Antonij de Later (de la Terre) van Japan (1642 - )

It is alleged:

14 Dec 2023 — Recently, Elon's Y-DNA was revealed to be O2b1 (O-F1150), which is East/Southeast Asian in origin.
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Antonij de Later (also called Anthony van Japan or Anthonij de la Terre van Japan) was an enslaved individual of Japanese origin (or possibly mixed Japanese-Southeast Asian descent) who arrived at the Cape of Good Hope in 1662 with VOC governor Zacharias Wagenaer.
Historical records describe him as baptized, likely a child or young person from the Nagasaki area or broader Japanese diaspora in Southeast Asia during the early Tokugawa period. He later married, became a free Black, and has documented descendants in South Africa.
Y-DNA haplogroup O2b1/O-F1150 is a paternal lineage strongly associated with Korean and Japanese populations:

• It is common in modern Japan (around 20-30% frequency, linked to Yayoi-period migrations from the Korean Peninsula ~2,300 years ago).
• Also prevalent in Korea.
• Rare or absent in most other regions.

If Antonij was fully Japanese paternally, his Y-DNA haplogroup would most likely have been either D-M55 (common in Jōmon-descended lineages, ~30-40% in modern Japanese) or O2b1/O-F1150 itself (Yayoi-descended).
However:

• No Y-DNA testing has been reported for Antonij's direct paternal descendants (or any confirmed male-line descendants).
• Genealogical sources (e.g., WikiTree, Cape historical records) note no known Y-DNA results in his direct paternal line.
• Searches across genetic genealogy databases, academic studies, and historical discussions yield no connection between this haplogroup and Antonij or his lineage.

Any potential link would require modern Big Y or similar testing of documented patrilineal descendants, which does not appear to have occurred.
The haplogroup's distribution aligns broadly with East Asian (especially Japanese/Korean) origins, consistent with Antonij's recorded background, but no specific evidence ties it to him personally.

No, Elon Musk is not confirmed to have Y-DNA haplogroup O2b1 (O-F1150).
There are unverified online rumors, primarily from discussions on forums like Eupedia and EthniCelebs, claiming that a leaked 23andMe dataset from around 2023 showed Elon Musk's paternal haplogroup as O-F1150 (an East Asian lineage common in Japan and Korea).
These claims suggest a possible non-paternity event (NPE) in his documented English/South African Musk lineage, as this haplogroup is extremely rare outside East/Southeast Asia and recent immigrants.However:

• Elon Musk has never publicly confirmed any DNA test results or haplogroup.
• The alleged leak has not been independently verified or corroborated by reliable sources.
• His known paternal ancestry traces to English origins (e.g., Suffolk, UK) and Afrikaner/South African lines, where European haplogroups like R1b are expected.
• No results appear in public genetic genealogy projects (e.g., FamilyTreeDNA Musk surname or haplogroup projects).

Without official confirmation or tested descendants in public databases, this remains speculation. Regarding any link to Antonij de Later van Japan (whose potential paternal line could align with East Asian haplogroups like O-F1150 if fully Japanese), there is no evidence connecting the Musk family to him or early Cape Japanese diaspora lineages.
The Musk paternal line does however have interesting links with the crucible of South African history and it is for the reader to decide what deductions are to be made

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Antonij de Later (de la Terre) van Japan (1642 - )

Zacharias Wagenaer was the successor to Jan van Riebeeck and arrived at the Cape in 1662 after he had been the VOC Chief Factor on the island of Djima in the Bay of Nagasaki. ANTONIJ DE LATER (de la Terre) VAN JAPAN, or simply Anthony van Japan, arrived as an enslaved person with Governor Wagenaar.

Anthony van Japan was recorded as being born in Bengal and baptised in Batavia in 1642, but identified as being Japanese. His baptism witnesses and foster parents/slave-owners were Japanese slave owners Johan van Nagasaki and Johanna van Hirado. Anthony possibly was a child surrendered as debt bondage.

There were Japanese people across Southeast Asia and associated with the VoC footprint and thus Anthony may well have been the child of Japanese parents or possibly a Hāfu having one Japanese and one non-Japanese parent known in derogatory and discriminate language as ainoko or konketsuji. 

Because of his appearance to the European eye, at one stage the secretary of the Council of Justice at the Cape referred to Anthony as Anthonij de Chinees. Europeans considered all Asians with what they considered Chinese-like features, to be Chinese overlooking the fact that they originated elsewhere.

When Wagenaer left the Cape in 1666, he left Anthony van Japan as a freeman (Free Black) and granted him and his wife, Annike van Bengal, who was also granted freedom, a plot of land. They we formally married in December 1666. 

After bearing Anthony three children – Elisabet, Abraham and Theuntjie, Annike died in 1671. But by 1673, Anthony van Japan and the mother of his other children, Lysbeth van Bengale, were recorded as having six children, namely, Abraham van de Caep, Elisabet van der Kaap, Theuntje van der Kaap, Anthonij van der Kaap, Maria van der Kaap and Jan van der Kaap. 

In the same year, the marriage of Anthony and Lysbeth was formalised. Not much is known about Anthony van Japan from hereon.

This post feeds into the current narrative of what is white and what is not; what is western culture and what is not.

I believe in diversity of ethnicity and culture and from that is born genius and hopefully, tolerance.

The Roman Empire teaches us that strength did in fact come from incorporation of cultures and ethnicities - allegiance to the nation / republic.