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This project is a meeting place for users who share the W5a1a Mitochondrial DNA haplogroup, which means they are related along their maternal lines. Users in this group may want to share their family trees with each other to find overlaps and merge duplicate profiles in order to join or expand the World Family Tree and discover new relatives.
https://africatoaotearoa.otago.ac.nz/haplogroups/9-mtdna/20-mtdna-w Summary
Age: 11,075.5 ± 3,725.2; CI=95% (Behar et al., 2012b) Origin: West Asia Mutations: C6528T A15775G Parent Branch: W Descendant branch(s): W5a W5b
Background
Haplogroup W5 is a branch on the maternal tree of human kind. Its age is between 7,400 and 14,800 years (Behar et al., 2012b).
National Geographic Geno 2.0 Text
Haplogroup: W5 Age: To Be Determined Origin: West Asia Blurb: This point in your ancestors' journey began in West Asia. From there, members of this lineage traveled toward Europe. Their exact path of entry is unknown, but the higher frequency of this rare lineage in Portugal and along the Western European coast suggests a coastal migration path. Today, this line is most common in Belgium, where it is about 2 percent of maternal lineages. It is about 1 percent of the population in Austria, the Netherlands, and Portugal.
Author: Rebekah A. Canada | Copyright: National Geographic