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From: "R. & G. Stevens" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] mtDNA of H in Native American
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:12:27 -0500
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The possibility exists that your distant relative, if she is absolutely
certain of her Amerindian descent, could be descended from a white female
captive taken by the Cherokee sometime in the early centuries of their
encounters with Europeans.

Cynthia Ann Parker, for example, was a white captive of the Texas Commanche.
She gave birth to Quanah Parker, the famous Commanche chief.

Rich

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Subject: [DNA] mtDNA of H in Native American


>I think I just REALLY ticked off a potential distant relative of mine by
> telling her that her mitochondrial DNA is not typically Cherokee.
> She is quite certain her distant maternal ancestor is full blooded
> Native American. Her HVR1 and HVR2 match mine exactly and this
> is likely to be H2a2 (formerly called H2b) at a branch in the
> Phylogenetic
> Tree at Mitomap just above the CRS in Haplogroup H. So now I need to
> come up an explanation that will satisfy her.
>
> Is there any chance that Native Americans would have gotten
> the H haplogroup any other way than through
> a European admixture within the last 500 years?
> I suppose there were Vikings that came to North America
> before Christopher Columbus and there were some H haplogroups
> that moved into Eastern China then perhaps to North America
> from Alaska. This last possibility seems remote, but then again,
> I am not an expert in this kind of human population genetics,
> so I need your help in determining the probabilities.
>
> I would put my bets on a Native American male taking on a
> European squaw some time in the last 500 years.
>
> I just found another person who did his full Mega mtDNA test and
> he matches me exactly. I am UWJPQ at Mitosearch. We have
> enough distinct mutations that another match should be in the
> same haplogroup and would presumably have the same haplotype.
>
> Kathy J.
>
>
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