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mtDNA Haplogroup I1b – Daughters of Iris

12 Friday May 2023

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My newest tattoo represents my love for deep ancestry, as well as a tribute to all my maternal moms for Mother’s Day 2023. My mitochondrial haplogroup is I1b known as “Daughters of Iris”. I have traced my direct maternal line from the Bronx NY to Brancaleone in Calabria Italy with my 3rd Great-Grandmother Antonia. From there it ventures back to Russia after about 20,000 years (connecting with Haplogroup “N”), then down into the Ukraine to Egypt, and finally back to Mitochondrial Eve (Haplogroup “L”) in southern Africa, our common ancestor, over 200,000 years. Family Tree DNA is where I tested my mtDNA and joined group projects. I learned of a common ancestor whose remains were found in the Kapova Cave in Russia along with Cave Art from the Bronze Age.

2018 Lectures

27 Wednesday Dec 2017

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I will be conducting a few lectures in 2018 (updated 5/24/2018):

  • “Using Social Media for Genealogy: Facing Your Fear of Facebook”
    • Saturday, Feb. 3rd 10:00 at the David Library of the American Revolution, 1201 River Road, Washington Crossing, PA 18977 for the Bucks County Genealogical Society. http://www.bucksgen.org
    • Wednesday, Sept. 12 at 7:00 pm at the Abington Township Public Library, 1030 Old York Road, Abington, PA for the Old York Road Genealogical Society http://www.oyrgs.org
  • “Genetic Genealogy: DNA for Newbies, Wannabes, and Cracker Jacks”
    • Tues, March 13th 7:00 pm at Hamilton Library, 1 Justice Samuel A Alito Jr Way, Trenton, NJ 08619 for the Central Jersey Genealogy Club http://www.cjgcnj.com
    • Tues, May 8th, 7:00 pm at the Abington Township Public Library, 1030 Old York Road, Abington, PA for the Old York Road Genealogical Society http://www.oyrgs.org