Ye Olde Royal DNA
Jun. 17th, 2012 01:21 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
transemacabreSomeone on Eupedia posted an interesting list of know MTDNA and Y-chromosomes for notable persons. With a little research, we can deduce the markers of their earliest known direct male-line and direct female-line ancestors.
For the purposes of this post, "foremother" refers to someone's direct-line female ancestress (ie mother's mother's mother, etc.) and "forefather" to the corresponding direct male-line ancestor (ie father's father's father, etc.)
CHARLES I, King of England. MTDNA = T2 (Foremother is Anna von Schaunberg, born c. 1355 in what is now today Slovenia). T2 arose in what's known as Mesopotamia or thereabouts about 50,000 years ago.
CHARLES II and JAMES II, Kings of England. MTDNA = H (Foremother is Juana Núñez de Lara, born c. 1275 in Spain). H is a youngish haplogroup but VERY common in Europeans. Yours truly is also a member of Clan H.
SWEYN II, King of Denmark. MTDNA = H (Foremother is Doubravka of Bohemia; possibly her mother was Biagota, attested from a handful of coins; if so, then Biagota was presumably Bulgarian, like her name).
VALDEMAR I and MAGNUS III, Kings of Sweden. YDNA = I1 (Forefather is Bengt Snivil, born c. 1130). MTDNA = Z1a (Foremother is Richwara, wife of Berthold I, duke of Carinthia). What this means: I1 is THE Norse YDNA haplogroup. The MTDNA Z1a is more exotic -- found in the highest concentrations in China, Korea, and Central Asia, Z1a is also present in some Russians and Saami.
For the purposes of this post, "foremother" refers to someone's direct-line female ancestress (ie mother's mother's mother, etc.) and "forefather" to the corresponding direct male-line ancestor (ie father's father's father, etc.)
CHARLES I, King of England. MTDNA = T2 (Foremother is Anna von Schaunberg, born c. 1355 in what is now today Slovenia). T2 arose in what's known as Mesopotamia or thereabouts about 50,000 years ago.
CHARLES II and JAMES II, Kings of England. MTDNA = H (Foremother is Juana Núñez de Lara, born c. 1275 in Spain). H is a youngish haplogroup but VERY common in Europeans. Yours truly is also a member of Clan H.
SWEYN II, King of Denmark. MTDNA = H (Foremother is Doubravka of Bohemia; possibly her mother was Biagota, attested from a handful of coins; if so, then Biagota was presumably Bulgarian, like her name).
VALDEMAR I and MAGNUS III, Kings of Sweden. YDNA = I1 (Forefather is Bengt Snivil, born c. 1130). MTDNA = Z1a (Foremother is Richwara, wife of Berthold I, duke of Carinthia). What this means: I1 is THE Norse YDNA haplogroup. The MTDNA Z1a is more exotic -- found in the highest concentrations in China, Korea, and Central Asia, Z1a is also present in some Russians and Saami.
