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Subject: [DNA] mtDNA of H in Native American
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 11:03:16 EDT


I think I just REALLY ticked off a potential distant relative of mine by
telling her that her mitochondrial DNA is not typically Cherokee.
She is quite certain her distant maternal ancestor is full blooded
Native American. Her HVR1 and HVR2 match mine exactly and this
is likely to be H2a2 (formerly called H2b) at a branch in the Phylogenetic
Tree at Mitomap just above the CRS in Haplogroup H. So now I need to
come up an explanation that will satisfy her.

Is there any chance that Native Americans would have gotten
the H haplogroup any other way than through
a European admixture within the last 500 years?
I suppose there were Vikings that came to North America
before Christopher Columbus and there were some H haplogroups
that moved into Eastern China then perhaps to North America
from Alaska. This last possibility seems remote, but then again,
I am not an expert in this kind of human population genetics,
so I need your help in determining the probabilities.

I would put my bets on a Native American male taking on a
European squaw some time in the last 500 years.

I just found another person who did his full Mega mtDNA test and
he matches me exactly. I am UWJPQ at Mitosearch. We have
enough distinct mutations that another match should be in the
same haplogroup and would presumably have the same haplotype.

Kathy J.



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