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Caecilie Elisabeth FINGER
Wedding day - October 2nd, 1907 (c) 2009 John C. Vanko. All Rights Reserved.
The DNA signature of Caecilie Elisabeth FINGER is called her "haplotype":
16126C, 16294T, 16296T, 16304C, 16519C, and T13368
(Haplogroup T, subclade T2)
16126C, 16294T, 16296T, 16304C, 16519C are the differences from the Cambridge Reference Sequence, in HVR-1 (Hyper Variable
Region 1), and one SNP from the active region of the mtDNA (T13368).
She inherited this particular DNA signature from her mother, Annie Huebsch, and not her father Conrad FINGER. So
this DNA signature does not belong to Conrad Finger or his oldest known ancestor Samuel FINGER.
Anna Elisabeth Clara Huebsch adopted by Felber married Finger, born 1868, died 1933 (c) 2009 John C. Vanko.
All Rights Reserved.
The DNA of Caecilie Elisabeth Finger of Baltimore (1887), daughter of Conrad Finger of Bottendorf (1865), has been analyzed.
This was not testing performed for the surname project, but it was the analysis of her mitochrondrial DNA (abbreviated
mtDNA) which tests for deep time relationships. The testing was conducted through the Genographic Project. See
www.nationalgeographic.com/genographic
Being the son of her daughter, I carry her mtDNA. mtDNA is passed down from mothers to all their children, both
boys and girls. But only the girls will pass it on to their children. Thus mtDNA traces the maternal lineage.
I submitted a sample for testing.
Surname DNA testing is different, first because it is performed on the Y-chromosome of male descendants only. And
secondly, the markers tested in the Y-chromosome, called STRs, mutate more rapidly than markers in mtDNA. For
this reason the range of time explored by STR markers better suits surname testing.
Elizabeth's DNA indicates that she was a member of Haplogroup T, sub-group T2. (She called herself Elizabeth, not
Caecilie, and in later life signed her name Elizabeth Cecilia. Her baptismal record indicates Caecilie Elisabeth.
She is named after her mother's stepmother, Caecilie Elisabeth Seipp. She was called Lizzie by her father, and perhaps
by her husband.)
Her mtDNA is her mother's DNA, Anna Elisabeth Clara Huebsch born 15 October 1868 in Alt-Damm, Preussen, Germany.
Anna's mother was Caroline Wilhelmine Hoehn, born 5 April 1836 in Stettin, Pomerania, Germany. (Today this is Szczecin,
Poland.) Caroline's mother was Dorothee Marie Stolp. This is their mtDNA too.
Haplogroup is a fancy word which means, essentially, "DNA clan" or "DNA extended family". By studying the markers
of Elizabeth's DNA it is possible to assign her to Haplogroup T. Haplogroup T is defined by the two markers 16126C and
16294T. Sub-group T2 is defined by these two plus marker 16304C. Her specific DNA signature is called her "haplotype".
These are words you'll encounter frequently in DNA genealogy.
Of the many haplogroups that have been identified, Haplogroup T is believed to have originated as early as 40,000 years
ago. In Mesopotamia, namely present-day eastern Turkey and northern Syria, about 10,000 years ago the people of Haplogroup
T developed agriculture and spread north into northeastern Europe, into Arabia, Pakistan, and the Indus Valley. These
agriculturalists became a second wave of modern humans to migrate into Europe. The first group were hunter-gatherers
of a different Haplogroup thousands of years earlier.
One famous member of Haplogroup T is Nicholaus II, Czar of Russia. He inherited his mtDNA from Barbara of Celje
(born 1390), wife of Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor. Many members of the European royalty are Haplogroup T. Perhaps
the most famous member of Haplogroup T, sub-group T2, is Jesse James. He got his mtDNA from his mother. His remains
have been tested, and those results match living relatives.
A primary benefit of surname testing between two individuals is to determine the closeness of their relatedness.
A secondary benefit of surname testing is to establish a person's Haplogroup, indicating their deep time relationship to the
family of Man.
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