Howdy: chiming in here..... mtDNA is not a primary avenue to genealogical connections. Not the trackable, traceable by surname ... we have a record in our hand kind. mtDNA is more related to anthropology. Chances are, there may be someone on this list that I am "related" to... 10-50, 000 years ago. There will be no paperwork to exist to prove what the relationship may be... other than we share a common Ancient Mother. I happen to be a mtDNA cousin to Bennet Greenspan. The closest "relationship" we share is the fact that his Y-DNA third cousin and I grew up on the same block in San Francisco and were childhood friends. Other than my being a participant via FTDNA, there is no other way we would have crossed paths. We have absolutely no [modern/trackable/documentable] genealogy in common. I would be VERY cautious about jumping to the conclusion that being at the same place, at the same time, and sharing mtDNA means that the persons are closer related than a 50% probabilty of being cousins within 10,000 yrs. Yours Aye, Lauren Lauren M. Boyd, FSA Scot H, CRS, 315.1c