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by Bryan Sykes


  Mongolia, 44

  Monica (hotel server), 234–35, 244

  Montana, 66, 221–22

  Monterey, Calif., 63

  Monte Verde, Chile, 12, 15–16, 34, 41

  Monument Valley, 247, 256, 267–68

  Morgan, Marcyliena, 301

  Mormons, 53, 78–79, 223, 268–69

  Morocco, 52, 232

  Moses, 77, 120, 121

  mosquitoes, 21

  mothers, 23–24, 33–34, 167–68, 309

  see also clan mothers

  Mountain, Joanna, 161–62, 230–33, 234, 236, 240–41, 245, 249, 312

  Mountain View, Calif., 165–66, 230–34, 236, 245

  Mourant, Arthur, 316

  movies, 178, 181, 186, 203, 267–68

  Mozambique, 132, 141–42, 145, 147–48

  Muhammad, 118

  mulattoes, 231

  mummies, 19–21, 22

  Mungai knife, 13

  muscular dystrophy, 287

  musk oxen, 43

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

  mutations, 162–63, 248

  in mDNA, 23, 24–26, 27, 33, 34, 35, 36, 48, 49, 57, 70, 327

  in Y chromosome, 70, 108, 109–10, 111, 113, 115, 327

  mutinies, slave, 132

  Myers, Mike, 205

  myths, 212–13, 217–18

  name adoption, 99

  name changes, 74, 84–85, 99, 122–23

  name spellings, 83–92, 184

  Namibia, 139

  Naomi, 122

  Naperville, Ill., 205

  Natchez Trace, 183

  National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 50

  National Geographic, 79–80, 273–74

  National Health Service (NHS), 202

  National Institutes of Health, U.S., 59

  National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), 270–71, 270

  National Sickle Cell Program, 287–88

  Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) (1990), 56

  Native Americans, 270–84

  African American lineage in, 194–95, 280–84, 296–97, 313–16, 320, 321

  Asiatic inheritance of, 18, 28, 29, 35–45, 46, 47–52, 57–58, 232–33

  burials of, 50–52, 55–56

  casinos owned by, 262, 279, 282

  ceremonies of, 29, 30, 213–14, 229–30

  clans of, 68–69, 96, 259

  diseases of, 59–61

  DNA evidence of, 18, 27, 29–31, 41–61, 68, 136, 138, 166, 278–80

  encampments of, 28–29

  European contact with, ix–x, 67, 187–88, 194–95, 210–11, 231, 248, 276–77, 308–9, 311–12, 314–16

  European origins of, 46–61, 67, 249–50, 261, 280, 283–84, 314–16

  federal government’s response to, 260–61, 270–84

  genetic research on, 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

  health issues of, 272–74

  languages of, 251–52, 253, 280

  marriage in, 259, 261, 277–78, 282

  matrilineal descent of, 30–31, 33

  migration of, 18, 28, 29, 35–45, 46, 47–53, 57–58

  modern descendants of, 228–29, 242, 246–47, 276–84, 314–16

  origins of, 18, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30–31, 35–61, 62, 68, 212–13, 232–33

  population of, 29, 66, 67

  poverty of, 219–20, 252–53

  racial definition of, 270–84

  religious beliefs of, 29, 30, 50–52, 55–56, 212–26, 229–30, 271

  reparation payments for, 278–80

  reservations of, 204, 208–9, 210, 219–20, 229, 247–50, 256, 259–69, 312

  stereotypes of, 267–68

  territories of, 139, 251–52, 260–61, 276–77, 278

  traditional lands of, 139

  tribal councils of, 278–80

  tribal enrollment in, 276–84, 314–16

  tribes of, 28–31, 46, 56, 189–90, 192, 200, 213, 251, 276–84, 314–16; see also specific tribes

  villages of, 189–90, 192, 260, 264

  wars against, 140, 314, 220–21

  natron, 20

  Natural History Museum (London), 3

  natural selection, 59–60, 320

  Nature, 14, 16, 19, 32, 77, 138–39

  Navajo, 47, 217, 247–50, 256, 258–60, 262, 266–69, 315

  Nazism, 65, 112, 119–20

  Neanderthals, 22, 128–29

  Near East, 126, 140, 143

  Nebraska, 207

  Neolithic period, 69, 126, 239

  Nepal, 129

  Netherlands, 63, 66, 131, 186–88, 189

  Nevada, 223–24, 263

  New Castille, 125

  New England, 64, 72, 85–87, 89, 177–96, 197, 280, 299, 308–13

  New England Historical Genealogy Society, 72, 179–96, 299, 308–13

  Newfoundland, 52, 63, 67

  New Guinea, 281

  New Mexico, 6–11, 63, 66, 248

  New Netherlands, 187

  New Orleans, 66

  New Spain, 125

  New World, 124, 130–32, 296

  New World, The, 232

  New York City, 192

  New Yorker, 163

  New York Observer, 43

  New York State, 187, 200

  New York Times, 59, 60, 75, 172–73, 286

  Nez Perce, 56

  Niall of the Nine Hostages, 101–2

  Nicholas II, Czar of Russia, 26

  Nicholson, Jack, 178

  Nicholson, Jayne, 98

  Niemann-Pick disease, 114

  Nigeria, 140, 151–52, 169, 170

  Nile River, 301

  nine-banded armadillos, 169

  nobility, 83–93

  No Country for Old Men, 206

  nomenclature, 97–98

  nonpaternity events, 74, 75, 97

  Normandy, 103–4

  Norman invasion (1066), 81–82, 85, 88, 104

  Norris Farms, 49–50, 52

  Norsemen, 55–56, 58, 62–63, 67, 97–98, 102–5, 106, 130, 153–54, 213

  North Africa, 52, 123, 131

  North America, 35, 40–45, 143

  Northampton, England, 196

  North Carolina, 64

  North Dakota, 66, 277

  Northern Arizona University, 262

  Northwest Passage, 29, 191

  Norway, 55–56, 62, 66, 78–79, 95, 102–3

  Norwegian Americans, 55–56, 66, 95

  Nova Scotia, 310

  Nubia, 301–2

  nucleus, cell, 22, 167–68

  Nuevo León, 126–27

  Nuu-Chah-Nulth, 29–31, 47, 58–59

  Obama, Barack, 170–74, 172, 201–2

  Obama, Malia Ann, 172–73

  Obama, Michelle, 172–73

  obesity, 59–60, 163

  Oglala Sioux, 204, 214

  Ohio, 200–201

  oil industry, 191

  Oisin, 97–98, 185

  Ojibwa, 47–49, 53, 261

  “Okies,” 253

  Oklahoma, 66, 251–52, 253, 282–84, 315

  Oklahoma, University of, 282–83

  Old Oraibi, 260

  Old Order Amish, 114

  Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats (Eliot), 162

  Old Testament, 77, 218

  Olympic Peninsula, 29

  One Drop (Broyard), 304

  “one-drop” rule, 243, 303–4, 313

  Oneota, 49

  oral histories, 50, 58, 124–27, 153

  Orangeburg, S.C., 231

  Oregon, 16, 28–29

  Oregon Trail, 210–11

  Oriel, 104

  Orion, 219

  Orkney Islands, 102–3, 130

  ornithology, 46–47

  osteoarthritis, 159–60, 162

  Ots-Toch, 187–89, 200, 309

  Ottoman Empire, 124

  overland migration, 37–39

  oxen
, 43

  Oxford Ancestors, 76–93, 153–54, 185, 289–90

  Oxford University, ix–xi, ix, 31, 81–82, 86–87, 91, 95, 160, 241, 250

  P450 gene, 318–19

  Paabo, Svante, 19, 20–21, 22

  Pacific Northwest, 28–31, 129

  Pacific Ocean, 29, 37–39, 40, 52, 53, 59

  Paige, Gina, 149, 195, 270, 285–86, 289, 290, 293, 295, 302

  Painted Desert, 266

  Paisley Caves, 16

  Palamedes, Sir, the Dark Knight, 130

  Paleo-Eskimos, 22

  Paleolithic era, 69

  Palestine, 119, 275–76

  Palin, Sarah, 263

  Palo Alto, Calif., 236

  Panama, 44

  pancreas, 304, 311, 317–18

  parables, 217–18

  parallel mutations, 109

  parasites, 115, 168

  parents, 18–19, 23–24, 33–34, 112–17, 146, 156–58, 167–68, 173–74, 182, 191–95, 237–38, 239, 246, 253, 259–60, 309

  Paris, 103–4

  Parker, Ariz., 262

  Parkinson’s disease, 162

  Parliament, British, 287–88

  Parliament, Scottish, 95

  Parliamentary Select Committee, 287–88

  patents, 162, 273

  pathogens, 80, 168

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

  Pawnee, 214

  peasantry, 83–93

  peat bogs, 51

  Peck, Gregory, 186

  penicillin, 286

  Penn, William, 53

  Pennsylvania, 12, 53, 114, 237–38

  Pennsylvania, University of, 49

  Pequot, 278, 279

  persecution, religious, 123–27

  Personal Genome Project, 300

  Peru, 37, 125

  pharmaceuticals, 286, 318–19

  Philip, King, 194–95

  Philippines, 40

  pH measurements, 51

  Phoenicians, 126

  Phoenix, Ariz., 30, 259

  phone books, 75

  Picts, 102, 104

  pigmentation, 246, 248–49, 296–97,

  319–21

  Pilgrims, 182, 194

  Pima, 30, 59–61

  Pinchback, P.B.S., 304

  Pine Ridge Reservation, 204, 208–9, 210, 221, 229, 312

  pirates, 47

  placental mammals, 44

  placentas, 116

  Plains Indians, 253, 277

  plantations, 131, 252

  Pleiades, 215

  Plimouth Plantation, 188–89, 194, 280

  Plymouth, 64, 188–89, 194, 308

  Plymouth Fort, 194

  Plymouth Rock, 189

  Pocahontas, 233

  pogroms, 119

  Poland, 119, 121–22

  political issues, 100–105, 201–2, 263

  Polk, James Knox, 297

  Polk, William James, 297

  pollution, 191

  polygamy, 89

  Polynesia, 31, 32, 36–37, 46, 53, 58, 59, 80, 177, 212, 265, 267

  Pomerai, Ralph de la, 81–82, 83, 85

  Pomeroy surname, 80–83, 85, 88

  Pomery, Chris, 80–81

  Pometecomet, 194

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

  “population bottleneck,” 121, 248

  Portland, Ore., 56

  Portmerion, England, 86

  Portugal, 63, 67, 123–25, 130–31, 132, 144, 147–48

  Portuguese Inquisition, 124–25

  position 111, 30–31

  position 319, 30–31

  potlatch ceremonies, 30

  predators, 44–45, 139

  pregnancies, 114, 116, 287–88

  prehistory, 5

  prenatal tests, 116, 287–88

  Prescott, Ariz., 262

  Prescott, William, 177

  primates, 138–39

  prostate cancer, 304

  proteins, 105, 115, 248

  Protestants, 275

  Providence, R.I., 194

  Prudhoe Bay, 191

  Pueblo tribes, 263–65

  Puerto Rico, 241

  Puritans, 64, 280

  quaggas, 19

  Quebec, 187

  quotas, immigration, 65

  Ra II, 52–53

  racial categories, 292–93, 303–4, 319–21

  racism, 112, 117–18, 127, 237–38, 267–68, 272–74, 275, 286–88, 290–94, 303–4, 311, 313

  Radcliffe Camera, ix

  radiocarbon, 14

  radio telescopes, 191

  Raft, George, 203

  railroads, 197–225, 197, 233–34, 264

  Ranald, son of Somerled, 106

  randomness, 11, 168, 173

  Ray, James Arthur, 229–30

  Reagan, Ronald, 295

  Recared, Visigoth king, 123

  recessive genes, 114–15

  Reconstruction, 237, 246, 292

  recurrent mutations, 109

  Red Aldebaran, 219

  red blood cells, 115, 125, 156–57, 287

  Red Library, 91–93

  Redmonds, George, 83

  Red Sea, 143

  reed boats, 52–53

  registers, birth, 84

  Relative Genetics, 77

  religion, 64, 113, 116, 117–18, 119, 121, 122–27, 133, 183, 189, 275, 288

  Renfrew, Battle of, 100

  Reno, Nev., 224

  repeats, chromosome, 70–71

  research firms, 76–93, 126, 149–54, 161, 166, 185, 238, 244, 270, 285–86, 289–90

  reservations, Indian, 204, 208–9, 210, 219–20, 229, 247–50, 256, 259–69, 312

  “reveal,” 134–35, 303

  Rhine River, 119

  Rhode Island, 64, 183, 194, 280

  Richards, Martin, 69

  Richelieu, Cardinal, 187

  Rigel, 219

  Righ Innse Gall (“king of the foreign lands”), 104

  Riley’s Switch, 5

  risk analysis, 163–64

  Rivera, George, 270

  Roanoke Island, 64, 67

  Robinson, Heyward, 230–32

  Robinson, Phil Alden, 178

  Rocky Mountains, 6–7, 42, 208, 210–11

  Rollo (Hrolf), 103–4

  Roman Empire, 101, 118, 123, 129–30, 177, 310

  Roman Nose, 213–14

  Roosevelt, Franklin D., 278

  Roosevelt, Theodore, 216, 221, 257, 260–61

  Roots (Haley), 130–31

  Roots into the Future, 300–301

  Rothesay, Charles, Duke of (Prince Charles), 95, 96

  Route 66, 257, 263

  Royal Mile, 94–95

  Russia, 35, 95, 96, 117, 118, 119, 121–22, 128–29

  Russian Americans, 96

  Russian Jews, 95

  Rwanda, 275

  Sabbath, 124

  saber-tooth tigers, 45

  Sacred Waters, 213

  Sahara, 44

  Saint Andrew’s Day, 94

  St. John’s College, 86–87

  St. Louis Rams football team, 235

  saliva samples, 167–68, 186, 195, 228, 244–45, 290

  salmon, 28–29, 28, 63

  Salt Lake City, 78–79, 198, 222, 223,

  268–69

  San Bushmen, 139–41, 142, 147

  San Francisco, 165, 174, 225–55, 227, 256

  San Francisco 49ers football team, 234–35, 244–45

  San Francisco General Hospital, 228, 240–44

  Santa Barbara, 41

  Santa Fe, 63

  Santa Fe Railroad, 5

  Santa Rosa Island, 41

  São Tomé, 147, 148

  Saracens, 119

  Sarandon, Susan, 86

  Sardinia, 239, 287

  Sasquatch, 129

  Savage, Thomas, 183

  Saxons, 58, 153, 213

  Saxons, Vikings, and Celts (Sykes), 88, 95, 97

 
Scandinavia, 103

  Schenectady, 187

  schizophrenia, 60

  Schwacheim, Carl, 6

  Science, 16–17, 239, 275

  science fiction, 21

  Science Museum (London), 3

  Scorsese, Martin, 204

  Scotland, 94–111, 94, 129, 130, 151, 182, 213, 235, 243, 244–45, 258, 332–35

  Scottish Americans, 94, 95

  Scottish Highlands, 98, 182

  screening, genetic, 116, 287–88, 300–301

  Seaconke Wampanoag, 280, 281, 315–16

  sea ice, 40, 52–53

  seals, 52

  seannachies, 182

  sea voyages, 37–41

  seaweed, 41

  Second Mesa, 264, 265

  Sedona, Ariz., 229–30

  Seine River, 103–4

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

  semihuman creatures, 129

  Seminole, 251, 277–78, 281–84

  Seminole Producer, 282

  Senate, U.S., 292–93

  Senegal, 195, 239, 240

  Sephardic Jews, 118, 120, 123

  Septimius Severus, Emperor of Rome, 129

  Sequoya, 251–52

  servants, 65, 130, 131

  Serwah, Jendayi, 134–35, 146–47

  settlements, tribal, 139

  “Seven Daughters of Eve,” 27, 33, 66, 68–69, 148–49

  Seven Daughters of Eve, The (Sykes), 27, 33, 36–37, 47–48, 50, 80, 88, 228, 300

  Seventh Cavalry, U.S., 216, 220–21

  Severin, Tim, 52–53

  Sex and the City (Bushnell), 54

  Seymour, Jane, 82

  Shakespeare, William, 302

  sharecroppers, 292

  Sheridan, Wyo., 210, 216

  Shetland Islands, 102–3

  She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, 267–68

  Shipaulovi, 264

  Shongopori, 264

  short-faced bears, 45

  Shriver, Mark, 283

  Siberia, 35, 37–39, 41, 43–44, 47, 48, 128–29, 232, 233, 269, 315

  sickle-cell anemia, 114–15, 125, 162, 287–89, 318

  Sierra Leone, 297

  Signifying Monkey, The (Gates), 299

  Sigurd, 97–98, 102–3

  Silas, Anna, 264

  Silicon Valley, 161–62, 247

  single-gene disorders, 240–42

  single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), 70, 166–67, 170

  Singletary, Mike, 234, 245

  Sioux, 47, 204, 214, 220, 221

  Sirius, 7, 219

  Sirius XM radio, 293, 295–96

  Sitting Bull, 220, 221

  skeletons, 15, 16, 20, 21, 39, 49–57

  skin color, 246, 248–49, 296–97, 319–21

  Skorecki, Karl, 120

  skulls, 50–51, 54, 55

  Skye, Isle of, 101, 200, 235, 258

  Sky Woman, 217

  slave raiding, 131–32

  slavery, x, 72–74, 118–19, 129, 130–35, 143, 144, 145–54, 158, 177, 194, 195, 237, 282, 289, 292, 296–97, 299, 303–4, 310, 312

  “slavery health deficit,” 289

  slave ships, 132–33, 147–48, 292

  Slavs, 65

  sloths, 44

  smallpox, 29, 280

  smell, sense of, 310

 

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