MY MTDNA HAPLOGROUP IS L3b WHICH IS FROM THE HORN OF AFRICA;
I HAD IT DONE IN 2007 BY THE DNA HERITAGE.
ALSO LIJSBETH IS MY ANCESTOR
MOTHER OF LISBETH SANDERS MOTHER OF CLARA HERBST/TARLING ...
i f you go on WIKIPEDIA you will see that amiral Gilles de la Roche Saint André went on expedition to Madagascar
in 1655/57 but also to the Golfe d'Aden , on the Horn of Africa he captured an Arabian boat with 30men and 25 slaves.
The ship navigated past the Cape Gardafui en route to SOKOTRA in the Oman sea then back to Madagascar in january 1657.
He and his float proceeded back to France and halted in Cape Town in march 1657.
This is were he met Jan van Riebeek and gave the 2 slave sisters to Maria de la Queillerie.
I'm adding her & you to the http://www.geni.com/projects/South-African-mtDNA-Female-Progenitors... project
Private User adding her haplogroup to the Curator Note usurped you as Curator. Please revert, doll. :-)
Lijsbeth Arabus, SM/PROG Barbara as far as I know L3b is most common in West Africa and L3 is most common in East Africa.