Revealing American Indian and Minority Heritage by DNA Testing and Traditional Genealogy

 It is an honor to announce the publication at JOGG by Roberta Estes, Administrator of the Lost Colony of Roanoke and the Cumberland Gap DNA Projects along with co-administrator of the Melungeon DNA Project, Hatteras Island, Carolina Native Heritage and several other DNA projects. This is a peer reviewed article which has passed scrutiny by a panel of highly respected DNA experts. This paper is a must read by genealogists who are using any of the various types of DNA testing available.  -  History Chasers

Roberta Estes's new academic paper has been published as of Sunday. It's free in the Journal of Genetic Genealogy sponsored by ISOGG.

The paper, titled "Revealing American Indian and Minority Heritage using Y-line, Mitochondrial, Autosomal and X Chromosomal Testing Data Combined with Pedigree Analysis" is at the link below:

http://www.jogg.info/62/files/Estes.pdf 

The index of the entire journal is available at this link:

http://www.jogg.info/62/index.html

It is a long process to publish a paper at JOGG. Roberta was invited to write this article in March of 2009 and it was submitted a year ago with final revisions in July.

It will also be on her website shortly as well at www.dnaexplain.com under the Publications tab. Lots of free goodies there too.

Abstract:

As a project administrator of several historically based genetic genealogy projects, such as the Lost Colony, Cumberland Gap, Melungeon, Carolina Native Heritage and Hatteras Island projects which involve thousands of participants, I routinely receive questions from individuals who have an oral history of Native American heritage and would like to use genetic genealogical tools to prove, or disprove, their oral history.  This paper documents the various discovery steps and processes using different types of DNA testing for a typical individual participant and appropriate family members whocarry an oral Native history combined with genealogical evidence that has been forthcoming during the elapsed years since genetic testing for genealogy first because available.  Each test along with associated benefits and detriments are discussed in relation to the analysis of minority ancestry.  The conclusion combines the information from all the various tests, pedigree analysis and genealogical evidence, discussing which tests are beneficial and most accurate, and which ones are not useful, and why.

    

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Family Tree DNA Announces Fantastic Sale

Received by project administrators tonight:

Dear Family Tree DNA Group Administrator,

Last summer we offered a pricing special that was the most successful
offering of its kind in our company’s history.

Many project administrators strongly supported our recruitment efforts and
both their projects and our database grew significantly.
This year we will offer an early summer special with an unparalleled
promotional discount.

Offer summary:

• Y-DNA37+mtDNA for $119. (The regular project price is $248 – a reduction
of more than 50%!!)

• The promotion will begin on June 9, 2009 and will end on June 24, 2009

• Kits ordered in this sale must be paid for by June 30, 2009

This is your new members’ opportunity to skip past the Y-DNA12 and Y-DNA25
tests and get the best Y-DNA Genealogical test on the market in addition to
an mtDNA test for an extremely reduced price!

I should also mention that according to one of our competitors’ method of
counting markers our 37-marker test could also be called a “41-marker test”
as we do
test and report markers 464e, 464f, 464g, and DYS19b. Though we test them,
it is very rare that individuals have results for these markers. Therefore,
by
our conservative counting method, our competitor's “33-marker test” is
actually a “29-marker test.” We mention this to make sure that you
understand the difference
between these tests and are able to compare “apples to apples.”

So... I hope that with this promotion your project can gain many new
members.

As always, that you for your continued support.

Max Blankfeld
Vice-President, Operations and Marketing
http://www.FamilyTreeDNA.com
"History Unearthed Daily"
max@familytreedna.com
713-868-1438


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Thousands Of Humans Inhabited New World's Doorstep For 20,000 Years

Thousands Of Humans Inhabited New World's Doorstep For 20,000 Years

ScienceDaily (2008-02-13) -- The human journey from Asia to the New World was interrupted by a 20,000-year layover in Beringia. Furthermore, the New World was colonized by approximately 1,000 to 5,000 people -- a substantially higher number than the 100 individuals of previous estimates. The developments help shape understanding of how the Americas came to be populated -- not through a single expansion event but in three distinct stages separated by thousands of generations. ...

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