I am extremely pleased to provide an update on the Haplogroup C-P39 Native American Y DNA project. Marie Rundquist and I as co-administrators have exciting discoveries to share. As it so happens, this announcement comes almost exactly on the 4th … Continue reading
At the November 2016 Family Tree DNA International Conference on Genetic Genealogy, I was invited to give a presentation about my Native American research findings utilizing the Genographic Project data base in addition to other resources. I was very pleased to be … Continue reading
This week, a woman in North Carolina revealed that she descends from the extinct Beothuk tribe in Canada as a result of a DNA test from a Canadian DNA testing company. This has caused quite an uproar, in both genetic … Continue reading
For many years, there has been a quandary in the genealogy community relative to the genesis of mitochondrial haplogroup X2b4. The source of this question was the mitochondrial DNA test results of several of Radegonde Lambert’s descendants. Radegonde Lambert, an Acadian woman, … Continue reading
Haplogroup B2 and subgroups are found among Native Americans and First Nations people in North, Central and South America. However, occurrances of B2c, without a subgroup, are quite rare. In fact, outside of academic publications, I have only been able … Continue reading
Haplogroup C is one of two Native American male haplogroups. More specifically, one specific branch of the haplogroup C tree is Native American which is defined by mutation C-P39 (formerly known as C3b). Ray Banks shows this branch (highlighted in yellow) along … Continue reading
I was very pleased to see the article, “Does Mitochondrial Haplogroup X Indicate Ancient Trans-Atlantic Migration to the Americas? A Critical Re-Evaluation” by Jennifer Raff and Deborah Bolnick. This is one of those topics that gets brought up over and over … Continue reading
Many people have an oral history of Native American heritage. Fold3.com is offering free access to their Native American Collection until November 15th, 2015. Finding that your DNA carries a history of Native heritage often is just the beginning of … Continue reading
Haplogroup C-P39 is the Native American branch of Y DNA paternal haplogroup C. It’s rare as chicken’s teeth. Most Native American males fall into haplogroup Q, making our haplogroup C-P39 project participants quite unusual and unique. So are the tools needed to identify branches … Continue reading
This week has seen a flurry of new scientific and news articles. What has been causing such a stir? It appears that Australian or more accurately, Australo-Melanese DNA has been found in South America’s Native American population. In addition, it … Continue reading
