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by dpyates
Wed May 15, 2024 7:28 pm
Forum: Haplotypes
Topic: Basic Haplotype Test NEW
Replies: 3
Views: 5

Re: Basic Haplotype Test NEW

Here is a sample haplotype map....

by dpyates
Wed May 15, 2024 7:25 pm
Forum: Haplotypes
Topic: Basic Haplotype Test NEW
Replies: 3
Views: 5

Re: Basic Haplotype Test NEW sample report

Here is a bit of background and some unformated sample results. You can download a complete sample report in color on the product page on site: https://dnaconsultants.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Basic-Haplotype-Sample.pdf Method Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) was isolated from a specimen submitted t...
by dpyates
Wed May 15, 2024 7:16 pm
Forum: Haplotypes
Topic: Basic Haplotype Test NEW
Replies: 3
Views: 5

Re: Basic Haplotype Test NEW - FAQs

Frequently asked questions (FAQs) What makes the Basic Haplotype DNA Test different from other ancestry tests available on the market? The Basic Haplotype DNA Test stands apart due to its focus on analyzing specific haplotypes, which are unique combinations of DNA inherited from a single parent. Un...
by dpyates
Wed May 15, 2024 7:14 pm
Forum: Haplotypes
Topic: Basic Haplotype Test NEW
Replies: 3
Views: 5

Basic Haplotype Test NEW

On May 1, DNA Consultants introduced its new forensic ancestry test, Basic Haplotype Test. Here is the[url]description https://dnaconsultants.com/product/our-tests/haplotype-test/[/url] from our website. It has been said, “Every part of DNA has meaning… if only we could read it.” With the Basic Hapl...
by dpyates
Thu Dec 28, 2023 7:12 pm
Forum: African
Topic: Africans in Early American pre History
Replies: 3
Views: 67751

Re: Africans in Early American pre History

Thank you for posting, Jakay.
by dpyates
Tue Dec 31, 2019 12:29 am
Forum: Native American
Topic: Austin and Rice surnames
Replies: 4
Views: 25342

Re: Austin and Rice surnames

Yes, Austin is a Melungeon name. The males test as having Sub-Saharan African Y chromosome types. They are all the same family. John Austin came out of Virginia/N.C. and married Hannah Love about 1720. Their grandchildren married Blevinses. All were Jewish or crypto-Jewish. Bill Emmet and Charles Au...
by dpyates
Tue Dec 31, 2019 12:19 am
Forum: Melungeon
Topic: Melungeon Skunk Strip/ Stripe
Replies: 5
Views: 25312

Re: Melungeon Skunk Strip/ Stripe

Actually, I have a sort of skunk strip, and my great uncle Melmut Lackey really had a noticeable one. I usually dye mine well. I'm sorry to say I don't know how to post photos here.
by dpyates
Wed Dec 11, 2019 7:10 pm
Forum: Cherokee
Topic: Enrolled Cherokees
Replies: 3
Views: 21677

Re: Enrolled Cherokees

It's not possible to determine where the 33 Enrolled Cherokee were sampled, maybe in California where the U of C at Davis lab and authors were located, maybe in North Carolina, but they were all enrolled card carrying members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, whose members live around Cheroke...
by dpyates
Wed Dec 11, 2019 7:00 pm
Forum: Native American
Topic: A few family photos
Replies: 9
Views: 33411

Re: A few family photos

Thanks for posting. Your great grandfather DeLoss Crittenden Ford looks quite Choctaw in my opinion, although a quick search shows Crittenden is usually Cherokee and DeLoss is Kiowa.
by dpyates
Sat Apr 13, 2019 11:40 pm
Forum: Native American
Topic: Croatans and Croatians
Replies: 0
Views: 38637

Croatans and Croatians

It has long been thought the origin of the Croatan Indians of N.C. lay in the "Lost Colony," which supposedly took refuge with a nearby Croatian colony among the Indians. Do Croatan Indians look Croatian. Here's a comparison between C.D. Brewington, the tribal historian of the Croatan Indi...

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