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What did I find out about my Grandmothers from Calabria? |
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I've tested three of my grandmothers’ maternal lines, two from the village of Martone,
and one from the neighboring village of Gioiosa Ionica. The line of my grandmother, Maria Giuseppa Papallo, born in Martone in 1903 (see my family tree chart), was part of Haplogroup H13 of the human female family tree. This sub-branch of Haplogroup H occurs in low frequencies in Europe and the Middle East. We are looking for more data (which scientists are currently gathering) to help us interpret the specific branch of H13 which my grandmother's sequence matches. The line of another great-grandmother, Marianna Ritorto , born in 1855 in Gioiosa Ionica (see my family tree chart), is part of Haplogroup H*. No known Haplogroup H sub-clade has been assigned to her, meaning that she is not in one of the known H sub-clades of H1-H15. This means her mtDNA genetic fingerprint is rather rare. This makes it currently hard to figure out where her specific origins are from, other than knowing generally that Haplogroup H is from Western Europe. We are waiting for more samples to be analyzed in hopes of figuring out her origins. The line of my 2nd-great grandmother, Marianna Severino, born 1832 in Gioiosa Ionica (see my family tree chart) is on a branch of the Human Female family tree called Haplogroup H3. This sub-branch of Haplgroup H is well known to cluster in Spain, reaching it's highest frequency among the Basque people. However, it has radiated out to be one of the most prolific branches in Europe. This distant grandmother has a very common Western European mtDNA fingerprint. |
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At the moment, I haven't found any chart for mtDNA as excellent as the ones available for Y-DNA. Bear with me, and hopefully something better will turn up soon! This is a colorful tree diagram of The human mtDNA haplogroups. Here is another pedigree chart of The human female family tree. And this is another kind of diagram showing the major human mtDNA haplogroups, shared by leading scientist Vincent Macaulay on his homepage. This is a fine diagram with a lot of useful detail, though it only shows the European haplogroups. |
