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- Wed Oct 17, 2018 5:57 am
- Forum: Native American
- Topic: Cabeza de Vaca's Gulf Coast Expedition DNA search
- Replies: 5
- Views: 15931
Re: Cabeza de Vaca's Gulf Coast Expedition DNA search
https://narangahtravel.com/2017/11/bay-of-the-holy-spirit/ http://baldwincountyal.gov/all-mobile/community/about-baldwin-county/history-of-baldwin-county/historical-compilations-comprehensive-history https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_Bay Note mentions 4 rivers as does Galveston Mobile Bay is an...
- Wed Oct 17, 2018 5:55 am
- Forum: Native American
- Topic: Cabeza de Vaca's Gulf Coast Expedition DNA search
- Replies: 5
- Views: 15931
Re: Cabeza de Vaca's Gulf Coast Expedition DNA search
“Mobile Bay as the “Bahia del Espiritu Santo.” It credits this name to Spanish explorer Alonso Álvarez de Pineda, who sailed the Gulf’s northern littoral in 1519” https://www.al.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2012/07/historian_finds_reason_to_ques.html http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMKKFZ_Bay_of_t...
- Mon Oct 15, 2018 8:51 am
- Forum: Native American
- Topic: Cabeza de Vaca's Gulf Coast Expedition DNA search
- Replies: 5
- Views: 15931
Re: Cabeza de Vaca's Gulf Coast Expedition DNA search
Interesting, I didn’t think of this with my matches. Melungeon did think of Juan Parfo, and Desoto and others, but this explains certain regional historical matches before later Spanish Settlements.
Cabaza became an Indian Trader.
Cabaza became an Indian Trader.
- Mon Oct 15, 2018 8:48 am
- Forum: Native American
- Topic: Cabeza de Vaca's Gulf Coast Expedition DNA search
- Replies: 5
- Views: 15931
Cabeza de Vaca's Gulf Coast Expedition DNA search
DNA Search There are possible descendents of several noted members, including Lope de Oviedo, of the Narváez expedition whose heritage may originate on the central Gulf Coast. For people with indigenous ancestry of tribes of the Gulf Coast - Atakapa, Chitimacha, Choctaw, Biloxi, Apalachee, and other...
- Mon Oct 08, 2018 10:33 pm
- Forum: Native American
- Topic: Taino
- Replies: 0
- Views: 23927
Taino
“My great-grandmother was pure-blooded Taíno, my mother of mixed blood,” she said. “When I told people I was Taíno, they said, ‘What, are you crazy? There aren’t any left!’ But I don’t believe you have to look a certain way. I have all of my ancestors within me.” Read more: https://www.smithsonianma...
- Sat Sep 22, 2018 5:17 pm
- Forum: African
- Topic: Panel discussion on Ancestry
- Replies: 0
- Views: 41907
Panel discussion on Ancestry
A historian, a geneticist and an anthropologist discussion regarding dna testing, genealogy, cultural
https://m.youtube.com/watch?time_contin ... fullscreen
https://m.youtube.com/watch?time_contin ... fullscreen
- Fri Sep 21, 2018 11:04 am
- Forum: Melungeon
- Topic: John Punch or Bunch Ancestor of Stanley Dunham
- Replies: 1
- Views: 21175
Re: John Punch or Bunch Ancestor of Stanley Dunham- Obama
Click on names to get chart
https://famouskin.com/famous-kin-menu.p ... rack+obama
https://famouskin.com/famous-kin-menu.p ... rack+obama
- Sat Sep 15, 2018 5:49 am
- Forum: World
- Topic: Minoa, Sardinia, Morocco and rh-
- Replies: 1
- Views: 22655
Re: Minoa, Sardinia, Morocco and rh-
PS North African dna matches.
- Sat Sep 15, 2018 5:46 am
- Forum: World
- Topic: Minoa, Sardinia, Morocco and rh-
- Replies: 1
- Views: 22655
Minoa, Sardinia, Morocco and rh-
What’s does Minoa, Sardinia, Morocco , Berbers, and rh- have in common! Me, dna matches that .i couldn’t explain in my research. Atlantis. I knew Rh negative blood type matched Basques and Welsh and some Native American, but seeing this with Plato’s writing, petroglyphs, Red Sea People, And technolo...
- Fri Sep 14, 2018 7:04 am
- Forum: World
- Topic: People of Tenerife m Canary Iskand
- Replies: 0
- Views: 35388