Roberta Estes authored or co-authored the following papers:

• Revealing American Indian and Minority Heritage Using Y-line, Mitochondrial, Autosomal and X Chromosomal Testing Data Combined with Pedigree Analysis
• Melungeons, A Multi-Ethnic Population
• Where Have All the Indians Gone – Native American Eastern Seaboard Dispersal, Genealogy and DNA in Relation to Sir Walter Raleigh’s Lost Colony of Roanoke
  • Indians Gone, Appendix A – Current Tribal Status
  • Indians Gone, Appendix B – Warfare and Invasions
  • Indians Gone, Appendix C – Epidemics
  • Indians Gone, Appendix D – Early Opportunities for the Introduction of Non-Native Y-line DNA into Native Tribes