What Your Maternal Haplogroup Means about You

MtDNA haplogroups are timestamps of when your mitochondria adapted to a specific environment.

They are only passed on through the maternal line.

So if you take a genetic test and reveal your maternal haplogroup, you will know which haplogroup your mother and your grandmother and her grandmother and so on had - up to that woman whose mitochondria got adapted to the new environment some 15-30k years ago.

Your haplogroup helps gain unique insights into what kind of environment your mitochondria are optimized for!

Cool, huh?