mtDNA X2f

[paksaltopam]

I just got my results and I'm X2f. Anyone else? And can anyone tell me about it?

[Kale]

Well X is very old, widespread, and rare. It hovers around I think 2% through Europe, Middle East, Siberia, and Native Americans; with pockets of greater frequency in the Druze, Orkney islands, and Northeastern Native Americans. About your specific type (2f), I don't know much.

[paksaltopam]

Druze comes up a lot when I do Gedmatch admixture. Maybe there is some truth to it!

[Kale]

I forget for sure which admixture thing that is, if its the one I'm thinking of, it means nothing, it's just balancing components.

[paksaltopam]

I forget for sure which admixture thing that is, if its the one I'm thinking of, it means nothing, it's just balancing components.

Which is a good one to use?

[Kale]

I'm not saying that's not a good one, it is. Simply put though, out of all the possible admixtures you'll get out of admixture programs, the Middle Eastern ones (like Druze) are there because Sicilian is part Middle Eastern and you are part Sicilian.