The U5a1a1-FGS DNA Project is an ongoing project open to any female or male who has taken the full mitochondrial DNA test (FGS) and is in Haplogroup U5a1a1. Please do not join the project if you are unwilling to grant to the administrators, access to your full FGS data. To qualify as a U5a1a1 you must have the following mutations in your full genome sequence:
05495C, 15924G Testing only the HVR1 and/or the HVR2 does not give you results for the two markers above. Only the full genome sequence does. Testing at 23andMe can provide you assurance that you are in U5a1a1, but we only use full sequence data in the project. Transfers from 23andMe are welcome to view our web page, but there is no point in actually joining the project unless you subsequently order the mtDNA FGS. Our primary objective is to try to identify and tie together the numerous female lines to assist in proving our relationships. You will be asked to complete a JOIN form and submit your all female lineage with spouses, dates and locations up to 1900. Another objective is to discover new structure within U5a1a1. Current participants' results can be viewed on our website. Please contact the administrators for further information.