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From: Barbara Ellison <>
Subject: Re: [Melungeon] Re: DNA website I found
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 10:47:58 -0500
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Thanks, I'll see if I can find it..
B.E.
----- Original Message -----
From: "JECrain" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 10:27 AM
Subject: Re: [Melungeon] Re: DNA website I found


> Barbara; Because the test used only shows the maternal parent back to
> infinity. The mother's mother's mother, etc. And she, in this case, was
> apparently European. Get "The Seven Daughters of Eve" by Dr. Bryan Sykes.
He
> explains it really well. The type of test was great for proving his theory
> about the waves of migration into Europe, using thousands of samples. But
I
> see little value to be derived from a small sampling.
>
> Janet Crain
>
>
> ----- 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.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Cleland" <>
> > To: <>
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 9:08 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Melungeon] Re: DNA website I found
> >
> >
> > > Dennis,
> > > Maybe I can help with the DNA explanation. This is fact and not
> hear
> > > say. I know that 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.
> > > This is fact not fiction.
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Dennis Maggard" <>
> > > To: <>
> > > Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 7:15 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [Melungeon] Re: DNA website I found
> > >
> > >
> > > > From: <>
> > > >
> > > > > In a message dated 10/04/2002 2:34:59 PM US Mountain Standard
Time,
> > > > > writes:
> > > > >
> > > > > << Kathy; For those they use nuclear DNA, which is not the part
used
> > for
> > > > these
> > > > > mt or Y tests >>
> > > > >
> > > > > The Y chromosome is nuclear.
> > > >
> > > > Quite right.
> > > >
> > > > The last time around this mulberry bush I discovered that trying to
> > > explain
> > > > DNA and DNA testing is a never ending quagmire, and, at least for
now,
> I
> > > do
> > > > not have the time, energy or inclination to get bogged down in it
> again.
> > > > Suffice it to say that there has been a wealth of misinformation on
> DNA
> > > > posted since this morning, including much confusion between
individual
> > > > testing and population studies. If the critics of the Melungeon DNA
> > study
> > > > are right, Dr. Jones will soon be laughed out of his profession and
I
> > will
> > > > apologize to the list for having defended it. My advice to you,
> however,
> > > is,
> > > > don't hold your breath.
> > > >
> > > > Dennis
> > > >
> > > >
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