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Tuesday, September 04, 2007

What a difference a year makes. Part Two.

Here is a chart showing the mtDNA haplogroup breakdown of the current Italy DNA Project participants. We now have a total of 116 mtDNA results fo.


Haplogroup

Count of Haplogroups in Italy DNA Project
Frequency of Haplogroups in Italy DNA Project
H
50
43%
HV
2
2%
J
5
4%
J1
3
3%
J2
3
3%
K
7
6%
L
2
2%
M
1
1%
N1a
1
1%
N1b
1
1%
T
5
4%
T1
2
2%
T2
6
5%
T3
1
1%
T5
2
2%
U1a
4
3%
U2
1
1%
U3
4
3%
U4
2
2%
U5
3
3%
U6
1
1%
U7
2
2%
V
1
1%
W
2
2%
X
3
3%

What a difference a year makes

What a difference a year makes.

Less than a year ago, the Italy DNA Project had 100 members. Over the past week, we have surpassed the 300 member mark. As I've done when we passed milestones in the past I wanted to take a minute to update folks on the current Y-DNA and mtDNA haplogroup breakdowns.

Here's the current version of the Y-DNA assignments, based on 207 Y-DNA members:


Haplogroup
Calculated Frequency
of Haplogroups
in Italy DNA Project
E3b1a
11.6%
E3b1b
1.4%
E3b1c
0.5%
G2
8.7%
I1a
2.9%
I1b*
1.0%
I1b1
1.4%
I1b2
2.9%
J1
4.3%
J2a
15.9%
J2b
1.9%
K2
3.9%
L
1.0%
Q
1.0%
R1a
2.9%
R1b1b
1.0%
R1b1c
34.3%
R1b1c6
0.5%
R1b1c9
1.0%
R1b1c10
1.4%
R2
0.5%



You can see that the classification scheme I used has changed a little since the last update, to favor more precise classification. In many cases, the precise classification scheme has depended on individual analysis and some estimation but I think the overall presenation is very accurate. One case where more testing is probably necessary is in the case of R1b1c. The levels of R1b1c9 and R1b1c10 are probably too low, since few members have tested the crucial S-series SNPs offered by Ethnoancestry.