Welcome to DNA Ancestor Communities! Here you can learn about your own ancestry as well as explore wide-ranging topics such as genetics, genealogy, and world history. We have ten DNA Ancestry forums, including several found nowhere else, such as Melungeon, Romani, and Cherokee. You may read any posts in any forum but to reply or start a new thread you must register. Please click at the top right corner to register or log in.
If you're not sure where to start, register, choose a forum, and jump in. DNA Ancestor Communities is for everyone, from novice to expert. Our experienced moderators will be happy to guide you during your search for answers and information, and of course everyone likes to hear personal stories. Come on in!
Search found 42 matches
- Wed Dec 11, 2019 7:00 pm
- Forum: Native American
- Topic: A few family photos
- Replies: 9
- Views: 33498
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.
- Sat Apr 13, 2019 11:40 pm
- Forum: Native American
- Topic: Croatans and Croatians
- Replies: 0
- Views: 38780
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...
- Sun Mar 31, 2019 6:59 pm
- Forum: Jewish
- Topic: Jewish 1 and 3 Alleles
- Replies: 4
- Views: 24809
Re: Jewish 1 and 3 Alleles
The columns register a hit for that marker which you received from one parent. It's not apparent on the face of it which parent contributed that marker to you if there is only one check mark on a row. But if there are two on a row you can conclude you got that marker from both parents. Remember, how...
- Fri Mar 22, 2019 5:10 pm
- Forum: Melungeon
- Topic: Studying Them Melungeons (podcast)
- Replies: 0
- Views: 36197
Studying Them Melungeons (podcast)
Melungeons are the subject of DNA Consultants' fourth episode of Time Traveler's Suitcase. Pete Ferrand travels to Newmans Ridge, Tennessee, where he witnesses a battle over the definition of the term Melungeon. Reading by Ginger Cuculo of the chapter “Cyberfeud on the Ridge” from Ancestors and Enem...
- Wed Mar 13, 2019 10:18 pm
- Forum: Cherokee
- Topic: Melungeon Allele
- Replies: 9
- Views: 34585
Re: Melungeon Allele
Emmdee, Are you in our Cherokee DNA Study? Please email me at dpy@dnaconsultants.com as I am reviewing the Armenian matches of Cherokees. Or just tell me what your name is and I'll look up your profile.
- Wed Mar 13, 2019 10:16 pm
- Forum: Hispanic
- Topic: Possible False Hispanic match if you have NA ancestry
- Replies: 6
- Views: 67661
Re: Possible False Hispanic match if you have NA ancestry
Shari, Did you test again after Feb. 2017, when we added four Armenian populations? Did you get Armenian matches. It is a close question.
- Wed Mar 13, 2019 10:13 pm
- Forum: Native American
- Topic: Athabascan GG Slave VA
- Replies: 2
- Views: 23753
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: 50302
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: 39704
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: 34585
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...