HELENA - THE COLONISTS

Haplogroup H, the Colonists had a huge expansion all across the Caucasus Mountains, the Near East, Scandinavia, Basque Country, Sardinia, UK, Ireland, and Scotland. What is so amazing about this 30,000-year-old maternal lineage? It appeared in Europe about the same time as the Gravettian culture. The Artisan's (Daddy's Y DNA Haplogroup) were the first people to draw cave paintings, carve stone figures, create and craft musical instruments like flutes, and craft board games on wood or with wood, like bowling balls and pins. The Colonists spread all over, and their expansion includes, to this day, about 50% of the European population, not including the huge number that immigrated or were born in the US.

Helena mtdna is the standard by which other Haplogroups are determined.

Daddy's mutations are: 185G, 195T,263G,309.1C, 315.1C, 16093, and 16519C

Daddy is most definitely Northern Irish, English, Scottish, Orcadian from Orkney Island (settled by Vikings), Icelandic, (Vikings) and Northumbrian, which is an Anglo-Saxon settlement in Northern England where the Hutton Surname originated. I thought this was interesting since this list refers to his maternal lineage. Grand-mom's mother, Clara Rau Noonan was a Celtic, Viking, Anglo-Saxon, and Germanic descendant.

Here are some DNA concordance references:

195[C] 263[G] 315.1[C]

•Miller,1996; FPH.0344; Faroese(1)
•Miller,1996; NIR.0252; Northern Irish(1)
•Calafell,1996; 34; Turk(1)

195[C] 263[G] 309.1[C] 315.1[C]

•Miller,1996; OSA.0025; Orcadian(1)

263[G] 309.1[C] 315.1[C]

Calafell,1996; 17; Bulgar(1)
•Calafell,1996; 22; Bulgar(1)
•Miller,1996; FPH.0581; Faroese(1)
•Miller,1996; FSN.0193; French(1)
•Miller,1996; FSN.0195; French(1)
•Miller,1996; BBM.0092; Northumbrian(1)
•Miller,1996; OSB.0004; Orcadian(1)
•Miller,1996; OSB.0020; Orcadian(1)
•Miller,1996; OSR.0002; Orcadian(1)
•Miller,1996; OSR.0003; Orcadian(1)
•Calafell,1996; 24; Turk(1)

263[G] 315.1[C]

Calafell,1996; 44; Bulgar(1)
•Miller,1996; DPH.0092; Danish(1)
•Miller,1996; FPH.0599; Faroese(1)
•Miller,1996; FPH.0645; Faroese(1)
•Miller,1996; ICE.0270; Icelandic(1)
•Miller,1996; ICE.0814; Icelandic(1)
•Miller,1996; ICEb758; Icelandic(1)
•Miller,1996; BLC.0230; Isle of Lewis(1)
•Miller,1996; NIR.0029; Northern Irish(1)
•Miller,1996; BBM.0037; Northumbrian(1)
•Miller,1996; BBM.0177; Northumbrian(1)
•Miller,1996; BBM.0187; Northumbrian(1)
•Miller,1996; ODN.0013; Orcadian(1)
•Miller,1996; ODN.0016; Orcadian(1)
•Miller,1996; OSB.0061; Orcadian(1)
•Miller,1996; OSB.0070; Orcadian(1)
•Miller,1996; OSR.0007; Orcadian(1)
•Miller,1996; OSY.0002; Orcadian(1)
•Calafell,1996; 38; Turk(1)

16093[C] 263[G] 309.1[C] 315.1[C]

•Miller,1996; OSR.0002; Orcadian(1)

263[G] 309.1[C] 315.1[C]

Miller,1996; FPH.0581; Faroese(1)
•Miller,1996; FSN.0195; French(1)

263[G] 315.1C

•Miller,1996; ICE.0270; Icelandic(1) •Miller,1996; ICE.1758; Icelandic(1) •Miller,1996; ODN.0013; Orcadian(1) •Miller,1996; OSY.0002; Orcadian(1)

16093C

•Miller,1996; NIR.0252; Northern Irish(1)
•Calafell,1996; 34; Turk(1)

16093[C] •Bertranpetit,95; 3; Basque(1)

•Côrte-Real,96; 5; [1]; Basque(2)

•Sajantila,95; SS7+20; Icelandic(1)

•Miller,96; OSR.0002; Orcadian(1)

•DiRienzo,91; 40; Sardinian(1)

•Côrte-Real,96; 5; [1]; Spanish(1)

16024-16089[o] 16093[C] •Richards,96; G-79; [1:2]; Basque(1)

•Richards,96; G-88; [1:2]; Basque(1)

•Richards,96; 362; [1:2]; Cornish(1)

•Richards,96; 363; [1:2]; Cornish(1)

16093[C]

•Bertranpetit,1995; 3; Basque(1)
•Sajantila,1995; SS7+ice20; Icelandic(1)
•Miller,1996; OSR.0002; Orcadian(1)
•Côrte-Real,1996; SP-ALL36; Spanish(1)

Helena is a very common European Haplogroup. Daddy's H12 sub-clad is very rare. A lot more mtdna testing has to be done, before a clearer picture can be obtained by further research. There are twenty-one H sub-clad groups in all. The two groups H-11 and H-12 are the only two that have the 195C mutation.

The Orcadians are descendants of the Norwegian Vikings and the Celtic Pics. They are culturally Germanic people and distinct from the Scottish (Gaelic). While the Island of Orkney is still apart of Scotland, the Orcadians are more related to the Icelander, Shetlanders, and Faroese people.

http://mapofeurope.com/europe/

Who was she? Why is she pictured here?

Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia, the granddaughter of Queen Victoria was born on June 6, 1872 as Princess Alix of Hess and by Rhine in Darmstadt (Germany). She was the sixth child of Grand Duke Louis IV of Hesse and by Rhine and Princess Alice of the United Kingdom. She was the princess consort of Nicholas II, and the last Tsaritsa of Russia.

What were the anthropologists trying to find out? ie why was her DNA tested?

At the end of the February Revolution of 1917, Tsar Nicholas II was forced to abdicate. The Romanov family were imprisoned in Ipatiev House at Ekaterinburg in the Urals of Central Russia in 1918 with three servants and the family doctor. On the night of July 16, 1918, the entire Romanov family was shot and killed by the Bolshevik firing squad.

According to legend, two bodies were burnt and the others were buried in a roadside pit. To hinder identification, sulphuric acid was said to have been thrown into the open grave and a truck was driven back and forth over the grave.

The case remained a mystery until July 1991, when nine human skeletons were discovered in a shallow pit around 20 miles from Ekaterinburg, Russia. Historians speculated that the remains belonged to the Romanov family. To help solve the mystery, DNA testing was performed to identify the remains.

http://www.genebase.com/learning/article/74

Daddy and Empress Alexandra share the same Mitochondrial Mother, Helena.

Here are others that share the same lineage:

Willem or William of Germany, Queen Victoria of England, and Earl Mountbatten of Burma.

King James II of England and VII of Scotland, Anne of Austria, the Queen of France. She was the mother of Louie the XIV, also Princess Victoria, granddaughter of Queen Victoria.

Christian VI King of Denmark and Sweden, Henrietta of France was the Mother of two Kings;Charles the II and James II of England and Scotland. Next, William the III King of England and Ireland, also Known as King Billy.

 Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia, her daughter, Frederica of Hanover Queen Consort of Greece ,and Queen Sophia of Spain. Three generations of German Royalty.

King William I of Netherlands, and King Michael I of Romania,

Princess Christine Lousie of Oettingen -Ottingen , Great, Great Grandmother of Marie Antoinette (pictured second) Queen of France, and Princess Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange.

There are so many Royal Haplogroup H Cousins, too long a list to note them all, but it's fun looking for them.

Helena are the Colonists that spread all over Europe. Daddy's mtdna H12 sub-clad group is RARE; even though, Helena's mtdna is used as a common reference tool by which to determine other Haplogroups. Elizabeth Noonan passed her H12 DNA to Daddy and his sisters, so the children of Aunt Sissy, Aunt Mary, and Aunt Rita are also H12. The daughters and granddaughters, only, will also pass this rare mtdna on as well.

Note: I am not saying we are royal; just pointing out that Daddy and the aforementioned royals have a common mtdna mother, Helena.  To be related, one must have an exact mutation match. Tzar Romanov shares the same mtdna mother, Tara, the Agrarian (farmer) as Mommy.