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mtDNA Tree Updated

Author: Laura

I’ve recently been (pardon the pun) out of the loop on genetic genealogy news but Mannis van Oven announced yesterday that Build 11 of his mtDNA tree is now available for viewing. Not surprisingly, by his count identified H subclades are up to 39 (not counting sub-subclades within those 39), while U’s subclades continue to branch out ever more finely.

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News heard through ISOGG today:  23andMe is updating mtDNA haplogroup identifications based on van Oven’s mtDNA phylotree build #8. For most, this will further refine your sub-clade. However, if you are one of those that has been, for instance, H* you could find yourself in one of the more recently defined sub-clades anywhere from the H-teens through H38. Joanna Mountain has an informative post on 23andMe’s blog explaining the details of their updating process.

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