Mississippian DNA: all five Native maternal haplogroups, A, B, C, D and X (American Bottom, Illinois; 2014)

SUMMARYMississippian DNA: all five Native maternal haplogroups, A, B, C, D and X (American Bottom, Illinois; 2014) [Connections: Genetics (honest), Nov 5, 2026]

RECORDMarshall, Millward, Lindo, Carbaugh, Hedman, Emerson, Kaestle, Cook and Malhi, "The Genetic Legacy of the Mississippians," MAC 2014 Abstracts p. 81 (58th Midwest Archaeological Conference, Oct. 2014): new ancient mtDNA from Mississippian burials at East St. Louis, Janey B. Goode and Yokem, Illinois. Mississippians were genetically diverse, "with all five major Native American haplogroups (A, B, C, D, and X)" present over about 800 years

PATTERNthe Mississippian maternal lines published so far are the Native American set. Set beside the Anson Street result (24 of 27 in African L haplogroups) and the Gullah figures, this is where the published record contradicts the Lens: the majority maternal lines of Black Southerners and of the mound-era dead, as published, are different branches. Analyst's note (not from the source): haplogroups are branches of the maternal family tree, so they depend less on modern reference-panel choice than admixture percentages do

LENS (WW9)one people in kinship and land, renamed on paper, is a claim the records in the Library can test; one people in majority genetic descent is a claim these papers do not support

OPENthis is a conference abstract, not a full paper; the haplogroup counts need the published version. No human DNA from Moundville or Etowah turned up (next card)

SOURCEIllinois Experts, "The genetic legacy of the Mississippians".