“
No I would not give you false hope
On this strange and mournful day
But the mother and child reunion
Is only a motion away…” – Paul Simon
Of all the DNA testing for genealogical purposes, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) tests are the least popular and for good reason.
Still, I began to wonder… would a mtDNA test help in busting down a long-standing brick wall?
Being born on a leap day is so uncommon that I’ve only ever found one of my confirmed direct line ancestors to have been so.
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