Anomalous Mitochondrial DNA Lineages in the Cherokee - See more at: dnaconsultants/_blog/DNA_Consultants_Blog/post/Anomalous_Mitochondrial_DNA_Lineages_in_the_Cherokee/#sthash.0TM7gI1l.s5E7VhKc.dpuf The geneticists always seem to cry post-Columbian admixture, says Stephen C. Jett, a geographer at the University of California at Davis, but fail to take into account that there are no plausible post-Columbian sources for the particular genetic mix encountered. The above statement, but fail to take into account that there are no plausible post-Columbian sources for the particular genetic mix encountered is patently untrue. The documented presence of the Gypsy in 17th century Virginia and the subsequent appearance of their lines in virtually every surviving Indian group in the Southeast, as well as in every complex ethnic population previously erroneously called tri- racial isolate challenge the statement that there are no plausible post-Columbian sources for the particular genetic mix encountered. In the Gypsy diaspora out of India into Asia Minor, the Levant, North Africa, Anatolia, etc. into Europe and then North and South America the Gypsy acquired and left behind all of the genetic markers in question. This fact does not eliminate the possibility of .an exotic pre-Columbian event or events. It does make clear that it is not necessary to employ the pre-Columbian era in order to explain the anomalous DNA results encountered. I have long advocated the use of genealogy of Indian groups to reveal the origins of so-called anomalous DNA findings. I still stand four-square behind this advice. An old saw employed in medical education advises us that when you hear hoofbeats in the night, think horses, not zebra.
Posted on: Sun, 07 Dec 2014 07:46:01 +0000
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