
The purpose of this project is to document the maternal lineage of all people with the mtDNA haplogroup currently designated Haplogroup R30a, a subclade of R.
Defining Mutations
tba
Origin
South Asia.
Distribution
R30a is found exclusively in South Asia (India, Sri Lanka, Nepal), and people who's maternal lineage originates in this geography.
In South Africa, they are found with maternal descendants of Rebekka van Bengal, an Indian slave brought to South Africa in the early 1700s, including:
- Divon Mordechai Lan [Confirmed by genetic test]