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Group Administrator: David Pike (dapike@math.mun.ca), Sara-Lee Beller (bellermail@comcast.net)
Project Background:
The focus of this project is on maternal ancestral lines in Newfoundland and Labrador. Anybody with a direct maternal ancestor who lived in Newfoundland and/or Labrador is encouraged to join the project.
What is mtDNA?
Mitochondrial DNA (or "mtDNA" for short) is a small portion of our DNA, but it has the property of being inherited only from one's mother, who inherited it from her mother, who got it from her mother, and so on. Everybody has mtDNA, but men cannot pass their mtDNA on to their children. The result is that genetic analysis of mtDNA will reveal a genetic signature that corresponds only to one's direct maternal line of ancestry. |
Project Goals:
• using mtDNA as a tool to assist with traditional genealogy in Newfoundland and Labrador
• gaining a better understanding about the early women of Newfoundland and Labrador, and of the family relationships between these early women
• identifying mtDNA from native peoples of Newfoundland and Labrador (including, if possible, identifying surviving Beothuk mtDNA lineages)
How to Join:
If you have already had your mtDNA tested by FamilyTreeDNA, then go to this webpage and enter your FamilyTreeDNA kit number and password. Alternatively, you could login to your personal webpage at www.familytreedna.com , click on the blue "Join" icon, search for the Newfoundland and Labrador mtDNA Project, and then follow the instructions that are presented on screen, ultimately leading to a second "Join" button. Once you have successfully joined, your mtDNA results will automatically be included in the list of results shown below.
If you have already had your mtDNA tested by the National Geographic Society's Genographic Project, then go to your personal webpage with the Genographic Project, click on the "Learn More" link near the bottom of your personal page so that you can transfer your mtDNA results into the FamilyTreeDNA database, and then login to your personal webpage with FamilyTreeDNA and follow the instructions above.
If you have not yet had your mtDNA tested, then you can either join and order a DNA collection kit from FamilyTreeDNA from this webpage (select either the mtDNA test or the mtDNAPlus test), or you can join the National Geographic Society's Genographic Project and transfer your results over to FamilyTreeDNA once the results have been reported. [Note however, that the Genographic Project will automatically test mtDNA for women, but for men they will automatically test Y-DNA... if you are male, you can join the Genographic Project and have your Y-DNA tested, then transfer your test results over to FamilyTreeDNA, and then order additional tests (such as the mtDNA test that is needed for this project)]
Once you have joined our project, please login to your personal webpage with FamilyTreeDNA, go to your "User Preferences" and enter the name and details of your most distant maternal ancestor, including the latitude and longitude of where she lived [this way a pin will show up for her on the map that appears below]. To find the decimal formats for a location's latitude and longitude, you can use this online utility. As an example, coordinates for the town of Gander are Latitude 48.95 and Longitude -54.6 [note the minus sign]. |
Project News:
01 January 2008 - the number of project results is 27 (from haplogroups H, I, J, K, T, U, W, X)
02 April 2007 - the number of project results is 13 (from haplogroups H, K, T, W, and X)
24 March 2007 - the NFLD-LAB-DNA mailing list was established
27 October 2006 - the project was created
Discussion Group:
The NFLD-LAB-DNA email mailing list serves as our project's mailing list, as well as a forum for discussion of genetic genealogy in Newfoundland and Labrador. To subscribe to the list, click here. All messages posted to the list can be found in the NFLD-LAB-DNA archives.
Links:
• International Society of Genetic Genealogy
• Family History Society of Newfoundland and Labrador
• Newfoundland's Grand Banks Genealogy Site
• Newfoundland and Labrador GenWeb
• NFLD-ROOTS mailing list
• Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador
Beothuk mtDNA:
In a paper published in 2007 in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, the HVR1 mutations for two members of the Beothuk people were determined as follows:| Name | Haplogroup | HVR1 |
|---|
| Demasduit | C | 223T,298C,325C,327T |
| Nonosabasut | X2a | 093C,189C,213A,223T,278T |
Demasduit has genetic matches with present-day Nova Scotia Mi'kmaq as well as Cherokee in Oklahoma. Nonosabasut's matches include some Nova Scotia Mi'kmaq as well as Chippawa from North Dakota/Alberta, Wisconsin Chippawa, and the Kiowa of Oklahoma. |
Project Results:
A mtDNA genetic match consists of an exact match on the HVR1 test results (and also on the HVR2 results when they are available).
The test results listed below include each person's mtDNA haplogroup. Haplogroups are anthropological designations, reflecting the ancient origins of one's direct maternal line. Origins for a number of haplogroups are listed below:
• European haplogroups: H, I, J, K, T, U, V, W, plus some X's
• Native American haplogroups: A, B, C, D, and some X's (especially X2a, which includes the HVR1 mutation 16213A and the HVR2 mutation 200G)
• African haplogroups: L, M
• Asian haplogroups: A, B, C, D
Haplogroups listed below with numbers (like T2) are actually subgroups (for example, T2 is a subgroup of T, H5 is a subgroup of H, etc).
| MitoSearch ID | Ancestor | Haplogroup | HVR1 | HVR2 |
|---|
| 4FK85 | Margaret Barron
[born circa 1815] | K | 048A,093C,224C,291T,311C,519C | 073G,195C,263G,315.1C,497T,523.1C,523.2A,523.3C,523.4A |
The results in the table above are for people who were not tested by FamilyTreeDNA or the Genographic Project. The table above can only be updated manually.
The table and map below are automatically generated from the data in the FamilyTreeDNA database. |
DNA Test Results (mtDNA) for Project Members
mtDNA Member Distribution Map
Family Tree DNA - Genealogy by Genetics, Ltd.
World Headquarters
1445 North Loop West, Suite 820 Houston, Texas 77008, USA
Phone: (713) 868-1438 | Fax: (832) 201-7147
Contact Us
All Contents Copyright 2001-2004 Genealogy by Genetics, Ltd.
Project Background, Goals, Results and News are copyright of the specific Surname Project Project Background:
The focus of this project is on maternal ancestral lines in Newfoundland and Labrador. Anybody with a direct maternal ancestor who lived in Newfoundland and/or Labrador is encouraged to join the project.
What is mtDNA?
Mitochondrial DNA (or "mtDNA" for short) is a small portion of our DNA, but it has the property of being inherited only from one's mother, who inherited it from her mother, who got it from her mother, and so on. Everybody has mtDNA, but men cannot pass their mtDNA on to their children. The result is that genetic analysis of mtDNA will reveal a genetic signature that corresponds only to one's direct maternal line of ancestry. |
Project Goals:
• using mtDNA as a tool to assist with traditional genealogy in Newfoundland and Labrador
• gaining a better understanding about the early women of Newfoundland and Labrador, and of the family relationships between these early women
• identifying mtDNA from native peoples of Newfoundland and Labrador (including, if possible, identifying surviving Beothuk mtDNA lineages)
How to Join:
If you have already had your mtDNA tested by FamilyTreeDNA, then go to this webpage and enter your FamilyTreeDNA kit number and password. Alternatively, you could login to your personal webpage at www.familytreedna.com , click on the blue "Join" icon, search for the Newfoundland and Labrador mtDNA Project, and then follow the instructions that are presented on screen, ultimately leading to a second "Join" button. Once you have successfully joined, your mtDNA results will automatically be included in the list of results shown below.
If you have already had your mtDNA tested by the National Geographic Society's Genographic Project, then go to your personal webpage with the Genographic Project, click on the "Learn More" link near the bottom of your personal page so that you can transfer your mtDNA results into the FamilyTreeDNA database, and then login to your personal webpage with FamilyTreeDNA and follow the instructions above.
If you have not yet had your mtDNA tested, then you can either join and order a DNA collection kit from FamilyTreeDNA from this webpage (select either the mtDNA test or the mtDNAPlus test), or you can join the National Geographic Society's Genographic Project and transfer your results over to FamilyTreeDNA once the results have been reported. [Note however, that the Genographic Project will automatically test mtDNA for women, but for men they will automatically test Y-DNA... if you are male, you can join the Genographic Project and have your Y-DNA tested, then transfer your test results over to FamilyTreeDNA, and then order additional tests (such as the mtDNA test that is needed for this project)]
Once you have joined our project, please login to your personal webpage with FamilyTreeDNA, go to your "User Preferences" and enter the name and details of your most distant maternal ancestor, including the latitude and longitude of where she lived [this way a pin will show up for her on the map that appears below]. To find the decimal formats for a location's latitude and longitude, you can use this online utility. As an example, coordinates for the town of Gander are Latitude 48.95 and Longitude -54.6 [note the minus sign]. |
Project News:
01 January 2008 - the number of project results is 27 (from haplogroups H, I, J, K, T, U, W, X)
02 April 2007 - the number of project results is 13 (from haplogroups H, K, T, W, and X)
24 March 2007 - the NFLD-LAB-DNA mailing list was established
27 October 2006 - the project was created
Discussion Group:
The NFLD-LAB-DNA email mailing list serves as our project's mailing list, as well as a forum for discussion of genetic genealogy in Newfoundland and Labrador. To subscribe to the list, click here. All messages posted to the list can be found in the NFLD-LAB-DNA archives.
Links:
• International Society of Genetic Genealogy
• Family History Society of Newfoundland and Labrador
• Newfoundland's Grand Banks Genealogy Site
• Newfoundland and Labrador GenWeb
• NFLD-ROOTS mailing list
• Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador
Beothuk mtDNA:
In a paper published in 2007 in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, the HVR1 mutations for two members of the Beothuk people were determined as follows:| Name | Haplogroup | HVR1 |
|---|
| Demasduit | C | 223T,298C,325C,327T |
| Nonosabasut | X2a | 093C,189C,213A,223T,278T |
Demasduit has genetic matches with present-day Nova Scotia Mi'kmaq as well as Cherokee in Oklahoma. Nonosabasut's matches include some Nova Scotia Mi'kmaq as well as Chippawa from North Dakota/Alberta, Wisconsin Chippawa, and the Kiowa of Oklahoma. |
Project Results:
A mtDNA genetic match consists of an exact match on the HVR1 test results (and also on the HVR2 results when they are available).
The test results listed below include each person's mtDNA haplogroup. Haplogroups are anthropological designations, reflecting the ancient origins of one's direct maternal line. Origins for a number of haplogroups are listed below:
• European haplogroups: H, I, J, K, T, U, V, W, plus some X's
• Native American haplogroups: A, B, C, D, and some X's (especially X2a, which includes the HVR1 mutation 16213A and the HVR2 mutation 200G)
• African haplogroups: L, M
• Asian haplogroups: A, B, C, D
Haplogroups listed below with numbers (like T2) are actually subgroups (for example, T2 is a subgroup of T, H5 is a subgroup of H, etc).
| MitoSearch ID | Ancestor | Haplogroup | HVR1 | HVR2 |
|---|
| 4FK85 | Margaret Barron
[born circa 1815] | K | 048A,093C,224C,291T,311C,519C | 073G,195C,263G,315.1C,497T,523.1C,523.2A,523.3C,523.4A |
The results in the table above are for people who were not tested by FamilyTreeDNA or the Genographic Project. The table above can only be updated manually.
The table and map below are automatically generated from the data in the FamilyTreeDNA database. |
DNA Test Results (mtDNA) for Project Members
mtDNA Member Distribution Map
Family Tree DNA - Genealogy by Genetics, Ltd.
World Headquarters
1445 North Loop West, Suite 820 Houston, Texas 77008, USA
Phone: (713) 868-1438 | Fax: (832) 201-7147
Contact Us
All Contents Copyright 2001-2004 Genealogy by Genetics, Ltd.
Project Background, Goals, Results and News are copyright of the specific Surname Project
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