Category Archives: Beothuk

Native American and First Nations DNA Testing – Buyer Beware

Posted on January 27, 2017 by Roberta Estes

This week, a woman in North Carolina revealed that she descends from the extinct Beothuk tribe in Canada as a result of a DNA test from a Canadian DNA testing company. This has caused quite an uproar, in both genetic … Continue reading →

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Native American Haplogroup X2a – Solutrean, Hebrew or Beringian?

Posted on January 28, 2016 by Roberta Estes

I was very pleased to see the article, “Does Mitochondrial Haplogroup X Indicate Ancient Trans-Atlantic Migration to the Americas? A Critical Re-Evaluation” by Jennifer Raff and Deborah Bolnick. This is one of those topics that gets brought up over and over … Continue reading →