Summary
Age: 10,945.6 ± 1,873.7; CI=95% (Behar et al., 2012b)
Origin: Central Asia
Variants: T239C T16362C (A16482G)
FTDNA Tree: Link
Parent Branch: H
Descendant branch(s): H6a H6b H6c
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Haplogroup H6 is a branch on the maternal tree of humanity. Its origin likely dates to the last ice age in Western Eurasia. Many members of this lineage live in Europe today, but they are most likely to trace their origins to groups of people who traveled to Europe during the Bronze age.
Most members of this lineage belong to one of its daughter branches.
National Geographic Geno 2.0 Text
Age: 15,300 ± 4,900 Years Ago
Origin: Central Asia
Blurb: This lineage was born in the Caucasus region around 15,000 years ago. From the Caucasus, groups containing this lineage spread across Central Asia and on to West Asia, then Europe.
Today, its highest frequencies are in Central Asia and the Arabian Peninsula. It is almost 10 percent of maternal lineages in Croatia. It is 7 percent of the population in the United Arab Emirates and 5 percent of the population in Slovenia and Lithuania. In Belarus, this line accounts for 4 percent of maternal lineages. It is about 3 percent of maternal lineages in Norway, Poland, and Wales.
Author: Rebekah A. Canada | Copyright: National Geographic
mtDNA Haplogroup H6 Phylotree History
Phylotree.org is the maternal (mtDNA) tree of humanity. It is maintained by Dr. Mannis Van Oven. Each build is a major update to the tree. The current build is #17.
| Build# | Called | Variants (Mutations) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | H6 | 239 16482 | Released 27 Aug 2008 |
| 02 | H6 | 239 16482 | Released 14 Oct 2008 |
| 04 | H6 | 239 16482 | Released 10 May 2009 |
| 05 | H6 | 239 16482 | Released 8 Jul 2009 |
| 06 | H6 | 239 16482 | Released 28 Sep 2009 |
| 07 | H6 | 239 16482 | Released 10 Nov 2009 |
| 08 | H6 | 239 16482 | Released 21 Mar 2010 |
| 09 | H6 | 239 16482 | Released 20 Jun 2010 |
| 10 | H6 | 239 16482 | Released 10 Aug 2010 |
| 11 | H6 | 239 16482 | Released 7 Feb 2011 |
| 12 | H6 | 239 16482 | Released 20 Jul 2011 |
| 13 | H6 | 239 16482 | Released 28 Dec 2011; Last Build to use the rCRS |
| 14 | H6 | T239C T16362C A16482G | Released 5 Apr 2012; First version to use the RSRS |
| 15 | H6 | T239C T16362C A16482G | Released 30 Sep 2012 |
| 16 | H6 | T239C T16362C (A16482G) | Released 19 Feb 2014 |
| 17 | H6 | T239C T16362C (A16482G) | Released 18 Feb 2016 |
mtDNA Haplogroup H6 Data Sources
GenBank Samples
GenBank is a database of genetic sequence data. It is run by the United States National Institute of Health. It serves as the main repository for mtDNA full sequence profiles. Samples come both from published academic literature and donations from genetic genealogy community members. In addition to GenBank samples, listings below may include other samples published but not submitted to GenBank such as those from the HapMap project.
Note: GenBank results currently use Phylotree build 16. I am working on changing results over to build 17.
| Hg ID | Origin | Publication | Hg BLD16 | Hg BLD17 | Hg YFull | Missing Variants | Additional Variants |
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Sources & Resources
Related Sources
- Behar, D.M., van Oven, M., Rosset, S., Metspalu, M., Loogväli, E.L., Silva, N.M., Kivisild, T., Torroni, A. and Villems, R. (2012). A “Copernican” reassessment of the human mitochondrial DNA tree from its root. American journal of human genetics, 90(4), 675-684.
- Fan, L., & Yao, Y. G. (2011). MitoTool: a web server for the analysis and retrieval of human mitochondrial DNA sequence variations. Mitochondrion, 11(2), 351-356.
- Fan, L., & Yao, Y. G. (2013). An update to MitoTool: using a new scoring system for faster mtDNA haplogroup determination. Mitochondrion, 13(4), 360-363.
- Van Oven, M., & Kayser, M. (2009). Updated comprehensive phylogenetic tree of global human mitochondrial DNA variation. Human mutation, 30(2), E386-E394.
Additional Resources
- Ian Logan’s mtDNA Pages
- Ian Logan’s Instructions for mtGenome Genbank Donation
- James Lick’s mtDNA Utility
- The FTDNA Haplogroup Project for Haplogroup H & HV
- The Wikipedia Article for Haplogroup H
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