Exploring Kira’s Heritage: The Ancestral Legacy and Embark Results of Our Stunning Blue-Eyed Sable Wooly Siberian Husky Mama

Halo Huskies’ Dame Kira, a sable wooly coat Siberian Husky with beautiful blue eyes.

Kira has produced some of our most beautiful blue-eyed puppies! With her upcoming litter being available, we want to share her Embark results! She is AKC registered and is 100% Siberian Husky.

Kira’s Embark results confirming she is 100% Siberian Husky.

Genetic Health Summary

Embark testing shows that Kira is not at risk for any of the genetic health conditions that they test for, including X-linked Progressive Retinal Atrophy, Day Blindness, GM Gangliosidosis, Degenerative Myelopathy, and 250 other genetic conditions! In addition to this testing, we know that Kira produces healthy puppies as we have seen her puppies from multiple litters that are all happy, healthy, and thriving with their new owners.

Maternal Lineage

The Embark tests look at haplogroups, which are groups of similar DNA sequences inherited from either the mother or father that can be used to trace the ancestral routes that dogs took around the globe to get to where they are now. Because Kira is a female with XX-chromosomes, we can test get genetic info from her maternal ancestral line.

This map helps to visualize the route Kira’s ancestors took, traced through her mother’s ancestry.

Kira’s Maternal Haplogroup is A2, which is a very ancient maternal line!

The A2 female lineage contributed to the first domesticated dogs in Central Asia around 15,000 years ago. Some remained there, seen today in Tibetan Mastiffs and Akitas, while others spread to colder regions, leading to breeds like Alaskan Malamutes and Siberian Huskies. This lineage appears in German Shepherds and Labradors, and all New Guinea Singing Dogs (an ancient and interesting breed closely related to the Australian dingo, which are now endangered) descend from it. A2 dogs are also found in Southeast and East Asian villages but are rare globally, favoring remote areas such as mountains, tundras, and islands.

Kira’s maternal haplotype is A29a, which occurs most commonly in Siberian Huskies, Alaskan Malamutes, Labrador Retrievers, and village dogs from Alaska.

You can check out her complete Embark Results here: Kira's Embark
Kira has produced some beautiful puppies and we are proud to share them with you when they are available on our Currently Available Puppies page!