page_title: Tutsi
section_title: mtDNA (maternal lineages)
hierarchical_section_title: Tutsi / Genetics / mtDNA (maternal lineages)
caption_attribution_description: English: President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet His Excellency Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda, and his daughter, in the Blue Room during a U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit dinner at the White House, Aug. 5, 2014. [Official White House Photo by Amanda Lucidon/ This official White House photograph is in the public domain from a copyright perspective, so while restrictions such as personality or privacy rights may apply, in general, manipulations are allowed.]
context_page_description: The Tutsi, or Abatutsi, are a social class or ethnic group of the African Great Lakes region. Historically, they were often referred to as the Watutsi, Watusi, Wahuma, Wahima or the Wahinda. The Tutsi form a subgroup of the Banyarwanda and the Barundi people, who reside primarily in Rwanda and Burundi, but with significant populations also found in DR Congo, Tanzania and Uganda.
  Tutsis are the second largest population division among the three largest groups in Rwanda and Burundi; the other two being the Hutu and the Twa. Small numbers of Hema and Kiga people also live near the Tutsi in Rwanda. The Northern Tutsi who reside in Rwanda are called Ruguru, while southern Tutsi who live in Burundi are known as Hima, the Banyamulenge do not have a territory.
context_section_description: There are no peer-reviewed genetic studies of the Tutsi's mtDNA or maternal lineages. However, Fornarino et al. (2009) report that unpublished data indicates that one Tutsi individual from Rwanda carries the India-associated mtDNA haplogroup R7.
caption: Ange Kagame, daughter of Paul Kagame.
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