Are you happy with your haplogroups?

[Loki]

I know it's one of those things you cannot change. But what was your first reaction when you found out your haplogroup/s? Were you pleased or disappointed?

[RussiaPrussia]

i dont know my haplogroup and dont care. For me its only useful to see the admixture of a people.

[xajapa]

I was surprised, mainly because I thought it would be something different. After I came to terms with this, I realized that my haplogroup represents a people with a reputation for strength and stability.

[Damião de Góis]

I was pleased, i got the main haplogroup of my nation. It means i'm no outsider

[xajapa]

i dont know my haplogroup and dont care. For me its only useful to see the admixture of a people.

I agree autosomal dna is more helpful overall, but there is something to be said for a man to know his paternal line, who his father's father's father was. It is similar to one's surname. It represents you.

[Smaug]

I don't know my haplogroup, I would probably get R1b-S28 or R1b-L21, no idea for mitochondrial DNA.

[Calcifer]

I was a bit surprised. I was expecting it to be something more common like H. It's great that it's not very common (makes me special!) but there is very little information about it. There are only 6 people with it on the FTDNA database with my particular subclade, and I am one of them. So that makes 5 other people.

[W. R.]

Why does everyone know what a haplogroup is? Is genetics taught at school in the West?

[Loki]

Why does everyone know what a haplogroup is? Is genetics taught at school in the West?

No it's taught on the internet.

[xajapa]

No it's taught on the internet.

And currently on sale, at both 23andMe and FTDNA.