nephew

[pamelaw]

My Nephew sent for a kit to do his YDNA and MTDNA. Now will the MTDNA be the same as mine as his mother is my sister?

Pam

[efgen]

Yes, you and your sister's son have the same direct maternal line, with your mother being the common ancestor, so his mtDNA should match yours.

[pamelaw]

Thank for the answer about my nephew. Can't wait to see his results. Now I also had my cousin who is my mother's brother's son do the test. Will there be any results that will show us related?

Pam

[efgen]

Your cousin's mtDNA is from his own mother, so it won't show a connection to yours. His Y-DNA is your maternal grandfather's line and will certainly be beneficial to have, but it can't be compared to your mtDNA results since mtDNA and Y-DNA are completely different.

You do share DNA with your cousin, but it's in the autosomal chromosomes, which is not what most of us test for genealogy.

[pamelaw]

My nephews MTDNA from his maternal side is K. Same as me.(His mother is my sister) His Paternal side is I1a. Not sure what his paternal is considered as I had to google to find out his results. He got his test at Ancestry. I think his fathers side was Scottish? Sometimes people don't like to share, it is kinda sad as I shared my results with him.

Could someone tell me what I1a is?

Thanks
Pam

[cacio]

There are many people who have discussed I1a extensively, and I'm no expert. However, I1a is the second most frequent haplogroup in NW Europe and the British Isles (though a distant second to R1b). It is particularly frequent in Scandinavia, so it is often associated with the Vikings. Scotland has a fair amount of it, and so does the UK.

cacio