Here’s a fun little video overview of the Maternal H haplogroups. You’ll see how the groups evolved over time as DNA mutations occurred. Discover some of the more famous haplogroup H people from past and present times. If you want to dig into the details a bit further, please check out my post on Haplogroup H2b where we break down the line from Eve through haplogroup H and on to haplogroup H2b.
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Discover Haplogroup H to H2b – Tracing mtDNA through History
After participating in ancestry testing over at 23andme, my DNA results revealed that I belong to haplogroup H2b on my maternal side. H2b is a subclade, or branch of, the more ancient haplogroup H. So, let’s start at H and work our way down to H2b.
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Ancestry DNA Testing Results
If you’d like to learn more about where you came from, I mean further back than any genealogy paper trail will lead you, then opt-in for ancestry DNA testing. This is precisely what I did through a company called 23andme. According to their website, you can “Trace your lineage back 10,000 years and discover your history from over 750 maternal lineages and over 500 paternal lineages.” Just what I need to supplement my already extensive family tree. I’ve worked on my family tree for years using Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org. It currently goes back as far as the 1500’s on some branches, but to watch that extend back thousands of years will be…
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