Schurr takes these exceptions to prove the rule and regards them as instances of European admixture.
This is true of the two examples of H and one of J reported by Cherokee descendants by Schurr (2000:253). In the past, whenever a geneticist or anthropologist conducting a study of Native Americans has encountered an anomalous haplogroup, that is, a lineage that does not belong to one of the five generally accepted American Indian mitochondrial DNA haplogroups A, B, C, D and X, it has been rejected as an example of admixture and not included in the survey results. Accordingly, they are deemed less worthy of study. Possibly the reason the Cherokee are not recruited for more studies, I would suggest, stems from their being perceived as admixed in comparison with other Indians.
A total of 60 subjects are involved, all from Oklahoma. I know of only three reports on Cherokee mitochondrial DNA. Despite their numbers, though, the Cherokee have had few DNA studies conducted on them. Census Bureau, the Cherokee are the largest tribal group today, with a population of 331,000 or 15% of all American Indians. Similar proportions of these haplogroups are noted in the populations of Egypt, Israel and other parts of the East Mediterranean (see below). Haplogroup T emerges as the largest lineage, followed by U, X, J and H. Most subjects reveal haplotypes that are unmatched anywhere else except among other participants, and there proves to be a high degree of interrelatedness and common ancestral lines.
Yates, “Anomalous Mitochondrial DNA Lineages in the Cherokee.” Hence the use of the word “anomalous” in the title of a paper prepared by chief investigator Donald N. The main criterion for inclusion in the study is that test subjects must have obtained results not placing them in the standard Native American haplogroups A, B, C or D. All claim matrilineal descent from a Native American woman, usually named as Cherokee. Yates:Ī sample of 52 individuals who purchased mitochondrial DNA testing to determine their female lineage was assembled after the fact from the customer files of DNA Consultants. Here we partially present the corresponding publication by Donald N.
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