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- Wed Mar 13, 2019 10:13 pm
- Forum: Native American
- Topic: Athabascan GG Slave VA
- Replies: 2
- Views: 23526
Re: Athabascan GG Slave VA
Fascinating! Indian slavery was particularly acute among the "Cherokee," who often kept a very pretty female slave as their concubine. It may be one of the sources of the incredible diversity of Cherokee people.
- Wed Mar 13, 2019 10:10 pm
- Forum: Cherokee
- Topic: Wayne Co KY Cherokees
- Replies: 13
- Views: 49751
Re: Wayne Co KY Cherokees
Shari, Chukchi (North Asian, Siberian) is a substitute result for Native American.
- Wed Mar 06, 2019 8:57 pm
- Forum: Melungeon
- Topic: Melungeon were Portuguese
- Replies: 7
- Views: 39323
Re: Melungeon were Portuguese (and Portuguese Jewish)
Thanks, Robert for the reference to Joanne Pezzulo's blog about Melungeons being Portuguese. Not to split hairs, but Melungeons could refer to non-Portuguese families, too, while Portuguese could refer to Jews. It was a virtual synonym for Jew in the 17-18 cents. You can find explicit usage like tha...
- Wed Mar 06, 2019 8:16 pm
- Forum: Cherokee
- Topic: Melungeon Allele
- Replies: 9
- Views: 34177
Re: Melungeon Allele (Arthur-Needham Expedition)
Richard Thornton and others who have read the Arthur-Needham Expedition Report of 1673 think the people with beards and a 6 foot bell down river from the Tamahitans might have been Armenians. He has a whole post about that: https://peopleofonefire.com/from_armenia_with_love.html. Certainly, the Tama...
- Wed Mar 06, 2019 7:55 pm
- Forum: Cherokee
- Topic: Melungeon Allele
- Replies: 9
- Views: 34177
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: 23978
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: 103788
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: 103788
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: 52326
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: 90060
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...