Explore the Family Name Blumberg

Possible origins of the surname Blumberg

Your DNA provides clues about where your recent ancestors may have lived. Having many distant relatives in the same location suggests that you may all share common ancestry there. Locations with many distant relatives can also be places where people have migrated recently, such as large cities. If a large number of individuals who share your surname have distant relatives in a specific area, it could indicate a connection between your surname and that location, stemming from either recent ancestral ties or migration.

Based on 23andMe data, people with last name Blumberg have recent ancestry locations in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Ireland.

What Blumberg haplogroups can tell you

Haplogroups are genetic population groups that share a common ancestor on either your paternal or maternal line. These paternal and maternal haplogroups shed light on your genetic ancestry and help tell the story of your family.

The top paternal haplogroup of people with the surname Blumberg is G-M201, which is predominantly found among people with European ancestry. Haplogroup G-M201 is descended from haplogroup G-M201. Other common haplogroups include R-P311 and R-M417, which are predominantly found among people with European and European ancestry. Other surnames with similar common haplogroups are: Mendelsohn, Lipman, Schulman, Resnick, Margolis, Fein, Blumenthal, Posner, Rosenblatt, Rothenberg.

The most common maternal haplogroups of people with Blumberg surname are: H1, N, H. These most commonly trace back to individuals of European ancestry.

Your paternal lineage may be linked to the Jewish diaspora

Outside of the Caucasus, haplogroup G is often found among various Jewish populations. About 10% of Ashkenazi men also have Y chromosomes belonging to G, an indication that the haplogroup was present among the small number of Jews who migrated into central and eastern Europe about 1,000 years ago. The Sephardic Jews of the Iberian Peninsula also bear haplogroup G at levels of about 16%. In this case, the arrival of G into the region may be tied to the expansion of seafaring Phoenicians who set up trade centers throughout the Mediterranean about 3,500 years ago.

Your maternal lineage may be linked to Marie Antoinette

Because it is so dominant in the general European population, haplogroup H also appears quite frequently in the continent's royal houses. Marie Antoinette, an Austrian Hapsburg who married into the French royal family, inherited the haplogroup from her maternal ancestors. So did Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, whose recorded genealogy traces his female line to Bavaria. Scientists also discovered that famed 16th century astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus traced his maternal lineages to haplogroup H.