The Study of Racialism

cjohns48233305 · Regular User Joined: 25 Apr 2009 {Posts: 84 }

Southern ''white'' population?

William · Posted: Wed 13 May 2009 16:24 Post subject:

I do know there is a study by Keyser, et al., that intentionally left out Whites from Louisiana and Texas, and the implication was that these states' Whites have higher levels of sub-Saharan admixture than those of some other states.

I am unaware of any other studies testing the percentage of sub-Saharan admixture in southern U.S. Whites, though I admit I haven't been keeping up on this as much as I should.

fwsweet · Posted: Wed 13 May 2009 19:54 Post subject:

There are a couple of unpublished studies of Melungeons (by a B. Jones of UV at Wise) and of Redbones (by A. Watts of Louisiana). If you wish, I could post their numbers. But, since the studies were never published, the findings have not been replicated.

William · Posted: Thu 14 May 2009 15:08 Post subject:

cjohns48233305 · Regular User Joined: 25 Apr 2009 {Posts: 84 }

Yes Frank, please post what you have

fwsweet · Posted: Fri 15 May 2009 01:15 Post subject:

Kevin Jones, “DNA Study Results,” in Fourth Union: A Melungeon Gathering, ed. N. Brent Kennedy (Kingsport TN: Melungeon Heritage Association, 2000). This was a tabulation of the mtDNA haplotypes of the members of the Melungeon Heritage Association. The report cited above was an interim progress report. Unfortunately, the study was never completed. Nevertheless the interim report showed that five percent of the subjects had haplotype L3.

This is not autosomal admixture, of course, and a person of L3 mtDNA might have zero subSaharan admixture while someone of, say, haplotype H might be overwhelmingly subSaharan. Nevertheless, if you consider the mtDNA as just a sample of the entire genome, then you can legitimately suggest that five percent of the Melungeon genome comes from subSaharan Africa.

I shall post the citation to Alvie Watts's tabulation of the Redbones' autosomal admixture as soon as I can find it. (We are on the road right now.) What happened was that a few years ago, the Redbone Heritage Foundation persuaded most of its members to buy autosomal mappings. Watts then tabulated the results. It came to about six percent sub-Saharan DNA markers and about ten percent Native American. I think that A.D. was there, so she might remember the report before we get back home.

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