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What characteristics of my mtDNA sequence determine which clan I am in?

April 26, 2017characteristics Clan determine mtDNA sequence

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What characteristics of my mtDNA sequence determine which clan I am in?

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• All the clans have DNA sequence characteristics that allow us to determine from which clan mother you are descended. Some of these clan/characteristic associations are straightforward; others are more complicated. As a general rule, if your ancestors lived in the geographical area we now call Europe, and your sequence does not contain one of the characteristic changes listed below, then you are a descendant of Helena.