In the only study yet done on his mtDNA, Hawass et al. did not assign Tutankhamun a mitochondrial haplogroup. Therefore, there is no direct answer to this question. read more
If King Tut really carried Haplogroup R1B then it would have originated in the Middle East. Haplogroup R1B originated in the Middle East before being taken into Europe, Egypt by the Neolithic Middle Eastern Farmers. Today the Copts carry R1B at 15% and other Middle Eastern DNA as their majority Haplogroup which is NOT recent. read more