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Permalink Reply by John E Montanez on May 12, 2010 at 11:35am

My mothers mtDNA haplogroup is C1b2a , and my fatheres maternal mtDNA haplogroup is C1b.

Permalink Reply by Clifford Tomos on July 1, 2010 at 3:29am

I had a mtDNA test after reading Professor Bryan Sykes book, The Seven Daughters of Eve, in 2002, and was told that I was a direct descendant of Chochmingwu, the name he gave to the ancestor of haplogroup C, as you know, one of the Native American haplogroups. This came as a great surprise to my sister and me, but we have always felt a great affinity to Native Americans. We do not know how we came to have this mtDNA, but we would like to know if anyone can tell us which (if any) Native American nations or tribes hove a higher percentage of haplogroup C than of the other groups.

Diolch yn fawr
Clifford Tomos

Permalink Reply by Ayesart on September 18, 2010 at 11:23am

Hi:
My haplo Group is C. My wife's Haplo Goup is A.
I did some independent research concerning my specific Haplo Group and I was surprised to discover sequences within HVR1 that matched my sequences to a T. There is a paper that had been the results of this study written by C. Lalueza Fox from a study of assemblages in what is now Western Cuba and the Dominican Republic. My exact HVR1 matches were coming from assemblages of the ancient Guana Atabey, aka, Guanahatabey, Ciboney, Guanajatabey. So, this discovery of mine refutes my previous notion that my mtDNA sequences might have belonged to the anceint Taino people.
In my book, Juan Ponce de Leon His New And Revised Genealogy I have included a reference document that spoke to me of a cedula real that had been issued during the year 1514. It gave license to men born of Castile the right to marry indigenous women. The cedula had been sent to Diego Colon Who lived in Santo Domingo and traveled back and forth to Cuba.
In subsequent years that followed ship loads of indigenous people were transported from Cuba abd Santo Domingo to Puerto Rico. On one of those ships my maternal ancestor must have come to Puerto Rico. Not as a slave but as a Dona who had married a Spanish individual per the cedula real of 1514.
Much later the conquistador transplanted Indigenous people from Terra Firma. These individual's descendants might comprise those who have been categorized within the Haplo groups of C2. There are many of them within my matches on Family Tree DNA. I guess Family Tree DNA doen't really know what to do with the C1 and C2 because they simply cannot get the results from the mtDNA that yields a means for classifying what tribe the C1 and C2 have come from.
Here's a URL that will take you to an article I have written on the above subject:
http://www.helium.com/items/106908-genetics-and-genealogy-a-path-to...

And here is the URL that will take you to a limited preview of my book, Juan Ponce de Leon His New And Revised Geneaolgy:
http://books.google.com/books?q=juan+ponce+de+leon+his+new+and+revi...

http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/juan-ponce-de-leon-his-new-an...

John Ayes..

Permalink Reply by Ayesart on September 18, 2010 at 11:46am

Here is some data on the various Indigenous Haplo Groups:

http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone....

Its a long paper but it is worth the read if you are interested in educating yourself on the subject. Don't forget to click upon the links for the tables.

Ayesart

Permalink Reply by Marilyn K. Sobiech on May 20, 2011 at 7:28pm

Interesting posting and the book also sounds interesting.  I tried to click on the link that you gave, www.helium.... and the response was the article was no longer available.  Is it available with a different link?  BTY my haplo group is C1b1 but my heritage is Chippewa from the Sault, MI.

 

Permalink Reply by Jennifer C on March 22, 2011 at 9:02pm

Hi there,

I'm new to all this. My mtDNA is A2f1a. I was adopted and have never known any of my back ground information. So this means I have Native in me. So cool. My question is how does everyone have so much information on their ancestry? Is there further testing that I can do to find out what tribe and where this grand parent came in? Anyone with information please feel free to contact me. Cheers.

Permalink Reply by Thomas Denis on March 28, 2011 at 1:52pm

Hi Jennifer,

I am also adopted and am trying to find relatives.I have found some but continue to search for more!! Information you have given about yourself suggests to me that we *might* be related. Do you have any non-identifying information about yourself (i.e. where were you born, do you know where your biological parents are from)?

Thanks

Tom

Permalink Reply by Jennifer C on March 28, 2011 at 2:10pm

Hi Thomas

I guess I shouldn't have said I never knew any background because I do have some. I met my birth mother about 11 years ago. She was born in Sarnia, Ontario in 1951 and is also adopted. We know that her birth mother was born in Saskatchewan in 1931. She was of French Canadian descent and a member of the Roman Catholic Church. Hope that helps. I'm on 23andme if you or anyone wants to compare genomes.

Good luck with your search Thomas. 

Permalink Reply by Thomas Denis on March 28, 2011 at 2:25pm

Thanks Jennifer