23andme Maternal Haplogroup - Completed with thanks

[Gadget]

Does anyone know of a quick way of selecting possible mtDNA matches on 23andme?

Going through all the female matches on the list will take a while and I'd like to see if anyone else matches my group (K1a4a1).

This might (maybe  )  help me disentangle my maternal Jones ancestors.

Thanks

Judy

[Craclyn]

It is not intuitive, but it is easy 
Just type the haplogroup into the search box that you use for names or locations.

[Gadget]

Thank you but there's no one who has the same group. Should I be looking for just K1a 

I can't be the only one in the world who is on 23andme!

[davidft]

I would try

K1a4a1
then
K1a4a
K1a4
K1a
 i.e. gradually make the group less specific which does mean matches will gradually be less close but it will give you an idea of how distinctive, or not, your group is

[Gadget]

Ok - found it now - there were 2 search boxes come up and I used the wrong one 

I have 13 shares 

All US - I think they all look as if they are 'way back when' links.

Thank you both.

[Craclyn]

You have the additional question of whether the autosomal line generating the match at 23andme is not your direct maternal line. Even if you do the full mtDNA test with matching at FTDNA it is still fairly unlikely that you will find an mtDNA match within the timeframe that you can track paper trail. It is more useful for disproving potential direct maternal matches than for proving them. I did the full test with FTDNA back in 2011 and have not gained anything other than educational interest from it.

[Gadget]

It is more useful for disproving potential direct maternal matches than for proving them.

Yes. Classic scientific method is to always attempt to disprove the hypothesis.   

I found it interesting to find that my particular haplogroup was reasonably rare in UK. It's nice not to have a boring H