From another H13a1a1a Haplogroup mameber:
"I'm H13a1a1a, part of the Eastern European group from Baisogala, Lithuania, including my cousins, son, and brother. I have some Balkan, Austro-Hungarian, Southern and Eastern European, with a bit of Northern Europe DNA as well. Incidentally, 3.9% Ashkenazi shows up in my DNA. My son has 1.7% Ashkenazi. It's apparently coming from our maternal line. I understand that H13 is a rare haplogroup found in the Caucuses of Eastern Europe and way beyond to Asia. One of the reported characteristics of this haplogroup is that when its people settled, they remained in their particular area. Since it shows up rarely, you may not even see it mentioned in online DNA studies. I believe that one reason why we're not seeing much of this H13 could be that many Lithuanians, Polish, Russians and other people of the Caucuses were killed during WWII. My people emigrated to the US around the Turn of the Century."
From another H13a1a1a Haplogroup mameber:
"I am also H13a1a1a I've not found how my Mother’s family goes back to the Caucasus region, so far it does lead back to Scandinavia and is of course in England, goes into Normandy before going back into England. I'm still tracing it. I did not do my Fathers DNA so I am a little confused because my paternal grandmother is Finnish and I have many, many relatives who are Irish and Scandinavian on my Father’s side. I'm wondering if somehow that is all picked up even though the DNA is mitochondrial. Does anyone know?"
From another H13a1a1a Haplogroup mameber:
LindseyC also responded to the story "H13a1a1a":
"Hello, my maternal side is also H13a1a1a. From research I've done for this side the furthest I've been able to go back shows 1/2 Polish, 1/2 German/French."
From another H13a1a1a Haplogroup mameber:
treehugger0131 also responded to the story "H13a1a1a":
"I am also H13a1a1a. My maternal side arrived in the US around 1629 and were of Welsh, English, French, and German with some Finnish and Scandinavian descent. They helped found RI and some were Green Mountain Boys in the revolutionary war." |