mitochondrial DNA (maternal line)
Haplogroup U
An old West Eurasian lineage with branches in Europe, the Near East, North Africa and South Asia.
How gnomancer finds it
The mitochondrial haplogroup is called by Haplogrep3 against PhyloTree 17 from the few hundred mtDNA sites on your chip, compared with the rCRS reference. Sub-branches usually need full mitochondrial sequencing.
Run it on your own raw file: install gnomancer (nothing is uploaded), or ask your AI assistant with the MCP server.
Branches
Haplogroup U5
The characteristic lineage of European hunter-gatherers; today most frequent in Finland and the…
Haplogroup U6
Mainly North African (Berber populations) and…
Compare notes
People with this lineage talk in the gnomancer Discord, channel #haplogroups. Share your haplogroup, not your raw file.
References: PhyloTree · Haplogrep · YFull MTree. Population statements are approximate summaries of published frequencies; corrections welcome in the source table.