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DNA for Genealogy

 What is DNA?
Autosomal DNA
Mitochondrial DNA
Y-DNA
DNA Test Process
Y DNA Results
DNA Mutations
Y-DNA Markers
More Y-DNA Markers
Y-DNA TMRCA
Y-Chromosome SNPs
Y-DNA Haplogroups
mtDNA interpretation
mtDNA Haplogroups
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Mitochondrial DNA
 

  • Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is only passed down from mothers to their sons and their daughters

  • Men and women with a common female ancestor in their maternal line will have identical mtDNA