ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Haplogroup O3 (Y-DNA)

Okay kiddo, so everybody has something called DNA in their body. It's like a big instruction manual that tells our body what to do and how to look. Haplogroup O3 is just a part of this instruction manual that tells us about our ancestry, or where our family came from a long time ago.

Now, this part of the instruction manual is only found in boys because it's about something called the Y chromosome. It's like a special chapter just for boys. Haplogroup O3 is a type of Y chromosome that's found in many people from Asia - places like China, Korea, and Japan.

Scientists have studied this Y chromosome in lots of people from different parts of Asia and they've found that people with haplogroup O3 might have had a common ancestor who lived thousands of years ago. It's like they were all part of one big family a long, long time ago.

And that's all there is to it, kiddo - haplogroup O3 is just a part of our genetic instruction manual that tells us about our family history, and it's more commonly found in people from certain parts of Asia.