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Did you know that the ideas of most geneticists about "the peopling of the Americas" and what defines American Indian descent are often based on limited samples? The Cherokee in particular are undersampled so that many people with Cherokee mitochondrial DNA are not considered American Indian. Our Native American Report Only overcomes this problem by comparing your mitochondrial DNA to data we have on file from special studies of this subject. Read about it in our special blog posting, "Anomalous Mitochondrial DNA in the Cherokee." 

Compiles the history of the mitochondrial DNA passed to you by your mother, using the results you already have from testing at another laboratory. We use scores from one or both of the control regions known as HVRI and HVRII.

The "mutations" defining your maternal lineage (the DNA of your mother, her mother and so forth, all the way back) are researched in a standard article on mitochondrial ancestry, the Cambridge Mitochondrial DNA Concordance, Mitosearch and other databases. A history of your particular female lineage is assembled, with comparative frequencies in world populations.

Your report is delivered to you by email within about another week. It includes: 

• Comparison of your mitochondrial DNA with others' from studies published in databases and data in our own files
• Confirmation on whether your mitochondrial lineage is Native American with a new certificate if it proves to be so
• History and description of your particular Native American lineage with matches to named individuals and comparisons with tribal information
• References
• FAQs and complete access to our Learning Center
• Hyperlinked terms for easy lookup online
• One-click access to websites mentioned in your report
• Unlimited help online and by email or phone so that you can understand and use your ancestry report
• Instructions how to enter your DNA results into relevant databases, if you so choose

Select hard copy if you wish to receive a mailed paper report rather than or in addition to email.