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- Thu Sep 17, 2015 5:32 pm
- Forum: Romani
- Topic: Education for American Romani Children
- Replies: 0
- Views: 24043
Education for American Romani Children
Education for American Romani children continues to be problematic. “The Schooling of Romani Americans: An Overview,” is an article by Dr. Ian Hancock who has delved into the complex set of circumstances making the establishing of schools for Romani children so difficult to attain in America today -...
- Wed Sep 16, 2015 8:16 pm
- Forum: Cherokee
- Topic: Do I have Cherokee Ancestry?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 58748
Re: Do I have Cherokee Ancestry?
William Sherrill, Sr. (1666 - 1720) had two sons SHERRILL - William, Jr. and Adam - and two daughters SHERRILL - Mary and Margaret - who married two PERKINS. William, Jr.’s grandson David had a large family. Adam had eight sons, born from 1723 through the 1740s, all of whom had children, mostly larg...
- Wed Sep 16, 2015 4:30 pm
- Forum: Cherokee
- Topic: Do I have Cherokee Ancestry?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 58748
Re: Do I have Cherokee Ancestry?
My guess is that the earlier Sherrills did not include Athabaskan. I think I'll wait on the test. Eventually I may just have a "rerun" of my whole test done. You're close to learning details about William, Jr.'s later life. It would be great if you can find a link to your line. Only one of...
- Wed Sep 02, 2015 9:19 pm
- Forum: Cherokee
- Topic: Do I have Cherokee Ancestry?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 58748
Re: Do I have Cherokee Ancestry?
If you took the Fingerprint Plus DNA test before December 2014, you would not have had Cherokee DNA listed on your test. Thus, you may wish to take the Cherokee DNA test at http://dnaconsultants.com/CatalogueRetrieve.aspx?ProductID=9567238&A=SearchResult&SearchID=8932105&ObjectID=9567238...
- Sat Aug 15, 2015 9:02 pm
- Forum: Romani
- Topic: My Ancestors Were Gypsies, Book Review
- Replies: 6
- Views: 36268
Re: My Ancestors Were Gypsies, Book Review
Teresa, I love your childhood story. I remember thinking as a child - this is who we are, but who are we? My little cousin was beautiful with brown eyes and darker skin and I wondered. We knew nothing about our Romani, Jewish or Native American ancestors. I guess I was an example of a budding DNA Co...
- Thu Aug 13, 2015 9:50 pm
- Forum: Cherokee
- Topic: Sherrill/Perkins Family
- Replies: 2
- Views: 17901
Re: Sherrill/Perkins Family
Hi Bailey, You will find some answers to your Sherrill-Perkins questions in THE WILLIAM SHERRILL, JR. BIOGRAPHY AND FAMILY HISTORY that Wanda Clark and I put together. As I said, I’ll be glad to send it by email attachment but I will need your email address. Wanda is almost 97 now. She was a wonderf...
- Thu Aug 13, 2015 4:45 pm
- Forum: Romani
- Topic: My Ancestors Were Gypsies, Book Review
- Replies: 6
- Views: 36268
Re: My Ancestors Were Gypsies, Book Review
My test results indicate both Romani and Jewish ancestry. My two Romani Shetland Island great…grandmothers FEA (born mid-1700s) married into a Jewish family although by that time they had become Christian. Many ancestors of both of my parents had anglicized Jewish surnames from the British Isles. (R...
- Sun Aug 09, 2015 2:41 pm
- Forum: Romani
- Topic: My Ancestors Were Gypsies, Book Review
- Replies: 6
- Views: 36268
Re: My Ancestors Were Gypsies, Book Review
D J, thanks for this. Learning about our ancient or recent Romani ancestors is so interesting. Some of us would not have been aware of them without our DNA test results.
- Wed Aug 05, 2015 5:03 pm
- Forum: Native American
- Topic: Native American - Choles - Chiapas Mexico
- Replies: 3
- Views: 11383
Re: Native American - Choles - Chiapas Mexico
Thanks for this article. What an unstable and difficult history the people of Chiapas, Mexico have endured.
There is a section telling about the Choles - scroll down a little more than half-way. It would be so interesting to know the story of how our family inherited this DNA.
There is a section telling about the Choles - scroll down a little more than half-way. It would be so interesting to know the story of how our family inherited this DNA.
- Tue Aug 04, 2015 5:53 pm
- Forum: World
- Topic: Green Dot in Siberia
- Replies: 0
- Views: 7426
Green Dot in Siberia
Generally, what could a #1 World Population Rank mean? Could it suggest strong DNA passed on to the tested person by a most recent ancestor’s line or could it mean other things? Specifically, my #1 - RUSSIA - CHUKCHI, is one of the many surprises within my DNA test results. This is from https://en.w...