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| Haplogroup K is a relatively old group, derived from Haplogroup R.
Living individuals are widespread in Eurasia, the Near East, and northern
Africa. About 6% of Europeans are Haplogroup K; of these, about 60%
are subclade K1a. Of our two Haplogroup K members, one is K1c/K1c1
and the other is a form of K1c2.
In the trivia department: The oldest known Haplogroup
K individual is Ötzi, the iceman whose frozen body was found in the
Alps in 1991. Katie Couric is also K. |
| The Cambridge Reference Sequence (CRS) is arbitrarily designated
as the standard against which all mtDNA sequences are compared, and test
results are expressed as differences from the CRS. The CRS
happens to be negative for the 519C mutation,
which is otherwise very common, so the majority of tested individuals will
have this mutation listed in the HVR1 region. |
| In the table below, a darkened empty cell means the test was not ordered.
All HVR1 marker designations begin with "16___"; so, to save space and
improve readability, I've dropped the 16 in the tables. With regard
to results, a letter in red indicates a base
has changed; a letter in green indicates a
new base has been inserted; a minus sign (-) indicates a base has been
lost. |
Mutations are reordered (not in strict numerical order) for ease of
comparison. Those common to Haplogroup K are shown here and below
in tables cells with a yellow highlight:
| HVR1 |
HVR2 |
| 224C, 311C,
519C |
73G, 263G,
315.1C |
Additional mutations are shown in table cells that are white. |
| With regard to lineages, given names and patronymics are shown as Initial
Caps, while surnames are shown in ALL-CAPS (these are the womens' maiden
names, not their married names). |
| Your project admin recommends uploading your mtDNA results to MitoSearch.org,
which can be done at your FTDNA member page (on the "mtDNA Matches" tab).
Your project admin also recommends joining William Hurst's mtDNA
Haplogroup K project, which can be done directly using the blue
"Join" icon on your FTDNA member page (after clicking the icon, scroll
down to the "mt Haplogroups" listing and choose "K1"). |
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