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by dpyates
Mon Nov 30, 2015 8:14 pm
Forum: Jewish
Topic: Jewish markers with Iberian background
Replies: 37
Views: 220339

Re: Jewish markers with Iberian background

Hi, Lori, and welcome to the Jewish forum! As Sue remarked, Jewish and Middle Eastern are overlapping populations. Genetically, there is little difference between an Arab and a Jew, Palestinian and Israeli (except the Israeli may have more European admixture). You question about blood type is not re...
by dpyates
Mon Nov 30, 2015 8:06 pm
Forum: Native American
Topic: Delaware Indians
Replies: 2
Views: 11084

Re: Delaware Indians

Believe it or not, despite their importance, the Delaware Indians have not been studied much. At the end of the removal period, Delawares were forcibly joined together with the Cherokee in northeast Indian Territory. They were formerly blood enemies. They were denied any reservation in the East or M...
by dpyates
Mon Nov 09, 2015 4:14 am
Forum: Cherokee
Topic: Blackfox-Inali-Enoli
Replies: 2
Views: 11648

Re: Blackfox-Inali-Enoli

Hi, I'm not sure how this could work. I also am (doubly) descended from two of Black Fox's daughters, Mary Ann and Nancy. From what I can piece together, their mother passed them a J1a haplotype. It led to late adult onset blindness in descendants that also married J's. There was a lot of intermarri...
by dpyates
Mon Nov 09, 2015 4:01 am
Forum: Jewish
Topic: Jewish Surname index
Replies: 20
Views: 96881

Re: Jewish Surname index

Hi, Thanks for your vote of confidence. This has become a familiar story to us at DNA Consultants. Not everyone, however, has been as enthusiastic in accepting the evidence. It is indeed a life changing experience, for generations of the family. Jewish Gen is also a great place to search, and you ca...
by dpyates
Tue Jul 14, 2015 9:07 pm
Forum: World
Topic: Green dot in pacific ocean
Replies: 4
Views: 12144

Re: Green dot in pacific ocean

I am guessing it is Guam, for which our population name is Chamorros - Guam (n = 97). Those are the native Polynesians on the island. There are also Filipinos there for which we have data.We are behind on completing the population pages, but here is a copy of the one on Guam that will eventually be ...
by dpyates
Tue Jul 14, 2015 8:56 pm
Forum: Native American
Topic: Guatemalan Mestizo
Replies: 8
Views: 24923

Re: Guatemalan Mestizo

Our data comes from this study: Guatemala Mestizo Population Data on 15 STR Loci (Identifiler Kit), JFS, 2006, p1216-1218. Guatemala is the only country in the world with a genetic Native American majority, though many of its people claim to be Spanish because that is more prestigious. Most of its N...

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