What is Puerto Rican made up of?

What is Puerto Rican made up of?

Because of the many interactions between the native Taino people and Spanish settlers, Puerto Rican culture is a blend of Taino, Spanish, and African cultures. Aspects of all three can be seen in modern-day Puerto Rico.

Are Haplogroups related?

Typically, the DNA mutations that define a haplogroup occurred thousands of years ago, so many pairs of people who share a haplogroup are not closely related. Any set of males who share a common male-line ancestor (that is, brothers, paternal half-brothers, male paternal cousins) have the same paternal haplogroup.

What can your haplogroup tell you?

Your haplogroup tells you where your ancestors came from deep back in time. There are also male and female haplogroups, so you can see where your male and female sides of the family originated back in pre-historic times.

Are there mitochondrial haplogroups in Native American DNA?

In order to work with Native American DNA, and the various DNA projects that I co-administer, it’s necessary to keep a number of lists and spreadsheets. This particular list was originally the first or earliest reference or references to a Native American mitochondrial (maternal line) haplogroup where it is identified as Native in academic papers.

How is the Phylotree used to identify haplogroups?

The Phylotree is the document that defines the mutations that equate to haplogroup names. Please note that most papers don’t indicate which version of the Phylotree they used when sequencing the DNA. Haplogroup names sometimes change with new versions of the Phylotree. Phylotree builds occurred as follows:

Where are mitochondrial DNA haplogroups most likely to be found?

Most matches are from Mexico, Central America and South America. Many mitochondrial DNA haplogroups are subgroups of known Native groups, but never before documented as Native.