Back to search

mtDNA

H1

Last reviewed: 2026-04-06

Phylogeny alignment: PhyloTree.org and public mtDNA references at last review; always check your subclade naming.

What this may suggest

    Important note

    • One direct lineage only — not your full ancestry.

    Overview

    H1 adds slightly more structure than H alone, but popular maps exaggerate precision. For colonial-era Norman Atlas content, H1 tells you nothing definitive about whether a grandmother came from Perche versus another French region without full pedigree work.

    Migration story

    See linked regions on the map for broad, low-resolution corridors.

    Norman Atlas — possible relevance

    • Colonial New France corridor — more about settlement history than haplogroup proof.
    • Themes tied to Normandy’s formation and ducal period may be worth exploring next.

    Linked regions (careful wording)

    • channel-trade-zonepossible-link
      • PhyloTree.org (mtDNA)treeOpen link
      • Wikipedia — Haplogroup H (mtDNA) (overview)reviewOpen link
      • Norman Atlas synthesis notesynthesisAtlas editorial synthesis — verify claims against current phylogenetic trees and open ancient-DNA compendia.

    Related peoples & historical layers

    No group here “maps to” your haplogroup — these are atlas entries for further reading.

    • Franks

      Frankish peoples and successors; dominant in northern continental corridors from late antiquity through the Carolingian period.

      See the Historical peoples (macro) layer on the map — not the same as genetics.

    • Normans

      Northmen integrated into Frankish political frameworks from the Rouen grant onward — identity is socio-political, not a static 6th-century ethnicity block.

      See the Historical peoples (macro) layer on the map — not the same as genetics.

    Atlas regions

    • Channel Trade Corridor

    Journeys

    Stories

    Branch navigation

    Ancestor clades: H

    No subclades listed in this seed dataset.

    Interpretation & confidence

    • Haplogroups trace one paternal (Y-DNA) or one maternal (mtDNA) line—not full ancestry, culture, or identity.
    • Wording stays probabilistic: “associated with”, “found among”, “may connect to”, “possible historical relevance.”
    • Confidence labels and sources belong on regional or migratory claims; broad labels alone are never proof.

    Bibliography & public references

    • PhyloTree.org (mtDNA)treeOpen link
    • Wikipedia — Haplogroup H (mtDNA) (overview)reviewOpen link
    • Allen Ancient DNA Resource (AADR) — Harvard Reich labdatabaseOpen link
    • Norman Atlas synthesis notesynthesisAtlas editorial synthesis — verify claims against current phylogenetic trees and open ancient-DNA compendia.