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by suelevin1
Wed Jul 22, 2015 2:33 pm
Forum: African
Topic: Sub-Saharan Africa
Replies: 2
Views: 11412

Re: Sub-Saharan Africa

Thanks for the clarification! That is very good information and should trigger conversations.

Sue
by suelevin1
Tue Jul 21, 2015 4:35 pm
Forum: African
Topic: Sub-Saharan Africa
Replies: 2
Views: 11412

Sub-Saharan Africa

I am embarrassed to say that I had no idea exactly where the Sahara desert extends to. I knew it was huge but thought it was in central Africa. The map below shows it be be in north central Africa and stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea. If you have had DNA testing completed and got ma...
by suelevin1
Tue Jul 21, 2015 4:24 pm
Forum: Rare Genes from History
Topic: Are you related to King Tut?
Replies: 8
Views: 43828

Are you related to King Tut?

If you have ancestry in the Middle East or southern Europe, you might be! King Tut's father, Akhenaten, has passed down a rare gene that is still identifiable today. (King Tut did, too, but his is not as widespread- he only lived to be 19 years old.) Naturally, it is most common in today's Copts, de...
by suelevin1
Tue Jul 21, 2015 3:29 pm
Forum: World
Topic: Green dot in pacific ocean
Replies: 4
Views: 12106

Re: Green dot in pacific ocean

I'm sorry, I wasn't able to find your report. However, I can tell you that Asian is a common very deep ancestral marker for someone with Native American ancestry as many Asians migrated through Alaska into the northwestern US and Canada.
by suelevin1
Tue Jul 21, 2015 3:23 pm
Forum: Hispanic
Topic: Iberian DNA Versus Iberian American DNA
Replies: 1
Views: 17457

Re: Iberian DNA Versus Iberian American DNA

Raven, Iberian is Spanish/Portuguese and Iberian American is Hispanic. From your description, this matches your and your mother's results. Your Native American II marker is common among people with ties to populations in North and South America. It is impossible to determine which markers came from ...
by suelevin1
Sat Jul 18, 2015 4:46 pm
Forum: Romani
Topic: Map - Gypsy Migrations 900-1720
Replies: 1
Views: 18812

Re: Map - Gypsy Migrations 900-1720

What a beautiful map! I had no idea about the journey of the Romani.
by suelevin1
Fri Jul 17, 2015 3:57 pm
Forum: World
Topic: Green dot in pacific ocean
Replies: 4
Views: 12106

Re: Green dot in pacific ocean

Meg, when was your report completed? I may be able to look at it.


Sue
by suelevin1
Wed Jul 15, 2015 9:16 pm
Forum: Melungeon
Topic: What is Melungeon?
Replies: 2
Views: 8794

What is Melungeon?

Have you recently learned that you have Melungeon in your background? Are you wondering what that means? Briefly, the Melungeon people are associated with the Cumberland Gap region of Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia. They are European, thought by some to be of Portuguese or Greek ancestry. We welc...
by suelevin1
Wed Jul 15, 2015 9:00 pm
Forum: Hispanic
Topic: Hispanic Heritage
Replies: 3
Views: 22075

Hispanic Heritage

Are you wondering about your Hispanic heritage? Ask a question here and we will try to help!
by suelevin1
Sun Jul 12, 2015 11:05 pm
Forum: Cherokee
Topic: familytreedna MTdna test confirms Native
Replies: 3
Views: 8839

Re: familytreedna MTdna test confirms Native

Meg82 and Arroyah, I am the administrator for the site and we are actively trying to eliminate the spam. We may have to delete all users in order to quickly clean it up. If so, please reregister. I apologize for the confusion and we hope to have the site up and running cleanly soon. Thanks for under...

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