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H5'36, H5, and H36 mtGenome Haplogroups Project

  • 1198 members
Administrators
  • J Strickland
  • John Chamberlin

About us

Join the conversation! We have a Facebook group for our project members.

 

mtDNA Haplogroups H5’36, H5 and H36are subclades of Haplogroup H.  H likely arose, along with HV, in Southwestern or Central Asia, and then they migrated into Europe. There H became the dominant maternal lineage while HV is a much smaller population. H is believed to make up 40-50% of the mtDNA lineages in Western Europe.

The primary goal of this project is to explore the individual identity of these3 major subclades and their progeny. We are working to:

  • Educate members of this highly successful mtDNA Clade about their shared heritage.
  • Build a sense of community.
  • Recognize population clusters in these Subclades.

How can you help the project:

1       Join the project, and under Kit Settings > Project Preferences, give limited rights to current and future project admin’s.  Then also opt-in for sharing Coding Region information with Project Admin’s.

 

2       Consider upgrading to the mtFullSequence Test.

 

3       Enter the country of origin of your direct maternal line to your kit settings > Genealogy > Most Distant Ancestor.

 

4       Invite matches to join the H and HV project and the H5’36, H5, and H36 project.

 

5       Consider submitting your full mtDNA sequence to the NCBI GenBank database. The GenBank database is used by researchers for publications and is used to define new subgroups on the Haplotree. When samples that contain previously unseen changes and/or combinations are uploaded to the database, everyone benefits.  This process makes the data available to researchers worldwide (without listing your name). Many of our project members are in subclades that are expected to eventually be divided into smaller subgroups. However, development and research of our haplogroup is absolutely dependent on data from novel (unique) sequences being submitted to GenBank. It's possible, especially for those with few or no exact FMS matches, that your sequence could help identify a new subclade.  Discovering more about the structure of our haplogroup is the basis for learning more about the history and origins of the subclades. For additional information or assistance with GenBank, feel free to contact J Strickland (project administrator) and/or visit Dr. Ian Logan's website at:  http://www.IanLogan.co.uk/checker/genbank.htm

 

Education

As part of our effort to educate members we ask that everyone consider looking at the International Society of Genetic Genealogy website, ISOGG. ISOGG is dedicated to educating the genealogists and layman to the uses and limitations of DNA testing. They also follow trends in public policy at the local, national, and international level.

  • Genetic Genealogy This is an introduction to the field of genetic genealogy. It contains background on the hobby and recommended readings.
  • Genealogical DNA Test This covers the basics of each type of DNA test. It is in need of updates. Your help would be appreciated.
  • Human Mitochondrial Haplogroup This covers the main branches of the tree that links all human maternal lineages.
  • Haplogroup H This is the dedicated page for all things haplogroup H. Please help us by expanding it with any information that you find on other websites or in published papers.
  • Haplogroup HV This is the dedicated page for all things haplogroup HV. Please help us by expanding it with any information that you find on other websites or in published papers.

Administrators and Co-administrators

The following people are part of the project administrator team.

 

Ray Critchley (Retired) –One of the Original Administrators for the H5’36 project. (Retired)

 

J Strickland – Educated in Biotechnology, and a family historian of nearly 30 years.  She has been working with genetic genealogy results since the early 2010’s, but this is the first project she is helping to admin.

 

John Chamberlin – Co-Admin.



Discovery

Because mtDNA full sequence results are the only true way to find new subclades, sub-project pages have been set up for those with full sequence results. Rather than recent genealogical connections these pages are devoted to our deeper connections. We feel that both approaches are valid and vital ways to explore the genetics of our grandmothers.