Hi all - I have recently had my mtDNA results from FTDNA (still waiting on Family Finder at this point). I was classified as "HV0-T195C!". It has taken me a while to figure out how it all works and I think I have most of it worked out now. So, all the mutations I have in my mitochondria are an accumulation of mutations from Mitochondrial Eve (Haplogroup L) up to now. I am using RSRS for my analysis. So far, so good.
Except ... I have two "missing" mutations (C16189T, T16298C) and 10 "extra" mutations.
My question is: how can I be classified as HV0 with both missing and extra mutations? It seems to me that it's a subclade of HV0 that maybe just hasn't been defined yet. Would this be a reasonable assumption to make? (The existing HV0 subclades do not match with my extra mutations.)
A hypothetical question: one of my missing mutations (T16362C) can actually be found in an ancestral haplogroup R0a'b. There are two other mutations one of which I have (C64T, otherwise classified as extra) and one which I don't have (T2442C). So, is it hypothetically possible that there's a haplogroup between R0 and R0a'b from which I am descended and which also hasn't (yet) been defined?
I'm hoping someone can answer these questions because I really like to know how these things hang together.
Thanks!
Cheryl
Except ... I have two "missing" mutations (C16189T, T16298C) and 10 "extra" mutations.
My question is: how can I be classified as HV0 with both missing and extra mutations? It seems to me that it's a subclade of HV0 that maybe just hasn't been defined yet. Would this be a reasonable assumption to make? (The existing HV0 subclades do not match with my extra mutations.)
A hypothetical question: one of my missing mutations (T16362C) can actually be found in an ancestral haplogroup R0a'b. There are two other mutations one of which I have (C64T, otherwise classified as extra) and one which I don't have (T2442C). So, is it hypothetically possible that there's a haplogroup between R0 and R0a'b from which I am descended and which also hasn't (yet) been defined?
I'm hoping someone can answer these questions because I really like to know how these things hang together.
Thanks!
Cheryl
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