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From: "ljcrain" <>
Subject: Re: [MELUNGEON-DNA] DNA
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 23:47:35 -0500
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Joy; Several Native American DNA experts have told me it is impossible to determine a tribe from a DNA test, either Y chromosome or mtDNA. It may never be possible. Although it may someday be possible to tell a more likely tribe or area. In fact mt can point to likelihood now. But due to trading, raiding and migrating, women were especially mobile. Consider Sacajawea, used as a guide by Lewis and Clark for this very reason. She had been captured as a child by a tribe that took her many hundreds of miles from her homeland. She remembered the way back.

So I am wondering what you are basing the Great Lakes assumption on. Which kind of test was it? And what was his haplogroup?

Janet Crain


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From: "Joy Durrett" <>
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Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 8:39 PM
Subject: [MELUNGEON-DNA] DNA


> We recently had a DNA test done and found out my husband's family came from the Great Lakes region. How do I go about findin the tribe. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.
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> Joy
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