H1c (mtDNA)

For people who have tested and are assigned the maternal haplogroup H1c or who are believed to have had that maternal haplogroup based on descendants tested.

Defining Mutations

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Origin

In his popular book The Seven Daughters of Eve, Bryan Sykes named the originator of this mtDNA haplogroup Helena.

Distribution

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Subclades of H

• H (mtDNA)
  • H1 (mtDNA)
    • H1c (mtDNA)
      • H1c1 (mtDNA)
  • H2a2 (mtDNA)
  • H5 (mtDNA)

There are currently almost 40 defined subclades of H. For the defining SNPs see Phylotree.org

Famous Members

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How to Participate

To participate in this project, join or follow the project, add your oldest known ancestor in the direct maternal line who belonged to this haplogroup. The profile must be set to public in order to add it.

Resources

• Ancient Eurasian DNA
• DNA Haplogroups, mtDNA Phylogenetic Tree - Haplogroup H
• Eupedia, Haplogroup H & V (mtDNA)
• Genographic Project, Haplogroup H (mtDNA)
• mtDNA H Haplogroup Project
• Phylotree.org, van Oven's phylotree to study which mutations define which subclades
• Wikipedia, Haplogroup H (mtDNA)