — cite for haplogroup nomenclature only (not frequencies) · link