Cherokee DNA Studies: Real People Who Proved the Geneticists Wrong (DNA Consultants Series on Consumer Genetics)

Most claims of Native American ancestry rest on the mother's ethnicity. This can be verified by a DNA test determining what type of mitochondrial DNA she passed to you. A hundred participants in DNA Consultants multi-phase Cherokee DNA Study did just that. What they had in common is they were previously rejected--by commercial firms, genealogy groups, government agencies and tribes. Their mitochondrial DNA was not classified as Native American. These are the "anomalous" Cherokee. Share the journeys of discovery and self-awareness of these passionate volunteers who defied the experts and are helping write a new chapter in the Peopling of the Americas. "The Yateses' DNA findings are revolutionary." --Stephen C. Jett, Atlantic Ocean Crossings "Monumental."--Richard L. Thornton, Apalache Foundation

Donald N. Yates is founder and principal investigator of DNA Consultants. He is one-fourth Choctaw-Cherokee, tracing one line of his ancestry to Chief Black Fox. His books include Old World Roots of the Cherokee, Cherokee Clans: An Informal History (Cherokee Chapbooks 2) and Old Souls in a New World: The Secret History of the Cherokee Indians (Cherokee Chapbooks 7). Teresa A. Yates is a college English professor and blog writer. She is vice president of communications at DNA Consultants and was a participant in Phase I of its Cherokee DNA Project.