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From: Barbara Ellison <>
Subject: Re: [Melungeon] Re: DNA website I found
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 10:22:05 -0500
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OK....that makes more sense then...Thanks.
B.E.
----- Original Message -----
From: Cindy & Steve Hartman
To: Barbara Ellison ;
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 6:12 AM
Subject: Re: [Melungeon] Re: DNA website I found


Well, the post was a little unclear. I believe he meant that the woman married a full-blooded Indian and had a daughter. Then the DAUGHTER married a full-blooded Indian and had a daughter who was 3/4. But the mtDNA - from daughter to mother to mother, etc. would show European because the Indian line came in on the dad's side.

Cindy
----- Original Message -----
From: Barbara Ellison
To:
Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 10:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Melungeon] Re: DNA website I found


Oh boy have you just confused the heck out of me....How could someone who
married a fullblood Indian have a child that was 3/4 Indian unless the other
parent was half Indian already? And how could a 3/4 Indian show as Northern
European????
B.E.

mtDNA was done on a female back to a lady that was listed
> in the census as "FPC". She was identified as Northern European (Helena)
> Just for an example; this lady could have been married to a full blooded
> Cherokee and had a daughter who would have been half Cherokee. She could
> have married a full blooded Cherokee and had a daughter who would have
been
> 3\4 Cherokee. The mtDNA would show the last daughter as Northern European.


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