Cheri; Thank you for this explanation. It clarifies some things for me and confirms my thoughts on the value of only matching in the HVR1 category...
I appreciate you checking on the 533G mutation for me. Fingers crossed that it is special!! ;-)) Sam in Maz ---- Original message ---- >Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 13:30:29 -0700 >From: [email protected] (on behalf of Cheri Mello <[email protected]>) >Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] DNA Matches >To: [email protected] > > HI Sam, > > I guess you are talking about your brother's kit? > > On your brother, I see these difference/mutations: > HVR1: 16192T, 16270T > HVR2: 73G,150T, 204C, 263G, 315.1C, 533G > > (For those who want to know: HVR is HyperVariable > Region. These are 2 specific areas that the > geneticists look at on the D-loop area of the > mitochondria. HVR1 covers about 440 base pairs. > Only the differences from the Cambridge Reference > Sequence (CRS) are reported back. HVR 2 covers > about 574 base pairs. Again, only the differences > are reported). > > So I'll go and look to see how many of your > brother's mutations are in the top 50 most common: > http://www.smgf.org/mtdna/common_mutations.jspx > > They are all there, except 533G. > > But let's pretend for a moment that they were all in > the top 50 mutations. So then you go to look at > his matches. > Section 1 - Low Resolution Matches - HVR1 - 98 > matches > Mrs. Susan Crumb (HVR2) > Mr. Daniel Boone > Mrs. Katie Cross (FGS) > Etc. > > Susan Crumb tested both HVR 1 and HVR2. Scroll > down to see if she matches your brother on HVR2. > > Mr. Daniel Boone tested only HVR1 as nothing is > after his name. > > Mrs. Katie Cross tested the Full Genomic Sequence. > Not only did she test the 440 pairs on HVR 1 and the > 540 on HVR2, but she did the entire 16,000+ > molecule. Scoll down to see if she appears in your > HVR2 matches. > > 98 matches isn't too much. You can turn off the > alerts for the HVR1 matches. But if someone comes > along who only tests HVR1, you won't know about > it. > > But you have that 533G. That's on your HVR2. > I'll email the anthropology unit at FTDNA and ask > how common that mutation is (it could be # 51). > Then again, it could be # 450 on the list and be > real special. > > Since your HVR1 region is really common, you can > turn off those matches if you like. Basically, > it's telling you that you, Susan Crumb, Daniel > Boone, and Katie Cross's common ancestor is Wilma > Flintstone from 75,000 years ago. I don't know > about you, but I'm lucky just to have a couple of > branches that made it to the Middle Ages. And > that's 500 years ago. That's the time period > record keeping began anyways, unless you have some > royal blood in you. > > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira > Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada > > -- > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. Follow the > confirmation directions when they arrive. > For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, > Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your > Google account and visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the > blue area on the right that says "Join this group" > and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership."
