H1b (mtDNA)

For people who have tested and are assigned the maternal haplogroup H, subclade H1b, or who are believed to have had that maternal haplogroup based on descendants tested. H1b is found especially in Eastern Europe, Central Asia and North Asia.

Includes the following additional subclades (per PhyloTree.org build 16):

• H1b (T16356C)
  • H1b1 (A3796G, T16362C)
    • H1b1a (5899.XC, A8348G)
    • H1b1b (G16129A!, C16355T)
    • H1b1c (A10455G)
    • H1b1d (A93G)
    • H1b1h (A7960G)
    • H1b1e (T9698C)
    • H1b1f (G2145A, C16114T)
    • H1b1g (C64T, T195C!, G1438A)
  • H1b2 (G8251A, A16080G)
    • H1b2a (A183G, T8286C, C16360T)
      • H1b2a1 (T7691C)
  • H1b3 (T16075C)
  • H1b4 (A11029G)

Origin

Haplogroup H has an estimated age of about 25,000 to 30,000 years. In his popular book The Seven Daughters of Eve, Bryan Sykes named the originator of this mtDNA haplogroup Helena. It is the most common haplogroup in Europe; about half of all people with European origin belong to this group.
Distribution

FromNatGEO: "Mitochondrial haplogroup H is a predominantly European haplogroup that originated outside of Europe before the last glacial maximum (LGM). It first expanded in the northern Near East and southern Caucasus between 33,000 and 26,000 years ago, and later migrations from Iberia suggest it reached Europe before the LGM. It has also spread to Siberia and Inner Asia. Today, about 40% of all mitochondrial lineages in Europe are classified as haplogroup H."

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