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by Shari
Thu Sep 17, 2015 5:32 pm
Forum: Romani
Topic: Education for American Romani Children
Replies: 0
Views: 19695

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 -...
by Shari
Wed Sep 16, 2015 8:16 pm
Forum: Cherokee
Topic: Do I have Cherokee Ancestry?
Replies: 12
Views: 46741

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...
by Shari
Wed Sep 16, 2015 4:30 pm
Forum: Cherokee
Topic: Do I have Cherokee Ancestry?
Replies: 12
Views: 46741

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...
by Shari
Wed Sep 02, 2015 9:19 pm
Forum: Cherokee
Topic: Do I have Cherokee Ancestry?
Replies: 12
Views: 46741

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...
by Shari
Sat Aug 15, 2015 9:02 pm
Forum: Romani
Topic: My Ancestors Were Gypsies, Book Review
Replies: 6
Views: 29072

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...
by Shari
Thu Aug 13, 2015 9:50 pm
Forum: Cherokee
Topic: Sherrill/Perkins Family
Replies: 2
Views: 15119

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...
by Shari
Thu Aug 13, 2015 4:45 pm
Forum: Romani
Topic: My Ancestors Were Gypsies, Book Review
Replies: 6
Views: 29072

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...
by Shari
Sun Aug 09, 2015 2:41 pm
Forum: Romani
Topic: My Ancestors Were Gypsies, Book Review
Replies: 6
Views: 29072

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.
by Shari
Wed Aug 05, 2015 5:03 pm
Forum: Native American
Topic: Native American - Choles - Chiapas Mexico
Replies: 3
Views: 9256

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.
by Shari
Tue Aug 04, 2015 5:53 pm
Forum: World
Topic: Green Dot in Siberia
Replies: 0
Views: 6075

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...

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