DNA Test Results Unexpected -- Explanations?
According to a combination of written and oral evidence, I descend from a Choctaw Indian chief, Mushulatubbee, born in 1770.
My uncle is the last known direct male descendant of Mushulatubbee.
I therefore tested my uncle's DNA (Y chromosome) using National Geographic's Genographic project.
I expected the results would confirm his Indian ancestry, since, if the Y chromosome is handed down from father to son, father to son, and so on, the DNA should have shown my uncle to be Native American.
However, the test shows him to be European (haplogroup R1b, M343 (Subclade R1b1b2, M269).
So it seems to me there are a few plausable explanations for this result:
1) The DNA test is wrong;
2) The written/oral evidence is wrong;
3) A direct male ancestor in this line was adopted;
4) A direct male ancestor in this line was the result of infidelity;
5) I don't understand how the National Geographic test worked.
Can anyone think of any other explanation?Moreover, does anyone have any comments about the DNA results versus the written/oral history?
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