Historical DNA connects 1.3 million living relatives to 17th-century Maryland settlers and may have identified the colony’s second governor

Analysis of Historic St. Mary’s City highlights the power of combining ancient DNA, archaeology, and genealogy to restore lost identities and track the migrations of America’s earliest English colonists and their descendants At a Glance: DNA analysis of 49 colonists from 17th-century St. Mary’s City reveals over 1.3 million living genetic relatives of Maryland’s founding... The post Historical DNA connects 1.3 million living relatives to 17th-century Maryland settlers and may have identified the colony’s second governor appeared first on Montreal Gazette .

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