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- Sat Jan 09, 2016 11:32 pm
- Forum: African
- Topic: Cape Verde match
- Replies: 1
- Views: 11163
Re: Cape Verde match
It refers to Cape Verde Islands, which belong to Brazil, and are a highly mixed (Spanish/Portuguese and African) population.
- Sat Jan 09, 2016 11:31 pm
- Forum: Hispanic
- Topic: South America Map
- Replies: 1
- Views: 21793
Re: South America Map
It depends, but most are Brazilian, Venezuelan etc. Latin American or Spanish/Portuguese/mixed. The triangles in Brazil and Trinidad are African.
Re: Map
Most of the green dots in South American refer to Iberian (Spanish/Portuguese) American (mixed with American Indian) but there are four or five that are purely indigenous populations (Amazonian Indian, Kichwa), and the triangles refer to African there.
- Wed Jan 06, 2016 12:18 am
- Forum: World
- Topic: Just curious
- Replies: 3
- Views: 25681
Re: Just curious
That's because there are a lot of African states.
- Wed Dec 30, 2015 11:03 pm
- Forum: World
- Topic: Just curious
- Replies: 3
- Views: 25681
Re: Just curious
No, we report the populations as they are named in the database.
- Tue Dec 22, 2015 5:26 am
- Forum: African
- Topic: Source (Sample) populations for the Sub-Saharan African III marker
- Replies: 2
- Views: 13172
Re: Source (Sample) populations for the Sub-Saharan African III marker
It's not possible to say, since African DNA is uniformly spread across Sub-Saharan Africa. If I had to guess, I'd say Central Africa or Eastern Rift Region. The Ethnic Motif Map doesn't indicate.
- Mon Nov 30, 2015 8:14 pm
- Forum: Jewish
- Topic: Jewish markers with Iberian background
- Replies: 37
- Views: 231399
Re: Jewish markers with Iberian background
Hi, Lori, and welcome to the Jewish forum! As Sue remarked, Jewish and Middle Eastern are overlapping populations. Genetically, there is little difference between an Arab and a Jew, Palestinian and Israeli (except the Israeli may have more European admixture). You question about blood type is not re...
- Mon Nov 30, 2015 8:06 pm
- Forum: Native American
- Topic: Delaware Indians
- Replies: 2
- Views: 11274
Re: Delaware Indians
Believe it or not, despite their importance, the Delaware Indians have not been studied much. At the end of the removal period, Delawares were forcibly joined together with the Cherokee in northeast Indian Territory. They were formerly blood enemies. They were denied any reservation in the East or M...
- Mon Nov 09, 2015 4:14 am
- Forum: Cherokee
- Topic: Blackfox-Inali-Enoli
- Replies: 2
- Views: 12834
Re: Blackfox-Inali-Enoli
Hi, I'm not sure how this could work. I also am (doubly) descended from two of Black Fox's daughters, Mary Ann and Nancy. From what I can piece together, their mother passed them a J1a haplotype. It led to late adult onset blindness in descendants that also married J's. There was a lot of intermarri...
- Mon Nov 09, 2015 4:01 am
- Forum: Jewish
- Topic: Jewish Surname index
- Replies: 20
- Views: 105220
Re: Jewish Surname index
Hi, Thanks for your vote of confidence. This has become a familiar story to us at DNA Consultants. Not everyone, however, has been as enthusiastic in accepting the evidence. It is indeed a life changing experience, for generations of the family. Jewish Gen is also a great place to search, and you ca...