Friday, October 28, 2016

Stephanie Tulloch's Geneology


Clara and Tom Porter,
Stephanie's Grand Parents on her mother's side


Ethnicity Estimate for Stephanie Williams Tulloch



Stephanie Tulloch


Africa



  • Ivory Coast/Ghana31%
  • Nigeria26%
  • Cameroon/Congo9%
  • Trace Regions
    6%

Europe27%

  • Great Britain18%
  • Europe West5%
  • Trace Regions
    4%

West Asia< 1%

  • Trace Regions
    < 1%

My oldest daughter Stephanie decided to take a DNA test. She wanted to find out what nationalities she is made up of.  Remember when I told you that a DNA test is not 100% accurate? Here is my opportunity to explain.   

Stephanie's test was done by "Ancestry DNA." They tested her Y-DNA not her X-DNA. That means that this test did not include her father's DNA, me. It was all about her mother's family DNA.

According to her test, she is;
72% African
27% European
1% Asian     









Now I know for a fact that Stephanie's grandfather's ancestors in the early 1800s had its roots in Central Virginia (Spotsylvania area)  with the Manahoic Native Americans.  Most if not all of these people were killed or taken into slavery by White Virginians. So their DNA print is lost to history and could not be in the test. 

Thomas Porter I mother Amanda  Ann Porter I was one of the little Manahoic girls sold into slavery after her village was raided by White Virginians.  She was sold to a slave breeder  Noah Smith.  Noah was probably British descendant. Noah's DNA is traceable.   Mary Yeager was a White British woman, married to Thomas Porter I.  Her DNA signature is traceable. Other European traces probably came from interrelations with other people in Europe over the past 3,000 years. 

Stephanie's Grandmother, Clara, is descendant from the Shawnee people from West Virginia.  Probably, here is where her African genes is coming from. Remember West Virginia was part of  Maryland and Virginia at one time.  They were both slave states meaning Africans could have been brought into the area in the 1600, 1700, and 1800.


The British came into North America, bringing their disease with them. They even gave many natives blankets knowingly with Small Pox in them. These blankets killed many Shawnee people.  So a good sample of Shawnee genes is not available today.  



Here is why for most of her ancestor's history, we just have her grandparents testimony to go by.        

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