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- Wed Mar 06, 2019 7:55 pm
- Forum: Cherokee
- Topic: Melungeon Allele
- Replies: 9
- Views: 34793
Re: Melungeon Allele (Armenians and Cherokees)
Raven Spirit remarked on her strong Armenian matches. As is well known, Cher claimed to be Armenian and Cherokee, though she later seemed to toss out the Cherokee and point to Armenian exclusively. Here are some pictures and background on Armenians from the first chapter I am currently writing of Ch...
- Wed Mar 06, 2019 7:13 pm
- Forum: Native American
- Topic: Ancient DNA confirms Native Americans’ deep roots in North and South America
- Replies: 3
- Views: 24311
Re: Ancient DNA confirms Native Americans’ deep roots in North and South America
Ravenspirit, You are certainly right about the shifting "peopling of the Americas" and South America becoming much more complex and prominent. The jury is still out whether there was an early Austronesian/Australian wave but that seems likely. In both N and S America there was a lot more m...
- Wed Mar 06, 2019 6:16 pm
- Forum: Jewish
- Topic: Jewish Surname index
- Replies: 20
- Views: 105642
Re: Jewish Surname index (Part 2 Kagan-Zuntz)
Here is the second part of the index to Book of Jewish and Crypto-Jewish Surnames... https://dnaconsultants.com/product/bookstore/book-of-jewish-and-crypto-jewish-surnames/ Kagan 95 Kahn 16 Kahn 101 Kaiser 18 Kalma, Kalm 43 Kalman 40 Kalmanok 43 Kalmanov 43 Kalmanovich 43 Kalmanowicz 43 Kalmanski 43...
- Wed Mar 06, 2019 6:11 pm
- Forum: Jewish
- Topic: Jewish Surname index
- Replies: 20
- Views: 105642
Re: Jewish Surname index (Part 1 Aaron-Julius)
I'm going to post the index to Book of Jewish and Crypto-Jewish Surnames (published 2018). This is by no means complete, however. It does not duplicate names in the "trilogy" (When Scotland Was Jewish, Jews and Muslims, Early Jews and Muslims) nor list all variants (those for the "Goo...
- Fri Mar 24, 2017 10:06 pm
- Forum: Jewish
- Topic: Surnames Cohen and Coffin
- Replies: 1
- Views: 52628
Re: Surnames Cohen and Coffin
Yes, Coffin is a corruption of Cohen through the Spanish, which pronounced h like ff. Coggin is the same. Both are common in Scotland.
- Thu May 12, 2016 5:50 pm
- Forum: Romani
- Topic: Genetics of the Rom
- Replies: 8
- Views: 91577
Genetics of the Rom
Here is the latest study, from European Journal of Human Genetics. What interests me are the mitochondrial lines of founder Gypsy women H7, J1b3, J1c1, M18, M35b, M5a1, U3, and X2d. Does anyone have these haplogroups in their family in tandem with Gypsy heritage? http://www.nature.com/ejhg/journal/v...
- Tue Jan 26, 2016 11:02 pm
- Forum: Jewish
- Topic: Jewish markers with Iberian background
- Replies: 37
- Views: 232404
Re: Jewish markers with Iberian background
This means you received a Jewish I marker from one parent and a Jewish III from one parent (not necessarily the same parent). The most you can say is that you have Jewish ancestry from one parent, possibly both. The difference between Jewish I and Jewish III is explained in the report: JEWISH. These...
- Tue Jan 26, 2016 6:44 pm
- Forum: Jewish
- Topic: Jewish markers with Iberian background
- Replies: 37
- Views: 232404
Re: Jewish markers with Iberian background
Here is an information page for Majorcan Jews - Chueta (n=102) as a population match in our method: http://dnaconsultants.com/dnapops/majorcan-jews. It is interesting to note that Israeli courts have specifically acknowledged Majorcan Chuetas as having the right of return: "Rabbinical Court Rec...
- Tue Jan 26, 2016 6:38 pm
- Forum: Jewish
- Topic: Jewish markers with Iberian background
- Replies: 37
- Views: 232404
Re: Jewish markers with Iberian background
Do you have one checkmark or two for Jewish I? And for Jewish II?
- Tue Jan 26, 2016 1:23 am
- Forum: Jewish
- Topic: Jewish markers with Iberian background
- Replies: 37
- Views: 232404
Re: Jewish markers with Iberian background
Welcome to the Jewish Forum. Which two Jewish markers do you have. I can tell you more when I see whether you got one checkmark or two under Jewish I, II, III or IV.