Haplogroup H (mtDNA)

In, Haplogroup H is a.

The (CRS), the human mitochondrial sequence to which all other sequences are compared, belongs to haplogroup H.

About one half of ans are of mt-DNA haplogroup H. The haplogroup is also common in and the. According to, currently the largest  firm, approximately 32% of the their database is haplogroup H. Of those H results, approximately 21% of them has a 519C , which is volatile and generally not useful in characterizing subclades. The 4336 tRNA nucleotide position variant in haplogroup H has been shown to be associated with late-onset.

In his popular book , named the originator of this mtDNA haplogroup Helena.

Relationship to other haplogroups
Haplogroup H is a descendant of.


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Subclades
Haplogroup H is divided into various s.


 * Haplogroup H
 * H4
 * H4a
 * H14
 * H5
 * H5a
 * H5a1
 * H6
 * H6a
 * H6a1
 * H6b
 * H6c
 * H8
 * H11
 * H15
 * H2
 * H2a
 * H2a1
 * H2b
 * H2c
 * H7
 * H9
 * H10
 * H1
 * H1a
 * H1b
 * H3
 * H12
 * H13

People in haplogroup H
(Note: The below list is an incredibly tiny and unrepresentative sampling, as nearly 1 of 2 Europeans share this haplogroup)

Marie Antoinette
, and her ancestors back to  (died 1190), were of haplogroup H.  (Jehaes et al, European Journal of Human Genetics, vol 6, pp. 383-395 (1998) and vol 9, pp. 185-190, (2001): the extended sequence is: HVR1 T16519C; HVR2 T152C, C194T, A263G and N315.1C.)  If all pedigrees are assumed correct, the following other matrilineal relatives of Marie Antoinette were of haplogroup H:,  (second wife of ), , , , , , , , , and. 

Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna
Among other famous members of group H are, wife of the last Russian , and all of her children. Their membership in haplogroup H was established when genetic testing was done on their remains to authenticate their identity.

As a consequence, all of relatives on the matrilineal line also have this haplogroup. These include Alexandra Fyodorovna's relatives along the matrilineal line all the way back to her ancestor (approx.  – ), which include her grandmother  and her cousins the, , and  and his wife. Other matrilineal descendants of Blanca Núñez de Lara include, , , , and of England, ,  and  of Poland, , , ,  and  of Greece, , ,  and  of France, , and  of Sweden, , , , and  of Spain and. .

Others
In a BBC Wales program about her father's Welsh ancestry, was revealed to be of haplogroup H.