Encyclopedia of mtDNA Origins
Haplogroup H3as is a branch on the maternal tree of human kind. The woman who started this branch lived at some point between recent generations and 4,400 years ago (Behar et al., 2012b).
People: Places: Ireland
Explore your maternal heritage in the Encyclopedia of mtDNA Origins.
News
Dante Labs & The $1000 Genome
Dante Labs is an Italian DNA testing company. They are one of the first to produce a marketable whole genome test with high enough coverage to be used by genealogists and medical researchers as a DTC product.
Latest Posts
The Curious Origin of mtDNA Haplogroup B2 in the Americas
Since the publication of Paternal origin of Paleo-Indians in Siberia: insights from Y-chromosome sequences I have found myself contemplating the migration or migration of maternal lineages to the Americas. Generally, researchers have considered the timing to be deep, around 18,000 years ago.
FTDNA Project Member Privacy Settings – Quick Start Guide
This is a quick guide to adjusting your privacy settings for project participation at Family Tree DNA. I, personally, take my privacy extremely seriously, and I hope your own seriously too.
Use the MyHeritage Chromosome Browser
MyHeritage has added a chromosome browser to their autosomal DNA matches tool set. The MyHeritage Chromosome Browser is a simple yet elegant browser that allows you to quickly see the DNA you share with each match.
Whit Athey's predictor
This is a Y-chromosome haplogroup predictor based on Y-STR values.
Single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)
A Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) is a genetic change of exactly one base pair to another value.
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Czech Republic – A Place
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Cuba – A Place
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Croatia – A Place
Croatia is officially the Republic of Croatia. It is a country located in the south-east of Europe.
Peoples, Places, and Human History
Human existence, our beginnings, trace back to Africa. For over a million years, we have traveled within and away from our homeland. Those travels have built upon one another and created our modern cultures.
Samoa – A Place
Samoa is an island nation in the central region of the South Pacific Ocean. The two main islands are Savai’i and Upolu.
Project Updates
Disallowing Proxy and VPN Traffic
I regret having to write that I am no longer allowing PROXY and VPN traffic to the Haplogroup website. Over the past two years the amount of automated 'bot' traffic to the site has placed a sever strain on my resources. I do not think this will impact most of my project members. If it does though, please send me the information for the PROXY or VPN you use. I will gladly add you to the whitelist.
Laura's #GivingTuesday Fundraiser for Laura's Lost Pet Services, Inc.
Giving Tuesday has come to follow Black Friday and Cyber Monday. It is a chance to return to our Thankful celebration of what we have by helping others. This year, I am helping my friend Laura Weitner. Laura is raising funds for her non-profit lost pet finding service. Laura has her own pets, a job, and family. Every day though she helps people in her community find their lost animals. She does this out of kindness and love of animals. She also helps capture and rehabilitate the homeless 'neighborhood dogs' of West Virginia. This work often involves long nights waiting for a dog to enter a humane trap and potential bites.
Free MyHeritage Transfers End December 1, 2018
MyHeritage has one of the top sites for matching and ethnic origins. They are also an excellent resource for general genealogy research. Until December 1, 2018...
FTDNA Black Friday Sale 2018 Includes Family Finder For $39 US
Family Tree DNA has announced that Family Finder tests are on sale this weekend for $39 US. This is the perfect time to add on Family Finder for all of your current kits at FTDNA and recruit a few more cousins to test.
TALK: Using DNA to Answer Your Genealogical Puzzle – Bennett Greenspan @ GHJGS
DNA has played an increasingly important role in medicine, criminal work, and our own personal genealogical story. There are 3 different types of DNA tests that can be employed to learn things about yourself that you can’t determine simply by looking in a mirror.
Q-M242s in Zalloua et al., 2008
In Zalloua at al., 2008, Y-Chromosomal Diversity in Lebanon Is Structured by Recent Historical Events, the authors tested the Y-DNA of Druze, Muslims, and Christians in Lebanon.
Ancient Fennoscandian genomes reveal origin and spread of Siberian ancestry in Europe
Here we analyse ancient genomic data from 11 individuals from Finland and north-western Russia.
The genetic prehistory of the Andean highlands 7000 years BP though European contact
Here, we present a time series of ancient whole genomes from the Andes of Peru, dating back to 7000 calendar years before the present (BP), and compare them to 42 new genome-wide genetic variation datasets from both highland and lowland populations.
Early human dispersals within the Americas
We sequenced 15 ancient human genomes spanning Alaska to Patagonia; six are ≥10,000 years old (up to ~18× coverage).
Reconstructing the Deep Population History of Central and South America
We report genome-wide ancient DNA from 49 individuals forming four parallel time transects in Belize, Brazil, the Central Andes, and the Southern Cone, each dating to at least ∼9,000 years ago.
Mobility and trade in Mediterranean antiquity: Evidence for an ‘Italian connection’ in Mycenaean Greece revealed by ancient DNA of livestock
We sequenced pig and cattle mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from Tiryns, Greece – a key Bronze Age site in the Aegean region.
A test of the European Pleistocene refugial paradigm, using a Western Palaearctic endemic bird species
Although our results support the paradigm, in general, they also suggest that in highly dispersive taxa, isolation of neighbouring refugia was incomplete, resulting in large super-refugial populations.