In an interview by Emily Frances, host of the Israeli news show “Holy Land Uncovered,” author and DNA investigator Donald Yates discusses his own family traditions, which combine Cherokee, Choctaw and Sephardic Jewish roots.

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Genealogist Donald Yates Uncovers Secrets of Cherokee DNA

Participants in DNA Consultants’ Cherokee DNA Studies proved to have other lineages than just haplogroup A, B, C, D and sometimes X. 
The participants’ nonstandard maternal lines confirm the incredible diversity of Cherokees and suggest that various clans came by water from the Old World, not across a hypothetical land-bridge from Asia.

This is the first episode from our new series entitled More Cherokee Descendants Prove the Geneticists Wrong.

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Surprising Lineages of the Cherokees

Armenians, free blacks, mulattoes, Arabs, Moors, Cannibal Indian tribes and Christian missionaries occupy the Cherokee hinterland in 1680. This is the second episode in our ongoing series titled “More Cherokee Descendants Who Proved the Geneticists Wrong.

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Armenians and Others on the Cherokee Frontier

Can genealogy be funny? It can with Melungeons.
Pete Ferrand travels to Newmans Ridge, Tennessee, where he witnesses a battle over the definition of the term Melungeon. Reading by Ginger Cuculo of the chapter "Cyberfeud on the Ridge" from Ancestors and Enemies: Essays on Melungeons, by Phyllis E. Starnes and Donald N. Yates
Ginger Cuculo, audiobook narrator.

Studying Them Melungeons

Explore the interface between history, archeology and ancient DNA.

The Time Traveler’s Suitcase is a weekly podcast from DNA Consultants. The show is hosted by talk radio professional Pete Ferrand. Most of the episodes include an audiobook excerpt from the publications of Donald N. Yates, a DNA investigator and historian whose works include Old Souls in a New World, Merchant Adventurers of Rhoda and The Cherokee Origin Narrative. Each usually also has an interview with a leading scientist or historical expert.

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