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From: Charles <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] mtDNA Plus, enhanced, high resolution test. Odds for a random match
Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2003 21:12:38 -0400
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Grant,
Re. Your comments about the odds of random matches.
The letters for the various haplogroups are assigned based on just the
basic mtDNA test, the HVR1 test. So your comments about J and U-2 are
only relevant for the HVR1 test. So if the people are only tested for
HVR1, the basic mtDNA test, then I agree with you that the chance of
random matches is very high.
But, I do believe that if two people have been tested for HVR1 and HVR2,
the enhanced high resolution test, as is done with the mtDNA Plus test,
and that these two people then still match, that the odds of a random
match drop dramatically.
Possibly Max or Bennett with FamilyTreeDNA (or others) can comment more
on this.
Charles
wrote:
>
> In a message dated 8/1/03 5:29:59 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> writes:
>
> > the mtDNA Plus,enhanced test, high resolution test, which tests both the
> > HVR1 and HVR2 regions, offered by FamilyTreeDNA?
> >
>
> I think it depends on the results. My sister is a J with over 20 matches. My
> aunt is U-2 and has 2 matches. Both were tested up to 16570 or there about.
>
> Grant Johnston
>
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