Category Archives: Piscataway

Native American DNA Projects

Posted on May 26, 2014 by Roberta Estes

I’m often asked about DNA projects at Family Tree DNA that are for or include Native American or aboriginal DNA results. Please note that different project administrators have different criteria for admission to a project. Some require definitive proof of descent, some require … Continue reading →

Posted in Aboriginal, Acadian, Algonquian, Cherokee, DNA, Lumbee, Micmac, Piscataway, Shawnee, Tuscarora, Waccamaw | 9 Comments

Daughters of Princess Mary Kittamaquund

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Roberta Estes

Recently Shawn and Lois Potter utilized the Minority Admixture Mapping technique I developed, utilized and described in the series “The Autosomal Me” to establish that the mother of John Red Bank Payne was Native American. Shawn and Lois were so … Continue reading →

Posted in Conoy, DNA, Iroquois, Piscataway, Powhatan | 6 Comments

Paul Heinegg’s Native Heritage Introduction

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Roberta Estes

Paul Heinegg on his website http://www.freeafricanamericans.com provides the following (extracted) introductory material focused primarily on the records involving Native Americans in North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware. After the Civil War, light-skinned African Americans who owned land in the Southeast did not fit … Continue reading →