Please consider adding your mtDNA and/or your Y-DNA to mitoYDNA.org. This video demonstrates some of the benefits: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gufZ8hJPM7s
You need to register at mitoYDNA.org and be logged into mitoYDNA to view the links to mitoYDNA. Video describing how to register: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0WWnDdWKKw
mitoYDNA allows anyone to view your (or your father's) Y haplotype: https://www.mitoydna.org/public/YKit?MtyID=T10003 and to view your mtDNA (differences from the rCRS): https://www.mitoydna.org/public/mtKit?MtyID=T10542 At Family Tree DNA, you may be able to see results https://www.familytreedna.com/public/WikiTree?iframe=yresults & https://www.familytreedna.com/public/WikiTree?iframe=mtresults but not all projects are public and you can't link directly to an individual's DNA result.
Unlike Family Tree DNA, mitoYDNA allows for easy public comparisons of Y haplotypes https://www.mitoydna.org/public/YCompare?MtyID=T11094%2CT10835%2CT10837%2CT12559%2CT10855%2CT10836 and mtDNA differences https://www.mitoydna.org/public/mtCompare?MtyID=T12215,T10875,T12998,T13037 and compare up to 838 Y-STRs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnPvl5eDla0
Unlike Family Tree DNA, mitoYDNA allows you to view DNA from human remains. For example, the mtDNA of King Richard III: https://www.mitoydna.org/public/YKit?MtyID=Z10009 or the Y-DNA of Czar Nicholas II: https://www.mitoydna.org/public/YKit?MtyID=Z10007
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Unlike Family Tree DNA, mitoYDNA allows you to store, view, and compare results from different commercial labs such as YSEQ, Genebase, African Ancestry, Yoogene or defunct Y-DNA tests from: Gene Tree, DNA Heritage, Relative Genetics, SMGF, Ancestry, Family Genetics, EthnoAncestry, Oxford Ancestors, Paternity Experts, Genographic Project (Nat Geo 1.0), as well as Family Tree DNA affiliates: iGENEA, Genera, DNA Ancestry and Family Origin, and AfricanDNA, and research labs using Yfiler.
Unlike Family Tree DNA, mitoYDNA allows you to integrate with DNA Painter's Trees https://blog.dnapainter.com/blog/bringing-y-mt-and-mitoydna-into-dna-painter-trees/ (last section).
mitoYDNA lets you associate Y-DNA with a public patrilineal line https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:Relationship&action=calculate&person1_name=Haviland-425&person2_name=Haviland-266 and https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Haviland-266 , or mtDNA with a public matrilineal line: https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:Relationship&action=calculate&person1_name=Tillman-416&person2_name=Hamon-244 and https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hamon-244
Those associations can be used to help confirm the accuracy of patrilineal and matrilineal lines. For example: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:DNA_Confirmation
Unlike Family Tree DNA, mitoYDNA integrates with third party utilities. Such as:
Rob Spenser's SNP Tracker, go to https://www.mitoydna.org/public/YKit?MtyID=T12262 and click on the yellow Track button and the SNP Age buttons. You can also easily create graphics of Y-DNA clusters using SNP Tracker's Clustering utility, view the video demonstration at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O58iqiwq1DM
Video demonstration of J.D. McDonald's Time to the Most Resent Common Ancestor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACC-h0OwVLE
Video demonstration of Ann Turner's Y-DNA Mutation Calculator https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6eW_LKo5zk
Video demonstration of Dean McGee's utility (starts at the 2:00 minute mark) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5Rx4x-2ss4
Here are step-by-step instructions for adding Y-DNA to mitoYDNA
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Instructions_to_Upload_Family_Tree_DNA_Y-DNA_Test_Information_to_mitoYDNA.org
Here is a video which shows you how to add your mtDNA from Family Tree DNA to mitoYDNA.org: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4ZnlVQRX9g
Also, here are step by step (written) instructions: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:MtDNA_instructions_for_mitoYDNA
Thank you and most sincerely, Peter
Peter J. Roberts
mitoYDNA, team member
WikiTree DNA Project, team leader
