Bryan Sykes
The best-selling author of ,The Seven Daughters of Eve, now turns his sights on the United States, one of the most genetically variegated countries in the world. From the blue-blooded pockets of old-WASP New England to the vast tribal lands of the Navajo, Bryan Sykes takes us on a historical genetic tour, interviewing genealogists, geneticists, anthropologists, and everyday Americans with compelling ancestral stories. His findings suggest:,â€¢ Of Americans whose ancestors came as slaves, virtually all have some European DNA.,â€¢ Racial intermixing appears least common among descendants of early New England colonists.,â€¢ There is clear evidence of Jewish genes among descendants of southwestern Spanish Catholics.,â€¢ Among white Americans, evidence of African DNA is most common in the South.,â€¢ European genes appeared among Native Americans as early as ten thousand years ago.,An unprecedented look into America's genetic mosaic and an impressive contribution to how we perceive race, this is a fascinating book about what it means to be American.
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DNA USA: A Genetic Biography of America