Oxford Ancestors haplogroup nicknames

The idea of using nicknames for haplogroups was introduced by Professor Bryan Sykes in his book The Seven Daughters of Eve (Bantam Press, London, 2001). In the book he assigned names to the seven major mitochondrial DNA haplogroups or "clans". The system was subsequently expanded to embrace further mtDNA clades, and a separate system of names for the Y-DNA haplogroups. The Y-DNA and mtDNA haplogroup clan names are used in the reports provided by Sykes's company Oxford Ancestors.

mtDNA haplogroup nicknames

Sykes identified a total of 36 mtDNA clan names for the worldwide clan mothers or haplogroups. Seven of these clan mothers were confined to Europe and were known as the Seven Daughters of Eve. The original seven daughters are as follows:

• Helena: corresponds to Haplogroup H
• Jasmine: corresponds to Haplogroup J
• Katrine: corresponds to Haplogroup K
• Tara: corresponds to Haplogroup T
• Ursula: corresponds to Haplogroup U5
• Velda: corresponds to Haplogroup V
• Xenia: corresponds to Haplogroup X

Since then the mtDNA tree has undergone many revisions but Oxford Ancestors have not introduced any new clan names. Some genetic genealogists have introduced nicknames for new haplogroups or for those which were overlooked by Sykes. The following is a list of the major mtDNA haplogroups and their nicknames or clan names where available.

Haplogroup	Clan name	Source
A	Aiyana	Oxford Ancestors
A	Ai	Oxford Ancestors
B	Ina	Oxford Ancestors
C	Chochmingwu	Oxford Ancestors
C	Chie	Oxford Ancestors
D	Djigonasee	Oxford Ancestors
D	Sachi	Oxford Ancestors
E	Emiko	Oxford Ancestors
F	Fufei	Oxford Ancestors
G	Gaia	Oxford Ancestors
H	Helena	Oxford Ancestors
HV	-	-
I	Iris	Haplogroup I Project
J	Jasmine	Oxford Ancestors
K	Katrine	Oxford Ancestors
L0	-	-
L1a	Layla	Oxford Ancestors
L1b	Limber	Oxford Ancestors
L1c	Lubaya	Oxford Ancestors
L1d	Lungile	Oxford Ancestors
L1e	Lila	Oxford Ancestors
L1f	Latifa	Oxford Ancestors
L2	Lingaire	Oxford Ancestors
L3	-	-
L3a	Lara	Oxford Ancestors
L3b	Latasha	Oxford Ancestors
L3c	-	-
L3d	Latasha	Oxford Ancestors
L3e1	Lamia	Oxford Ancestors
L3f	Lalamika	Oxford Ancestors
L4	-	-
L5	-	-
L6	-	-
M/M1	Makeda (Africa)	Oxford Ancestors
M2	Malaxshmi (East Eurasia and Australasia)	Oxford Ancestors
N	Nene (East Eurasia)	Oxford Ancestors
N	Naomi (West Eurasia)	Oxford Ancestors
O	-	-
P	-	-
Q	-	-
R	Rohani	Eupedia Forum
R0	-	-
S	-	-
T	Tara	Oxford Ancestors
U1	Una	Oxford Ancestors
U2	Uta	Oxford Ancestors
U3	Uma	Oxford Ancestors
U4	Ulrike	Oxford Ancestors
U5	Ursula	Oxford Ancestors
U6	Ulla	Oxford Ancestors
U7	Ulaana	Oxford Ancestors
V	Velda	Oxford Ancestors
W	Wilma	Haplogroup W origins website
X	Xenia	Oxford Ancestors
Y	Yumi	Oxford Ancestors
Z	-	-

Y-DNA haplogroup clan names

Y-DNA haplogroup	Clan name
A	Amadlozi
B	Baatsi
C	Maui
D	Thang-la
E	Eshu
F
G	Gilgamesh
H	Himalaya
I	Wodan
J	Re
K
L	Lhotse
M	Mandala
N	Nentsi
O	Yi
P
Q	Quetzalcoatl
R	Oisin
S
T

See also

• BritainsDNA haplogroup nicknames
• mtDNA haplogroup projects
• Mitochondrial DNA tests
• mtDNA testing comparison chart
• Y chromosome DNA tests
• Y-DNA haplogroup projects
• Y-DNA STR testing chart
• DNA databases

External links

• The mtDNA tree on Phylotree
• The ISOGG Y-SNP haplotree
• A diagram from Oxford Ancestors showing their 36 worldwide mtDNA clans
• A diagram from Oxford Ancestors showing the Seven Daughters of Eve
• Descriptions of the mtDNA clan names used by Oxford Ancestors (retrieved from the Wayback Machine)
• Y-DNA clan names and descriptions used by Oxford Ancestors (retrieved from the Wayback Machine)