Cara's Biography - A History of a Bloodline

Part of the A2 haplogroup, this haplotype occurs most frequently in Chow Chows.

The maternal line haplotype A642 is the key to this bloodline. It is commonly found in Chow Chows, a very old bloodline of domesticated dogs (of which all dogs ancestors are wolves). It is also found in bloodlines older than the Chow Chow. We believe this is where the (unresolved) comes from.

*We know that Cara's mother was a true silverback from Eastern Europe.

 Cara's Bloodline comes from the haplotype genome that is inherent in the first domesticated dogs (yellow). The chart follows starting with the Xigou Basenji (oldest known dog line) to the Boxer (most recent) by this chart. Cara's Maternal line is very unique to a shepherd, and very old. 

Part of the A1b haplogroup, this haplotype occurs most frequently in German Shepherd Dogs, Poodles, and Shiloh Shepherds. 

 WINSTON’S PATERNAL HAPLOGROUP
Some of the wolves that became the original dogs in Central Asia around 15,000 years ago came from this long and distinguished line of male dogs. After domestication, they followed their humans from Asia to Europe and then didn't stop there. They took root in Europe, eventually becoming the dogs that founded the Vizsla breed 1,000 years ago. The Vizsla is a Central European hunting dog, and all male Vizslas descend from this line. During the Age of Exploration, like their owners, these pooches went by the philosophy, "Have sail, will travel!" From the windy plains of Patagonia to the snug and homey towns of the American Midwest, the beaches of a Pacific paradise, and the broad expanse of the Australian outback, these dogs followed their masters to the outposts of empires. Whether through good fortune or superior genetics, dogs from the A1a lineage traveled the globe and took root across the world. Now you find village dogs from this line frolicking on Polynesian beaches, hanging out in villages across the Americas, and scavenging throughout Old World settlements. You can also find this "prince of patrilineages" in breeds as different as German Shepherds, Golden Retrievers, Pugs, Border Collies, Scottish Terriers, and Irish Wolfhounds. No male wolf line has been as successful as the A1a line! 

 WINSTON’S HAPLOTYPE
Part of the large A1a haplogroup, this haplotype is found in village dogs from across the globe (outside of Asia). As for breeds, it is primarily seen in German Shepherds, Labrador Retrievers, Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever. It is by far the most common haplotype in German Shepherds.