What is "velda"

Velda is a name given to the hypothetical ancestress of the Cantabrian people and Haplogroup V (mtDNA). She was coined in the book The Seven Daughters of Eve by Bryan Sykes. Theoretically, based on DNA studies, she lived in the region of the Cantabrian mountains about 15,000 BC. Even today, Haplogroup V is found with particularly high concentrations in the people of Cantabria (15%) of northern Iberia but specially in the Sami people of northern Scandinavia: Swedish Sami (68%), Finnish Sami (37%) and Norwegian Sami (33%).

Velda may refer to:

• Velda, a name given to the hypothetical ancestress of the Cantabrian people and Haplogroup V (mtDNA).
• Velda, name of the secretary and love interest of the fictional character Mike Hammer, created by Mickey Spillane.
• Kay Velda (born 1990), Dutch footballer