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| Mitochondrial DNA Haplogroup U5 is the oldest group of modern humans
in Europe. They were there before the Last Glacial Maximum and would
have encountered, if not extinguished, the Neanderthals. Today Haplogroup
U is about 11% of modern Europeans and are most common in western Britain
and Scandinavia.
In the trivia department, the earliest complete skeleton
found in Britain is dated to about 9000 years ago. It is the skeleton
of a young man found in a cave in Cheddar, Somerset, England (and was thus
dubbed, "Cheddar Man").
Testing of mtDNA extracted from a molar shows he is Haplogroup U5a (HVR1=
192T, 270T).
Twenty-eight living local residents of Cheddar were also tested, and two
of them had the exact same mutations as Cheddar Man, while one other individual
had a single additional mutation. |
So far, we have 12 Danish Demes project members who are some form
of Haplogroup U:
| Subclade |
Deme |
Earliest Known
Matrilineal Ancestor |
_n_ |
| U2 |
1 |
HANSEN — of København, DK |
1 |
| 2 |
Karen Pedersdatter (c1760- ) —
of Vejle, Vejle Amt, DK |
1 |
| U4 |
3 |
Karen Nielsdatter (1797-1829) —
of Sandvig, Mern Sogn, Bårse Herred, Præstø Amt, DK |
1 |
| U5 |
4 |
Maren Katrine HANSEN (c1845- )
— of Odense Amt, DK |
1 |
| 5 |
HANSEN [awaiting lineage] —of DK |
1 |
| 6 |
Karen
Pedersdatter (c1810s- ) — of Skelby, Skelby Sogn, Falster Sønder
Herred, Maribo Amt, DK |
1 |
| 7 |
Ingeborg
BERTELSEN (1870-1952) — of Neder Kestrup, Hopstrup Sogn, Haderslev
Herred, Haderslev Amt, DK |
1 |
| 8 |
Ane Nielsdatter (c1820- ) — of Odense
Amt, DK |
3 |
| U5a1 |
9 |
LARSEN (c1870- ) — of Nakskov, Nakskov
Sogn, Lollands Nørre, Maribo Amt, DK |
1 |
| U5b2 |
10 |
Johanne Jensdatter (1760- ) — of
Viborg Amt, DK |
1 |
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