In some ways mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is the ugly duckling of DNA testing. It is easy to see how autosomal tests like the Ancestry, MyHeritage, 23andMe and FamilyTreeDNA Family Finder tests can help solve genealogical problems, while FamilyTreeDNA’s Y DNA tests remain popular for surname lineage research.
But surnames tend to change every generation up the allmaternal line and the slow rate of mutations makes applying mtDNA tests in genealogy research challenging. Many people have tested their mtDNA only to find their closest matches look unrecognisable, often coming from quite unexpected parts of the world.
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