Genetic genealogy traced Diana's mitochondrial DNA—passed solely mother-to-daughter—to Eliza Kewark, a 19th-century Surrey housekeeper long misidentified as Armenian. Modern analysis of living descendants confirmed haplogroup R30b, a rare marker tying back to South Asia around seven generations ago. Born circa 1790, Kewark's Indian heritage shocked genealogists, debunking the family's oral tales and injecting exotic roots into the blue-blooded Spencers.
Genetic genealogy traced Diana's mitochondrial DNA—passed solely mother-to-daughter—to Eliza Kewark, a 19th-century Surrey housekeeper long misidentified as Armenian. Modern analysis of living descendants confirmed haplogroup R30b, a rare marker tying back to South Asia around seven generations ago. Born circa 1790, Kewark's Indian heritage shocked genealogists, debunking the family's oral tales and injecting exotic roots into the blue-blooded Spencers.
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