The 'Lost Tribe' of Appalachia

"DNA can reveal a lot about a person, but does it hold the key to a people's heritage? An ethnic sub-population in Appalachia -- with no firm idea where they came from -- hopes so. Kristen Philipkoski reports in the first of a three-part series."

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I skimmed through a copy of Bryan Sykes' The Seven Daughters of Eve which deals with a good deal of the science at play here. Fascinating stuff.
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