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I've been confirmed as being part of the T2e1 haplogroup and one of my coding region differences stands out: 9181G.
I have two identical matches at FTDNA; i.e. there are no differences in our mtDNA markers and we each match each other identically.We therefore assumed that we shared a common ancestor within the last 400 years and were trying to locate this individual.
However, Professor Felice Bedford seems to think differntly. (She has carried out research into T2e amongst Sephardic Jewish populations, seems to be the expert on T2e.) She suggests that we differ from the ancestral T2e only through two mutations 41T and 9181G i.e. that we have a very ancient form of T2e1. In other words, while it is possible that we share a maternal ancestor within the last 400 years it is also possible that our common ancestress was 2000 years ago.
Because there is a cluster of Sephardic Jews from Bulgaria who have the 9181G mutation together with some additional mutations she thinks ours is the base and that their mtDNA mutated away from ours many hundreds of years ago. She goes further, actually, and is proposing that our shared ancestress lived in the Middle East prior to the split between Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jews.
I've been trying to find other people with the T2e1 Haplogroup and the 9181 mutation,and so far it seems very rare. If you know someone that fits this profile or can help me with other information, please let me know.
I have two identical matches at FTDNA; i.e. there are no differences in our mtDNA markers and we each match each other identically.We therefore assumed that we shared a common ancestor within the last 400 years and were trying to locate this individual.
However, Professor Felice Bedford seems to think differntly. (She has carried out research into T2e amongst Sephardic Jewish populations, seems to be the expert on T2e.) She suggests that we differ from the ancestral T2e only through two mutations 41T and 9181G i.e. that we have a very ancient form of T2e1. In other words, while it is possible that we share a maternal ancestor within the last 400 years it is also possible that our common ancestress was 2000 years ago.
Because there is a cluster of Sephardic Jews from Bulgaria who have the 9181G mutation together with some additional mutations she thinks ours is the base and that their mtDNA mutated away from ours many hundreds of years ago. She goes further, actually, and is proposing that our shared ancestress lived in the Middle East prior to the split between Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jews.
I've been trying to find other people with the T2e1 Haplogroup and the 9181 mutation,and so far it seems very rare. If you know someone that fits this profile or can help me with other information, please let me know.
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