mtDNA K1a1b2a

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Permalink Reply by Anne Krysiak on October 9, 2015 at 11:34am

I'm K1a1b2a. My mother's family is from the town of Lohfelden in Germany--a suburb of Kassel. Her family is also associated with the towns of Fuldabruck and Sohrewald. Her maiden surname is Wenderoth.

Permalink Reply by Aaron Fox on October 9, 2015 at 12:13pm

Thank you very much for responding!  We will start searching that direction.  This haplogroup is associated with Ashkenazi jewish heritage; we have been Catholic through the generations but this haplogroup along with an antique Hebrew pin have raised some questions.  Have you explored the jewish aspect at all?

Permalink Reply by Anne Krysiak on October 9, 2015 at 12:27pm

Family rumor has it that my mother's great-grandfather (from Metz, France) was Jewish. The last name is Freudenstein, which sounds Jewish to Americans but many non-Jews in Germany have the -stein ending on their surnames. My mother isn't aware of any Jewish heritage on her mother's side. My mother and her sister were raised in the Lutheran church.