Message #68221

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Confirming the Siberian Migration



The first research on living Native American tribes showed they were comprised of four distinct
mtDNA haplogroups called A, B, C, and D. This means that the Native Americans are derived
from four different lineages. These haplogroups were also found in native populations in Central
and South America. Later mtDNA research utilizing ancient remains recovered in the Americas
validated these four haplogroups.

 

Three of these haplogroups, A, C, and D are found primarily in Siberian Asia. The B haplogroup,
however, is found only in aboriginal groups in Southeast Asia, China, Japan, Melanesia, and
Polynesia.