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DNA USA

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by Bryan Sykes


  of Native Americans, 16, 28, 30–36, 37, 29–31, 41–61, 68, 112, 127, 136, 138, 166, 212–13, 228–33, 242, 246–50, 259–63, 270–84, 314–16, 327

  patrilineal descent in, 73–74, 73, 75, 98–99, 102–3, 106, 107–9, 120–21, 145, 159, 191–92, 249–50

  population, 29, 66, 67, 121, 133, 140–41, 248, 272–76

  public interest in, 21, 72–93, 179–86, 293–94, 298–99

  randomness in, 111, 168, 173

  records for, 82–93, 183–86, 228–29, 296–97

  self-identity and, 121, 134–35, 146–49, 151–54, 163, 177–96, 230–31, 245–55, 275–84, 293–94

  testing in, 20–21, 51–52, 57, 72–93, 97, 101, 116, 126, 145, 147, 149–54, 160–64, 166, 178–88, 185, 230–33, 238, 244, 247–55, 270, 285–90, 307–21

  volunteers in, 97, 101, 147, 178–95, 200, 228–29, 230, 234, 243–55, 256, 259–63, 264, 268, 282, 307–21

  see also DNA

  genetic screening, 116–17

  genetic signatures, 168

  genocide, 280

  Genographic Project, 79–80, 273–75, 280, 316

  genome, human, 22, 24, 78–79, 105, 155–74, 248–49, 272–74, 283, 300–301

  Geoffrey of Monmouth, 130

  geographical distribution, 60–61, 81–82, 87–93, 139–47, 275–76

  Georgetown University, 295

  Georgia, 243–44, 251, 252, 311

  German Americans, 66

  German Jews, 95

  German language, 96

  Germany, 19, 66, 84, 95, 96, 114, 118, 119–22

  Germany, East, 19

  germ cells, 167–68

  Gerzina, Gretchen, 130

  Ghana, 130, 134–35

  ghettos, 115

  giant ground sloths, 44

  Gila River, 30, 59

  Gillette, Wyo., 214

  Ginsberg, Maurice, 237–38

  glaciers, 14–15, 37–38, 42

  Glaxo, 74

  Glencoe, Massacre of (1692), 106–7

  Glencoe Visitors Center, 107

  global warming, 29

  globin, 311, 317–18

  Gobi Desert, 44

  Godfrey mac Fergus, 103, 104–5

  Gold Coast, 130

  Golden Gate Bridge, 227

  goldfinches, 190

  gold rush, 192

  Goodfellas, 204

  Gordon-Reed, Annette, 299

  Granada, 124

  Grand Canyon, 46, 59, 60, 259

  grandparents, 146, 156–58, 173–74, 182, 237–38, 239, 259–60

  Grapes of Wrath, The (Steinbeck), 253

  Great Basin, 223–24, 263

  Great Britain, ix–xi, 31, 58, 63–64, 74–75, 81–93, 97, 102–3, 119, 120, 129–30, 131, 134–35, 150, 151, 153–54, 160, 177–96, 212–13, 228, 245, 287–88, 310–11

  great circle route, 40

  Great Depression, 65, 253–54

  great-grandparents, 156, 174, 194–95, 246, 253

  great-great-grandparents, 156–57, 174, 191–92, 246

  Great Ice Age, 38–39

  Great Lakes, 47, 214

  Great Salt Lake, 223

  Great Spirit, 212–21

  Greece, 124, 213

  Greenbank, Va., 191

  Greenland, 62–63

  Greenspan, Alan, 78

  Greenspan, Bennett, 77–78, 100, 126, 238, 244, 270, 286, 290

  Grey, Zane, 257–58, 259, 261

  Grizzly Bay, 225

  grizzly bears, 45

  Guinea-Bissau, 132

  Gulf of Guinea, 132, 140, 240

  Gulf of Mexico, 43, 222

  Gutfrith, 104

  Hadza foragers, 143

  haggis, 96–97

  hair, 22, 320

  Haiti, 63

  Haley, Alex, 130–31

  Hammer, Michael, 77–78

  Hancock, John, 186, 188

  Haney, Jerry, 283

  haploblocks, 97–98, 122, 169–70, 185, 239, 316

  haplogroup J, 239

  haplogroup K (Katrine), 122, 316

  haplogroup N1 (Naomi), 122

  haplogroup R1a (Oisin), 97–98, 185

  HapMap Project, 169–70

  Harvard University, 132, 298–304

  Hausa, 151–52

  Havai’iki, 58

  Havasupai, 58–61, 127, 212, 230, 249, 271, 272

  Hawaii, 37

  Hawk Wing, Pansy, 229

  health-care reform, 201–2

  Heart of Darkness (Conrad), 130

  Hebrew language, 118, 126–27

  Hebrides, 97, 104

  Hedges, Robert, 20

  Hemings, Sally, 72–74, 297, 299

  Hemings, Thomas Eston, 73, 74

  hemoglobin, 115, 125, 156–57

  Henry VIII, King of England, 82

  herbivores, 44

  heresy, 124–25

  Hertel, Jacques, 187

  hexosaminidase A, 113–17

  Hey, Gustav, 271

  Heyerdahl, Thor, 37, 52–53, 212

  Higginbotham, Evelyn Brooks, 301

  High King of Ireland, 101

  Highlands, Scottish, 106–7, 258

  Highway 87, 263–64

  Himalaya Mountains, 129

  Hispanics, 118, 126–27

  Hispaniola, 63

  History of the Kings of England (Geoffrey of Monmouth), 130

  Hobart Zoo, 44

  Holland, 63, 66, 131, 186–88, 189

  Hollywood pseudonyms, 181

  see also case histories

  Holocaust, 119–20

  Holy Communion, 189

  Holy Land, 119

  Holyroodhouse Palace, 94–95

  Homecoming Scotland, 94–95

  Homestead Act (1862), 65

  hominids, 128–29

  Homo erectus, 128

  Homo sapiens, 128–29

  homosexuality, 217

  Hopi, 247, 259–65, 266, 315

  Hopi Cultural Center, 263–64

  Hopper, Dennis, 178, 307

  Horningsham, 89–93

  horses, 28, 43–44

  “hot spots,” 168, 169

  Houston, Tex., 270

  Howard University, 151, 294

  Hrolf (Rollo), 103–4

  Hudson River, 187

  human ancestors, 36–37, 45, 128–44

  human genome, 22, 24, 78–79, 105, 155–74, 248–49, 272–74, 283, 300–301

  Human Genome Diversity Project, 248–49, 272–74

  Human Genome Project, 105, 166, 169–70, 248–49, 272

  Humfrey, Duke, ix–xi

  hunter-gatherers, 59–60, 139–41

  hunting, 6–11, 28, 38–39, 59–60

  Huntington’s disease, 163–64

  Hutchinson, Anne Marbury, 183

  Hutu tribe, 275

  Hyannis, 192

  hydrogen sulfide, 221

  hyenas, 28

  hypertension, 162

  Ibadan, 169

  Iberia, 125–26, 185

  IBM, 79–80, 273–74

  Ice Age, 5, 14–15, 37–42, 52–53, 62–63

  Iceland, 46, 62–63, 103

  “Iceman,” 54

  Idaho, 222

  illegitimate children, 74

  Illinois, 205

  Illinois, University of, 149

  Illinois River, 49

  Image of the Black in Western Art, The, 300

  Immigration Act (1924), 65

  immune system, 80

  Ina, 33–34, 36, 37–38, 41, 46, 47, 50, 52, 68–69, 136, 327

  inbreeding, 61

  Inca Empire, 63

  indentured servants, 65, 130, 131

  India, 63, 247

  Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (1988), 282

  Indian Ocean, 143, 147–48

  Indian Removal Act (1830), 252

  Indian Reorganization Act (1934), 278

  Indian River, 50

  Indian Wars, 140, 214, 220–21

  indigenous megafauna, 44–45

  indigenous peoples
, 24, 59–60, 128–44, 212, 248–49, 272–74

  see also Native Americans

  Indonesia, 36–37, 128

  infants, 113–17

  infectious diseases, 115

  infidelity, 74

  inherited diseases, 18–19, 20, 112–17, 121, 125, 129, 159–64, 168, 169, 240–42, 272–74, 287–88, 300–301, 317–18

  Inquisition, 123–27

  in situ mutations, 35

  Institute of Molecular Medicine, 81–82

  insulin, 304, 311, 317–18

  Interior Department, U.S., 57

  intermarriage, 121, 231, 251, 282

  Internet, 82–83, 95, 161

  “interrogate,” 167, 173

  intravenous catheters, 79

  Inuit, 32

  Iowa, 96

  Ipswich, 87–88

  Ireland, 52, 95, 96, 100–105, 106, 130, 153, 177, 185, 213, 262, 275

  Irish Americans, 66, 95, 96

  Irish kings, 100–105, 106

  iron weapons, 140

  Iroquois, 217

  Isabella I, Queen of Castile, 124

  Islam, 118, 119, 121, 123, 124, 133, 152

  Islay, 107

  Israel, 53, 77–78, 116, 120, 275–76

  Istanbul, 124

  Isthmus of Panama, 44

  Italian Alps, 54

  Italy, 54, 65, 239

  Jackson, Andrew, 252

  Jackson, “Shoeless Joe,” 178, 206

  Jacobites, 107

  jaguars, 44

  Jamaica, 134–35

  James River, 64

  Jamestown, 64

  Jane (Scottish American), 95

  Japan, 40, 96, 169, 170, 232

  Japanese Americans, 96

  Jefferson, Field, 73–74

  Jefferson, Lucy Elizabeth, 72

  Jefferson, Martha, 72

  Jefferson, Peter, 74

  Jefferson, Thomas, 12, 65, 72–74, 73, 75, 252, 297, 299

  Jesus (train passenger), 206

  Jewish Americans, 95, 112–13, 116–20, 237–38, 239

  Jewish Encyclopedia, 117

  “Jewish” gene, 120–21

  Jews, 53, 65, 77–78, 95, 112–27, 237–38, 239, 275–76, 287, 288, 289

  John, Lord of the Isles, 107, 108, 110, 111

  John Hancock Tower, 186

  Johnston, Philip, 261

  Johnston, William, 261

  joint replacement, 159–60

  Jones, Charles “Buffalo,” 257–58

  Jones, Steve, 162

  Jordan, Michael, 304

  Jos plateau, 152

  Judaea, 118, 123

  Judaism, 117–18, 122–27

  Jurassic Park (Crichton), 21

  Jutland, 228

  Kaestle, Frederika, 57

  Kalahari Desert, 140–41, 147

  Kamchatka, 40

  Karionake (“sky world”), 217

  Kasparov, Garry, 75

  Katrine, 122, 316

  Kayenta, Ariz., 247–48, 266–69

  Kenneth mac Alpin, 102

  Kennewick Man, 48, 53–57, 61, 212

  Kenya, 134–35, 141, 144, 146–47, 171

  Keys, Elizabeth, 231

  Keys, John, 231

  Khoisan language, 139, 140–41

  kidney dialysis, 60

  Kikuyu tribe, 134–35, 144, 146

  King, Roy, 236–40, 242, 245, 294

  King Philip’s War, 194

  King salmon, 29

  Kirtland, N.Mex., 248

  Kittles, Rick, 149–53, 154, 166, 195, 201, 204, 270, 281–84, 285, 286, 302, 303

  Knights of the Round Table, 130, 213

  Kon-Tiki, 53, 212

  Korea, 46, 177

  Korean War, 205, 318

  Kyrgyzstan, 80

  L1 superclan, 136–37, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 329

  L1A2 cluster, 141

  L1B cluster, 142

  L1C (Lalamika), 147, 148

  L1C1a1 cluster, 137

  L1D cluster (Latasha), 140, 141, 147

  L1K cluster, 140, 141

  L2 superclan, 136–37, 139, 142, 143, 329

  L2A cluster (Leisha), 142, 143, 146

  L2B cluster, 143

  L2C cluster (Lingaire), 143, 151, 239

  L2D cluster, 143

  L3 superclan, 136–37, 139, 142, 143–44, 329

  L3B cluster, 143

  L3D cluster, 143, 239

  L3E cluster, 143–44

  L3F cluster, 143

  L3G cluster, 143

  Labrador, 62–63

  lactose intolerance, 319

  Lake Shore Limited, 198–205, 207

  Lakota Sioux, 214–16, 220, 221

  Lalamika, 147, 148

  lampreys, 29

  land connections, 37–39

  Lander, Eric, 300

  landowners, 131

  languages, 47, 251–52, 253, 260

  see also specific languages

  Las Vegas Nev., 224, 279

  Latasha, 140, 141, 147

  Latinos, 241

  Laurentide ice sheet, 14–15, 42

  Legacy Fund, 274

  Lehman surname, 84–85

  Leisha, 142, 146

  Leuppe Extension Treaty (1901), 261

  Levites, 120

  Lewis, Meriwether, 65, 183–86

  Lewis and Clark expedition, 183

  Liberia, 303

  Library of Congress, 237

  licenses, slavery, 132

  Lingaire, 143, 151, 239

  lions, 28, 44–45

  literacy, 84

  Lithuania, 119

  Little Bighorn, Battle of, 216, 220–21

  liver, 318–19

  llamas, 44

  Loch Foyle, 104

  Lockwood, Edmund, 87

  Lockwood surname, 87–88

  Lombard, Margaret, 191

  Long, George, 92

  Longleat estate, 89–93

  Lords of the Isles, 100, 107, 110, 111

  Loughlin, John, 159–61, 162

  Louisiana Purchase (1803), 65, 183, 252

  Louisiana Territory, 183

  Lowes, Colo., 208

  lunar cycle, 219

  Lynx, 217

  MacAlistair surname, 98, 99–100, 107

  Macaulay, Vincent, 69

  MacDonald, Allan Douglas, 108, 111

  MacDonald, David, 108

  Macdonald, Godfrey, Lord, 104–5

  MacDonald, Iain, 108

  MacDonald, Ian Moidartach, 111

  Macdonald, J. J., 111

  MacDonald, Maggie, 99

  Macdonald, Mark, 100, 103, 104

  Macdonald, P. M., 111

  MacDonald, Ranald Alexander, 108, 111

  MacDonald surname, 98–100

  MacDonnell, Ranald, 108

  MacDougall surname, 98, 99–100, 106, 107–8

  MacPherson, Mike, 170–71, 232–33, 238, 315

  MacRanald, Donald, 107

  MacUais clan, 104

  Madagascar, 132

  magnesium carbonates, 51

  Maheo (Great Spirit), 212–21

  malaria, 115, 125, 287, 318

  Malawi, 141–42, 147

  Malawi, Lake, 140

  Michigan, Lake, 201

  Malick, Terrence, 232

  mammals, 44–45, 52

  mammoths, 11–12, 15, 28, 41, 43, 44

  Mammoth Springs, 221

  Mandela, Nelson, 295

  Mapuche, 32

  Marines, U.S., 261

  Markley, Michael, 280, 281

  Markow, Therese, 60

  Marlborough, Duke of, 86

  marriage, 74, 90, 103, 104, 113–17, 121, 157–58, 259, 261, 277–78, 282

  marsupials, 44

  Maryland, 64

  Mashantucket Pequot, 278, 279

  Mashpee, Mass., 192

  Mashpee Indians, 280

  Massachusetts, 64, 179–88, 192–96, 197, 208, 228

  Massachusetts Bay Colony, 64, 183, 194

  Massasoit, 194

  Massom, 2
19

  mastodons, 15, 43

  mating habits, 83–93

  Mato Tipila (Bear Lodge), 214–16, 217, 219, 221, 233, 267

  matrilineal descent, 23–27, 30–31, 33, 36, 68–69, 70, 109, 134–35, 136, 137–39, 145–46, 231, 249–50, 280, 301, 309

  Matthews surname, 90

  Maulin, 15

  maximum parsimony, 109–10

  Mayflower, 62, 64, 182, 188, 189, 194, 280

  Mayflower Society, 182, 188

  Mbuti Pygmies, 140, 141

  McCain, John, 263

  McDonald, J. Douglas, 100

  McDonald, Labrina, 244–45

  McDonald, Ray, 235, 244–45

  McDonald, Ray, Sr., 244–45

  McDougall surname, 106

  McGregor, Neil, 3–4

  McInnes, Roderick R., 61

  McJunkin, George, 5–6

  McKinley Range, 42

  McTair, Marion, 287–88

  Meadowcroft Rockshelter, 12–15, 16

  Means, Russell, 204, 209

  medicine, 105–6, 236–38, 272–74, 316–19

  see also disease, inherited

  Medicine Wheel, 218, 219, 212

  Mediterranean Sea, 125, 287

  megafauna, 44–45

  Meharry Medical College, 237, 240, 294

  melanin, 248, 319–21

  melanocytes, 319–21

  menstruation, 219

  mercury, 184

  Merewether surname, 184

  Meriwether, Lucy, 183

  Meriwether, Nicholas, 183–85

  Meriwether, Will, 184

  Meriwether Society, 184

  Meriwether surname, 183–86

  Merryweather surname, 184

  Mesolithic era, 185

  metabolism, 59–60, 113–17

  Metacomet, 194

  Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity (METCO), 193

  Mexico, 47, 63, 125–27, 132, 147, 206, 241, 242

  Mexico City, 127

  mice, 169, 249

  Michigan, 66

  Michigan, Lake, 201

  Middle Ages, 212

  Middle East, 69, 118, 121, 122, 126, 132–33

  Middle Passage, 131

  migoi, 129

  migration, 18, 28, 29, 35–45, 46, 47–53, 57–58, 139–42, 144, 146–47

  military auxiliaries, 129–30

  Miller, Albert, 13

  Miller point, 13

  mining, 266–67

  miscegenation, 292–93

  Mishongnovi, 264

  Mississippi River, 43, 65, 252–53, 282

  mitochondria, 18, 22–23

  mitochondrial DNA (mDNA), 22–27, 155, 159, 188, 242, 274, 276, 299

  African, 134, 135–39, 137, 141, 142–43, 146–48, 150, 151–52, 239, 297, 327, 329–31

  of African Americans, 145–54, 300–301, 302

  clusters of, see DNA, genetic clusters of

  European, 68–70, 75, 88, 89, 109, 328

  genetic dating and, 26–27

  Jewish, 121–22, 125

  mutations in, 23, 24–26, 27, 33, 34, 35, 36, 48, 49, 57, 70, 137–39, 137, 146, 148, 327

  Mitochondrial Eve, 137–39, 137, 159

  Mizrahim, 118

  Mohave Indians, 262

  Mohawk, 187–89, 200, 261, 309, 317

  Mohegan, 279–80

  monarchs, 100–104, 212–13

 

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