A person of matrilineal descendant can be described as the child of a mother's mother's mother's mother, etc--someone, in other words, who is descended from a given woman directly through the maternal line. People having the same matrilineal descent from an individual share the same mitochondrial DNA. If several living mtDNA descendants of Penelope's were to test, we would know the makeup of her mtDNA and might be able to determine to which part of Europe her heritage belongs. But since mtDNA works best for deep ancestry, it may not be possible to know just which country she was born in. It would, however, be a worthy endeavor. Please contact me if you believe you're a likely candidate for testing.
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