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Follow the dramatic history of Anne Marie's Amerindian - Acadian descendants in North America in two, ground-breaking books: Revisiting Anne Marie (2012), and Cajun By Any Other Name (2012). The journey of discovery continues! In Marie Rundquist's new book, find out how we all play a part in the elegantly choreographed Dance of Life: Ancient Peoples, the Animals and Us (2022). Visit https://lnkd.in/eNrFsa_Z

https://lnkd.in/e--mCvKZ #DNA #genealogy #history The Acadian Amerindian Ancestry, the A haplogroup, and the A2 haplogroup projects with Family Tree DNA have registered the new, matching A2f1a1b haplogroup for matrilineal (mother-line) descendants of Anne Marie Mi'kmaq. The A2f1a1b mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroup, to which matrilineal descendants of Anne Marie MI'kmaq now belong, is a brand new sub-branch of the A2f1a parent haplogroup. The refined, A2f1a1b mtDNA haplogroup designation adds to what we know about our connections to history and to each other, helps to distinguish Anne Marie Mi'kmaq's descendants from other lineages, and results from the latest, mitochondrial DNA "Tree of Humankind" update of March, 2025 (presently in BETA test). References: Wikitree: https://lnkd.in/eHj3hppV Acadian Amerindian Ancestry DNA Project https://lnkd.in/eueYEx3 Haplogroup A mtDNA Project https://lnkd.in/esrs4KEG Haplogroup A2 mtDNA Project https://lnkd.in/eBM6rZU8 03/03/2025 Family Tree DNA Press Release: https://lnkd.in/eFrNeE4K

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Radley, D. (2025, February 27). "4,000-year-old Stonehenge-like circle discovered in Denmark: Danish archaeologists have found a remarkable wooden circle from 4,000 years ago in Aars, which bears a strong resemblance to the well-known Stonehenge in Britain." Archaeology Magazine. https://lnkd.in/eJaVMAuk #archaeology

A New Brunswick news release by the Canadian Press, dated February 17, 2025, carried the sad news: "Antonine Maillet, author and proud raconteur of the Acadian people, dead at 95." Reading further, I came across the following statement about the author, and one of her most famous works: "Her play “La Sagouine,” first performed in 1971 with Viola Leger in the title role, was a massive success, helping to instil pride in Acadians and contribute to a cultural revival." A quote from the author, dating back to 2010, revealed much about her tenacity as a writer and her commitment to authenticity: "... Maillet spoke about overcoming a “triple handicap” in literature: being a woman, Acadian, and of short stature. “Being short, that amuses me! But if I have one claim to fame, it’s that I took the Acadian language from oral tradition to the written word.” A comment: The chapter, "On the Census," from La Sagouine is a must-read for anyone with Acadian lines or an interest in how Acadians came to be in North America. I read "On the Census" when I was coming to terms with my own roots as a family researcher and found the author's humorous, if not sardonic, treatment of the often delicate topic of Acadian "nationality," as portrayed by census takers of the time, a healing balm of a sort. Maillet truly "hit the mark" when she observed: "Couldn't have been easy, being deported like that and not to think you lost something important along the way. Takes a lot out of you, a trip like that..." -- Antonine Mailette, (English translation). Source: https://lnkd.in/epwiVp_m

Perplexed about that same "cast of characters" that keeps showing up in your Family Finder / My Heritage / Ancestry / Gedmatch autosomal DNA match lists? I got 'em. Do you? I see many of the same DNA matches in every single system where I have my autosomal DNA enrolled. Some of my closest DNA matches I know personally (as they are extended family) -- some of my distant matches, I've corresponded with and we've managed to nail down how we relate to each other; but there are still other DNA matches I scratch my head about when I look at them, but like you, I keep digging into the family trees to find our common ancestors. Here again is a plug for Wikitree: I subscribe to Wikitree and today I found a wonderful little gem that points me to "living cousins" and shows exactly from which ancestor we descend (based on trees). If I dig into the profiles a little more I can find the kit numbers posted by relatives of my match. It also shows cousins who descend from the same "far off" ancestors I do - so I see French Quebec lines, Acadian - Amerindian lines, my Cajun lines that trace through the heart of Louisiana, and a couple of English lines that I know about from researching my tree. I recommend anyone who is serious about genetic genealogy (and I know there are more than a few of you here on this site) to sign up to Wikitree (for FREE!) and start contributing your family tree information. Anyway, there's this little link called "my cousins" that I recommend you try once you've entered your profiles for your ancestors -- or linked to them if they are already in the system: https://lnkd.in/eGvG6H7E Already a Wikitree subscriber and looking to find your living cousins? Try this link. https://lnkd.in/eGvG6H7E and have FUN finding these same "living cousins" who may also show up as matches in your Family Finder / Ancestry / My Heritage / Gedmatch results! Do it NOW! https://lnkd.in/eVa7s5DG #dna #genealogy

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Killgrove, K. (2025, January 15). "Were the Celts matriarchal? Ancient DNA reveals men married into local, powerful female lineages." Live Science: https://lnkd.in/d6BxDiiP. Key finding: "To figure out who was buried in the Dorset cemeteries, the researchers first sequenced the buried individuals' genomes. They discovered that 85% of the people were related to one another. Additionally, more than two-thirds of these relatives shared a rare mitochondrial #DNA lineage — U5b1 — and Y chromosome diversity was high, meaning most people had the same maternal ancestors but not the same paternal ones." Open Access Source Citation: Cassidy, L.M., Russell, M., Smith, M. et al. Continental influx and pervasive matrilocality in Iron Age Britain. Nature (2025). https://lnkd.in/dUXRDKEx See also: See also: Travel by Ancient Ancestry: Published DNA research points to a possible matriarchal social structure of an ancient Celtic tribe in England: https://lnkd.in/dgihZDEw

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Francis Crick Institute. (2025, January 1). "Ancient DNA unlocks new understanding of migrations in the first millennium AD: Waves of human migration across Europe during the first millennium AD have been revealed using a more precise method of analysing ancestry with ancient DNA, in research led by the Francis Crick Institute." The Francis Crick Institute News and Reports. https://lnkd.in/eWZFBRiS Reference: Speidel, L., Silva, M., Booth, T. et al. High-resolution genomic history of early medieval Europe. Nature 637, 118–126 (2025). https://lnkd.in/eiNETkxQ Also posted here: https://lnkd.in/eH4WbZcM