Hi Ward, Interesting. Do you suppose that a lab would be able to run a DNA sample on my husband which would answer the question regarding the history that he is an Abenaki native (he prefers Indian). The tribe is ready to acept him but the rest of the family says no. I think he's right. I'm relatively sure that my Colberts of VA are part of same group that lead the Choctaw from 1760's through current times as well, although they have no knowledge of Levi's brother Lemuel. I'm not worried about it, but Ron would like to know if his grandfather, who claimed to be Abenaki in 1948 was telling the truth. The trive was the only tribe to formally join the Americans in the Rev. WAr. They had thier own Capt. They hated the British so much due to George Rodgers Clark's raids on their village. I guess they didn't realize that George Rodgers Clark left a bunch of descendats and cousins in this country, and they too fought the Bristish. Odd, huh. Thank you for your history. I''m still chasing those Richardsons, Harvey's, Madison's etc in Henrico/Charlotte and other counties. Take care Karen -----Original Message----- From: Drwhobrla@aol.com <Drwhobrla@aol.com> To: VACHARLO-L@rootsweb.com <VACHARLO-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, February 24, 1999 11:40 AM Subject: [VACHARLO-L] Coincidence? >Many of you have the book "Charlotte County, Rich Indeed." on pp 16-17 there >is a copy of a report by John Lederer from 1670, after exploring the area >which now contains Charlotte County. The Indians of the area believed that all >mankind was descended from four women, for whom they had names. > >When I first read this in 1995, I recalled an article in "Science", Jan. 15, >1993 by Ann Gibbons. In the article she relates the genetic evidence that all >Native Americans from pole to pole can be traced to four women by four >different DNA variants. This evidence suggests two migrations from Asia, one >from the region of Siberia. These specific gene mutations are found only in >Asia and the Americas. > > >==== VACHARLO Mailing List ==== >To search the Charlotte County home page only, try the new >PINPOINT SEARCH TOOL near the bottom of the page: >http://www.rootsweb.com/~vacharlo/indexcha.htm > JoLee Spears spearsj@bellsouth.net >