Your email is the first I have received that values "family" stories.
I thank you very much. We always felt our grandmother Clayton knew her
family history and the history of the man she married, Jesse Bolin, it will
be interesting to see if I can find anything.
Bev Lopez
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nancy Scott" <nrscott30(a)yahoo.com>
To: "Indiana Owen Rootsweb" <inowen(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 10:10 AM
Subject: [INOWEN] Cherokee DNA
In regard to tracing family genealogy through DNA:
The Scott researchers have done this for my husband Walter's family, and 3
lines without any links in this country, have found through DNA testing
that they have a common
ancestor, who would have been the generation before Walter's immigrant
ancestor. I think that something could be done to show Cherokee DNA
in one's ancestry, regardless of whether it was through female mitochondrial
DNA or through the male DNA, which is usually used because it shows
mutations more frequently. The University of Illinois history professor,
Frederick E. Hoxie, who has researched American Indians over a long career,
said that, from what he knows about the
movements of Indian population as well as European-Americans,
intermarriage and the accompanying tendency to hide this fact, plus
his knowledge of the numbers of Indians in this country, one should
take seriously the family stories of having an Indian ancestor. It is
more than likely true. Professor Hoxie's books are available through
Interlibrary loan and will prove quite valuable for those interested in
Indians.
Good luck. nancy
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