WHAT IF MY DNA MATCHES ME TO ANOTHER PERSON AS SELF FULL

In fact, they may both be haplogroup H (for example) at the HVR1 and HVR2 levels, but the full sequence testing refines their haplogroups and their extended haplogroups may no longer match each other. In many cases, people will match at the HVR1 and HVR2 levels, but not match at higher levels. Surprisingly, my closest matches arenвЂ™t in Germany at all!!! HmmmвЂ¦.time to start looking at what happened in history that might account for this population movement. You can click on any of theВ balloons to see the match, their ancestor and location. Your most distant ancestorвЂ™s balloon will be white, with your matches color coded. One of the easiest ways to do that, for both mitochondrial DNA and Y DNA, at Family Tree DNA, is by utilizing the Matches Map, available on your toolbar.ДЄssuming your matches have completed their most distant ancestorвЂ™s location (which is not always the case,) itвЂ™s easy to look for match groups and clusters on the map. No common ancestor found? Then at least look for common geography. However, exact full sequence matches are whereВ you start to look for a common ancestor. For example, below are my closestВ full sequence matches and my most distant matrilineal ancestor was from Germany.

If they match with no mutations, meaning a genetic distance of zero, it becomes even more likely, but itвЂ™s certainly not a given вЂ“ nor is figuring out who the common ancestor might be. If Jim and Susie match at the full sequence level too, then the genealogical timeframe becomes possible. Family Tree DNA is the only testing company to provide this level of testing. The full sequence test tests all 16,569 locations of the mitochondria, where the HVR1+HVR2 tests only 1135 locations. To do that, he and his match both need to test at the full sequence level for mitochondrial DNA. Now, if what Jim means is related in the sense of вЂњin a genealogically meaningful timeframe,вЂќ which is generally anytime from the present back in time roughly 500 or maybe as long as 800 yearsвЂ¦.the answer is a resounding maybe.ДЄnd of course, the answer differs a bit, depending on whether youвЂ™re talking about mitochondrial DNA, Y DNA or autosomal DNA.ДЇirst, Jim doesnвЂ™t have enough information to make that вЂњgenealogically meaningfulвЂќ determination.

The question is вЂ“ how long ago? And that part of theВ answer isnвЂ™t easy. If Jim and Susie share the same haplogroup, at any level, then they did indeed share an ancestor at some point in the past. IfВ Jim means related at any point in time, the answer is yes. You see, the answerВ hinges on the definition of the word вЂњrelated.вЂќ вЂњI match Susie on the HVR1 and HVR2 regions of our mitochondrial DNAвЂ¦.but I was just wonderingвЂ¦.are we related?вЂ™ Last week, I received this question from a reader, weвЂ™ll call him Jim:

What if my dna matches me to another person as self