Tangled Blood Lines Revealed by DNA

my family's tangled history as revealed by DNA

Tangled Blood Lines Revealed by DNA

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The DNA results
Revealed some aspects
Of whom I am
Where I am from

But not everything
Was revealed
And much of my history
Remains hidden

My father was from Yakima
Ran away to the Bay Area
Where he became a college professor
Taught the dismal science of economics

My Mother fled Arkansas
During the Dust Bowl days

They ended up
Living next door
In Berkeley

The DNA revealed
That I have 18 nationalities
Swirling around
My tangled bloodlines

From my father’s side

Basque ( a real surprise)
Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French
German, Italian, Jewish, Laplander
Mongolian, Norwegian, Russian, Scottish
and Swedish

From my mother (lost tribe of the Cherokees)

Cherokee, Dutch, French, English, Irish, Scottish
And as a surprise Nigerian!

Not surprising when you think about the lost tribe
They ran away into the mountains
To avoid the Trail of Tears
Intermarried with other escaped Indians
Runaway slaves and Scottish-Irish settlers.



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