Kerry, That's not a test for genealogy. The Genographic test is for the deep origins. Your mtDNA isn't from Germany (2 people) or Portugal (1 person). Your mtDNA MATCHES (the people) believe that their paper trail leads them to Germany or Portugal. Or they took a guess. Haplogroup H is the largest female haplogroup in Europe. I think the statistic is 40-something percent. So 40-something % of people can trace their mtDNA line back to Europe and that haplogroup goes back tens of thousands of years ago. Breaking it down into a subclade (in your case H4a5a1) brings it closer, but I'm not sure how many thousands of years old the H4 subclade is. Those that are into anthropology know more. That would be the haplogroup admins.
If you want to use your DNA for genealogy though, you should do Family Finder (it's $79). They pull your vials and get to work. It traces ALL your lines back about 200 years from your birth. So if you were born in 1950, you have DNA in you back to about the 1750s. Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
