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<\/a><\/p>\nThe above is from Wikipedia. I had heard that Darwin understood a cell to be just a blob as it was one of the most basic elements known at the time. Perhaps he would be surprised to know that so much is going on in a cell. Mitochondrial DNA is passed down only from a mother to her children. YDNA passes only from father to son. However, Mitochondrial DNA passes down from mother to daughter and from mother to son.<\/p>\n
My Line of Mitochondrial DNA<\/h2>\n
This is my line of inheritance of mitochondrial DNA is from mother to daughter going back as far as I can:<\/p>\n
I’m sure of Martha Ellis. Her mom, Nancy Roebuck is not 100% certain, but as sure as I can be right now. Before that, Ann Scott would be a little less sure.<\/p>\n I have four perfect matches. They are:<\/p>\n My most recent mtDNA match was with Anthony. I have been in touch with his sister Gillian. Here is their maternal line:<\/p>\n When I put the two trees together, I get this:<\/p>\n It is possible that Ann Scott and Bridget are sisters. However, the common ancestor is more likely further back.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Here are my H5’36 matches at FTDNA:<\/p>\n The Genetic Distance (GD) is listed on the left. I have been in touch with the first four matches. I should also look into the matches that have a GD of 1. It occurs to me that a line could have had a mutation in the 1800’s or 1900’s and have a closer common ancestor with me than someone with a GD of 0.<\/p>\n My mtDNA Haplogroup and that of my matches is H5’36. The H Haplogroup is very popular in the area of Europe and the British Isles. Here are those that have joined the H5 Haplogroup Project at FTDNA:<\/p>\n H5’36 is listed first on the H5 Project page. That is because I believe that this group is the oldest. H5’36 is listed before H5 as it was discovered after H5, but found to be older. The oldest maternal ancestors listed above were found to be from England or Ireland.<\/p>\n In the image above, there are five people that have tested positive for H5’36. Yet they have different HVR1 and HVR2 Mutations. It would make sense to assume that those with the fewest mutations would be from an older branch and those with the most mutations from a newer branch of H5’36. The last two people listed have the same and fewest mutations:<\/p>\n In the next step, I have one mutation that is different from the descendants of Howe and Touhey. This mutation has been named\u00a0A16129G:<\/p>\n Because I have zero GD with Nancy, John, Terrence and Gillian, I can add them into this group.<\/p>\n Next, I just have to fit in the descendants of Pearson and Privette. These two testers have mutation 309.1C in common. But I see that Pearson and Privette also A16129G. The tree is still correct, but the second box from the top should say common ancestors of all except for Howe and Touhey.<\/p>\n Here is what I get for the H5’36 Tree based on those that belong to the H5 FTDNA Project.<\/p>\n The descendant of Privette has a lot of mutations which could mean that there could be more branching going on there. The branch of the tree that I am in with the other four is defined by being positive for\u00a0A16129G but negative for\u00a0309.1C.<\/p>\n One question I have is that from my tree, I appear to be a GD of one from the descendant of Touhey. Yet on my match list I am listed at a GD of three from this person.<\/p>\n FTDNA also has a helpful Matches Map:<\/p>\n This shows me in white – or rather, my mother’s mother’s mother’s, etc. location. The most important balloon after that is the red one. That is for John’s mother’s mother’s mother’s, etc.<\/p>\n Here is John’s mtDNA tree added in:<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nMy MtDNA Matches<\/h2>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nMore About the MtDNA – H5’36<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nFTDNA’s mtDNA Haplogroup Project<\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nMore About Genetic Distance<\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nThe Matches Map<\/h3>\n
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