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Haplogroup M

Y-DNA (paternal line)

A lineage largely confined to New Guinea and Melanesia. [isogg]

For a fuller account, search “Haplogroup M” in a reference such as Wikipedia or ISOGG.

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Sources

• [isogg] International Society of Genetic Genealogy (ISOGG), Y-DNA Haplogroup Tree. Reference — cite for haplogroup nomenclature only (not frequencies) · link