mtDNA tree: from Mitochondrial Eve to the major branches
Mitochondrial Eve is the common maternal-line ancestor of everyone alive today. The tree shows when and where the major branches split off her line. Fork ages and routes come from the Mitotree tree in FTDNA Discover. Click a branch to open its tree.
How the branches split #
Top to bottom, from Mitochondrial Eve to the present day. The age scale on both sides is compressed toward the past: the closer to today, the finer it gets.
Routes out of Africa #
From Mitotree maps in FTDNA Discover: how the branches left Africa, where they parted and where they went next.