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Canadians set to “swamp” government with claims of mixed ancestry from European fur traders and their Aboriginal wives
The Canadian Federal Court ruling last week that Métis people in Canada are ‘Indians’ and fall under federal jurisdiction, is expected to produce a flood of applications from Canadians seeking to prove their aboriginal ancestry.
The US Presidents who descend from King John of England – and why you probably do too
The press recently hailed the ‘remarkable discovery’ by a 12 year-old genealogist that 42 out of 43 US presidents have King John as a common ancestor, but the most remarkable aspect of this story would be an odd one out who isn’t descended from him.
1852 letter describes incredible hardship of family’s 2000 mile wagon journey across the Old West
A letter, written by Lydia Jones Simmons to her mother in 1852, recounts the suffering and deprivation her family suffered on the trail from Indiana to Oregon.
Y-DNA test reveals ‘Irish-American’ is actually Native American
Steve Woodall believed his direct ancestors came from Irish stock, but a Y-DNA test revealed a Native American who hid his ancestry to save his life.
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