Encyclopedia of mtDNA Origins
Haplogroup D4h3 is a branch on the maternal tree of human kind. Its age is between 15,300 and 21,200 years (Behar et al., 2012b).
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Explore your maternal heritage in the Encyclopedia of mtDNA Origins.
Genetic Genealogy News
FTDNA Summer Sale 2018 – Ends August 31, 2018
Family Tree DNA's Summer Sale this year includes offers for both new kits and for upgrades. Upgrades First on the list for many of us are the options for Big Y upgrades. Upgrades to Big [...]
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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. The new GDPR law in Europe has inspired some positive changes at Family Tree DNA, and there are account settings that need to be adjusted accordingly.
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Anzick-1
Anzick-1, Anzick Boy, is a Paleo-Indian male child. His remains were found at a Clovis Culture site. He was one of two children found in 1968, at the site in south central Montana, USA. His death and remains date to between 12,707 and 12,556 years ago.
Project News
Nordic Y-DNA Weekly News – 10 Aug 2018
Hello Everyone, The project continues to grow, and it is wonderful to see geographic discoveries begin to come forward. This weeks find was made by Harald Alvestrand. Below are the counts for each major Y-DNA [...]
Q-M242 Weekly Update – 10 Aug 2018
This week I will finally get to cover a little bit of Native Americas information.
Nordic Y-DNA Weekly News – 3 Aug 2018
I have been asked about where the project is going with the new subgrouping. I will write a little about that this week.
Q-M242 Weekly Update – 10 July 2018
This week's newsletter will cover the project's most recent published paper, the Q-L804 and Q-L527 branches, and new SNP Packs being developed by Family Tree DNA for Q-L804 and Q-L527.
Recent Journal Articles
Mitogenome Diversity in Sardinians: A Genetic Window onto an Island's Past
Sardinians are “outliers” in the European genetic landscape and, according to paleogenomic nuclear data, the closest to early European Neolithic farmers.
500 Years Later: Understanding the Genetic Ancestry of the Southeast Region, Brazil
In preliminary analyzes with X-INDELs in samples from São Paulo, we found the following ancestral proportions: 29.4% African, 49.7% European and 20.9% Native American.
Mitochondrial genomes reveal an east to west cline of steppe ancestry in Corded Ware populations
From around 4,000 to 2,000 BC the forest-steppe north-western Pontic region was occupied by people who shared a nomadic lifestyle, pastoral economy and barrow burial rituals.
Prehistoric migrations through the Mediterranean basin shaped Corsican Y-chromosome diversity
This study included 321 samples from men throughout Corsica; samples from Provence and Tuscany were added to the cohort.