KellyK
11-09-06, 03:03
The mtDNA test results for my grandmother, Fern Annette Sommer, who just turned 90, have come back. She tested as haplogroup U*, which means that she belongs to the supergroup U and none of its many subgroups. She had two variances from the standard DNA sequence, at 16183C and 16189C.
Haplogroup U developed around 50,000 years ago and, as the group is so old, members of the group are widely distributed thoughout Europe, especially northern Europe, northern Africa, the Middle East and India. My grandmother's ancestors travelled out of Africa, through the Middle East and north through the Caucases and Russia. One part of the group travelled west along the southern Baltic, while another group traveled further north and west across Finland and down into Sweden from the north. One of Haplogroup U's subgroups, U5, is found exclusively in Finland, though my grandmother does not belong to that group.
My grandmother's direct female ancestors as I know them were:
1. Maria Fredrika Wilhelmina Fredriksson, b. 1889, Altappen, Neder Luleå, SV
2. Anna Fredrika Johan-Henriksdotter Häggblad, b. 1846, Oravais kby, Finland
3. Brita Maria Jacobsdotter Grönberg, b. 1820, Robertsfors Bruk, Robertsfors, Västerbotten, Sverige
4. Maria Beata Mårtensdotter Nordberg, b. 1787, Masugn, Oravais, Finland
5. Beata Gabrielsdotter Gästgifvars, b. 1759, Monå, Munsala, Finland
6. Anna Eriksdotter, b. 1728, Monå, Munsala, Finland (probably)
7. Christina Johansdotter, b. 1688
If you have any female descendants of female descendants of the women above in your lineage, they should be of the same haplogroup, unless there was an adoption or other along the way.
Also, if anyone belongs to the same haplogroup, it would be neat to find out about it, though it would not prove any close connection between us.
Anyway, I thought someone might find this interesting...
Kelly
Haplogroup U developed around 50,000 years ago and, as the group is so old, members of the group are widely distributed thoughout Europe, especially northern Europe, northern Africa, the Middle East and India. My grandmother's ancestors travelled out of Africa, through the Middle East and north through the Caucases and Russia. One part of the group travelled west along the southern Baltic, while another group traveled further north and west across Finland and down into Sweden from the north. One of Haplogroup U's subgroups, U5, is found exclusively in Finland, though my grandmother does not belong to that group.
My grandmother's direct female ancestors as I know them were:
1. Maria Fredrika Wilhelmina Fredriksson, b. 1889, Altappen, Neder Luleå, SV
2. Anna Fredrika Johan-Henriksdotter Häggblad, b. 1846, Oravais kby, Finland
3. Brita Maria Jacobsdotter Grönberg, b. 1820, Robertsfors Bruk, Robertsfors, Västerbotten, Sverige
4. Maria Beata Mårtensdotter Nordberg, b. 1787, Masugn, Oravais, Finland
5. Beata Gabrielsdotter Gästgifvars, b. 1759, Monå, Munsala, Finland
6. Anna Eriksdotter, b. 1728, Monå, Munsala, Finland (probably)
7. Christina Johansdotter, b. 1688
If you have any female descendants of female descendants of the women above in your lineage, they should be of the same haplogroup, unless there was an adoption or other along the way.
Also, if anyone belongs to the same haplogroup, it would be neat to find out about it, though it would not prove any close connection between us.
Anyway, I thought someone might find this interesting...
Kelly