Thanks for the information.
Bev
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From: <ALANMCCUL(a)aol.com>
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Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 11:25 AM
Subject: Re: [INOWEN] Cherokee DNA
There is a very old adage in genealogy that states that if there is
a
family
rumor or legend that somewhere in the lineage, there was an Indian that
married into the family, believe it - it's true.
Most people have Native American bloodlines in the United States and
don't
even realize it.
The further back in history your family lines go in the US, the stronger
your chances are of descending from Native American bloodlines.
If you had an ancestor that was alive in the US in the Revolutionary War
time frame, you'd most likely be 9 to 11 generations removed from that
period.
(Most people that have traced their background that far are).
Assuming that you had two marriages in the family line that were between
cousins (not an uncommon thing when you research 18th and 19th century
marriages), then you'd be looking at 512 ancestors on the baseline. If
you had no
intermarriages between cousins, then you'd have 2048 ancestors on the
baseline.
What do you think the probability is that NONE of the 512 ancestors on
the
baseline had NO Native American bloodlines what-so-ever? If your
ancestors
were all in Europe, that would be entirely believable.
In the US, though, on the frontier in pioneer days - going forward in
time -
I think it extremley un likely that anyone with ancestry that far back in
the US history would NOT have any NA bloodlines.
I was over 50 before I stumbled on to the realization that I had NA blood
lines.
I have a Central Asian cranial ridge.
I have Central Asian shovel teeth.
I have an epicantal fold in my eyelids and my eyes are almond shaped.
(You
can look these up on the web and see if you have those characteristics).
To look at me, you'd see a blond haired, blue eyed caucasian of European
ancestry. UNTIL you use a discriminating eye and can see the Asian
influence in
me.
I don't think you'll find a Cherokee specific DNA - you'd find NA DNA -
but
tribal distinctions, I think, were more political and social then
genetic.
ESPECIALLY the Cherokee - they were extremely diverse in their
distribution -
from the Carolinas to Texas to Oklahoma.
At any rate - check your bone structure. See if you don't have a bump at
the base of your skull - classically half the size of a golf ball. See
if your
teeth are tapered on the interior. Look at your eyes - are they almond
shaped? Is there a slight fold of skin on your eyelids or around the
corner of
your eyes? This is folkore on the web - it MAY be valid. Is your second
toe
longer than the big toe? If so, this is also said to indicate NA
bloodlines.
Food for thought.
Alan McCullough
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