What will the mtDNA Refine test tell me?
The mtDNA Refine test adds the second hypervariable region, HVR2, to your test results. That is the portion of your mitochondrial DNA that runs from nucleotide 00001 to nucleotide 00574. Your matches to others in the same haplogroup on both HVR1 and HVR2 have a 50% likelihood of sharing common ancestry with you within twenty-eight generations. That is about 700 years. If you also share ancestry from the same location, the same village, town, or city, then you likely share common ancestry within recent times.
