H17a

I'm H17a as well from the US and my Great Grandmother (mother's mom's mom) is Hall, married to Ziegler. it would be nice to follow the ancestry back further. If we may share some other connection I would be interested in finding out more. have a good one!

I am in group H17a. I wonder how we figure out how we are all related. My ancestors on my moms side lived in Switzerland but they were Italian and English from Great Britain. Dad's side they were German lived in Russia and English and Irish.

My father's MTDNA is group H17a. His mother was born in the US, but his family is all ethnically Lithuanian. Not to confuse the issue, but Autosmal DNA shows near 100% Baltic, with some Swedish, Finnish, and Polish.

Maternal surnames:
Mother: Kuchinkus/Kuchinski
Grandmother: Jankauskus/Yankowski

My H17a is from the small island of Bornholm in Denmark.

thanks Harkins, I'll have to somehow find those names (jonathan guess and margaret cameron), do you happen to have a link? Update, the earliest ancestor is 3rd grandmother Mary Elizabeth Epling born 1850.in Boone, Co. West Virginia. wish i could find something earlier. I do know the surname Epling is Bavarian

My H17a comes from the south of Estonia from a place called Kaagjärve. The roots are from Latvia. I Have also found H17a in Sweden.

Anyone specifically H17a2?

My nearest H17a comes from Latvia. Mama was born in Riga. Her mother, we think, was born in Ilukste, Salienas pagasts,,Latvia. My great grandmother, were not sure yet, exactly where in Latvia. It coulyd have been the Jelgava area or more south. In later years my mother'ss family were more in Rujiena and Trikata areas of Valmeira pagasts, Latvia.