Hi Antonio,
For me, the value in mt-DNA is coming from the major haplogroups that are possible to find.
In my father's case with an Azorean maternal line, we have Haplogroup H and it says more about the Mutations:
A16129G, T16187C, C16189T, T16223C, G16230A, T16278C, T16298C, C16311T, C16320T
A16129G, T16187C, C16189T, T16223C, G16230A, T16278C, T16298C, C16311T, C16320T
We didn't get the Full sequencing, but the fact we know it's group H tells me something.
And if another person's test can tell me about another of my maternal ancestors, great! I am soon expecting the results for a friend of mine whose maternal line leads straight to one of my own ancestors from Pico, so that will be one more I can check off. I think the full sequence might become something of interest once more tests are back. Maybe if we find some matches and can't actually see the link through a paper trail.
As of yet, I can't interpret my above listed mutations and what they might tell me. But if we can determine what ethnic group specific ancestors came from, I think that alone is a nice help in creating something of a more complete picture of the early population for each island.
There is one particular maternal line that my above friend can test for if he can convince one of his relatives. It leads to another of my ancestors which for me is of high importance and is the ancestor of a great many (most people) who have ancestors in Sao Roque do Pico, with ties to the founder, Rodrigo Alvares. So I am really looking forward to that.
Doug da Rocha Holmes
Pico & Terceira Genealogist
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Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] mtDNA a Sampling of Crypto-Jewish
descendents in North East Portugal district of Braganca
From: A Faria <[email protected]>
Date: Sun, August 03, 2014 7:04 am
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Hi Doug,
I think the value of mtDNA is sometimes underestimated and it doesn't receive the attention that it should from the scientists, however I didn't find my results particularly useful until I upgraded to FMS.
Antonio
On Saturday, August 2, 2014 7:22:48 PM UTC-7, Doug da Rocha Holmes wrote:Hi Antonio,Nice find.This is also why I think it's almost just as important to do mt-DNA testing as Y-DNA testing.In fact, I have come to think the most important testing is Y-DNA, then Family Finder, then mt-DNA and the only reason Family Finder is second is that it gives you the MyOrigins look at all your ancestry. But to learn the most we need many, many, many more people to test both Y and mtDNA.I just convinced an old friend of mine to get it done. Someone we both are related to with Pico ancestry.Doug da Rocha Holmes
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Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] mtDNA a Sampling of Crypto-Jewish
descendents in North East Portugal district of Braganca
From: A Faria <[email protected]>
Date: Sat, August 02, 2014 4:20 pm
To: [email protected]
Hi Everyone,
I found this to be interesting and thought I would share it.
http://www.nature.com/ejhg/journal/vaop/ncurrent/abs/ ejhg2014140a.html
Antonio
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