Family Tree Frog

  Welcome to Day 7 of the  #AtoZChallenge.  Don't know what the AtoZChallenge is? Find out more here. My theme is about Family History Societies.  What they are, How they work, Who is in them, Why they exist.  And which ones begin with G! Do have a look at these Societies pages won't you? What do you like about them? What do you dislike about them? What have you learned? I like how some have maps to show where their county is located.  So helpful. Societies beginning with G AUSTRALIA   Griffith Genealogical and Historical Society Society of Australian Genealogists (yes I know if doesn't BEGIN with G but you get my drift)   UK Glamorgan Family History Society Gloucestershire Family History Society   Gwent Family History Society   Society of Genealogists Family Organisations (via Family Search Wiki) Societies by Country (via Family Search Wiki) German Genealogical Societies Germanna Foundation Library  Germany Societies  Greece...

Earlier this year (2nd January to be precise) I ordered an mtFull Sequence test from Family Tree DNA.  I finally got my results last week on 21 April but I had such a busy week at work and home that I didn't realise I'd received my results until yesterday!  Basically this tests my matrilineal heritage.   I'll be honest and let you know that I failed science at school but I will attempt to explain what I understand about this kind of testing.  As I understand it, most DNA testing tests the inside or nucleus of the cell.  Mitochondrial DNA testing is testing the DNA outside the cell's nucleus.  Mitochondrial DNA is only passed from mother to child.  Why did I do it? Well, really in the fond hope of maybe finding some other cousins out there in family history land.  Unfortunately I didn't come up with any exact matches or even close matches. C'est la vie.   But I can tell you that I'm Haplogroup H5a1.  I'd tell you what that means...