Subject: [COULOMBE-L] Indians in your Family Line?

PROVING YOUR INDIAN HERITAGE WITH YOUR TEETH AND EYES

If you have been unable to prove or disprove an "old family tale"
concerning Indian ancestry, there may be a solution to your problem.
An extremely rare mutation of the "Y" chromosome may be a genetic
marker unique to the people who migrated to the Americas some 30,000
years ago.  Stamford University researchers, using a new method of
scanning genetic changes, have found a mutation that in the sample
exists only in Indian populations in North and South America and in
Eskimo groups. The lead author of the Stamford Research Study noted,
"In only one chromosome in all the world was there this change and all
Native Americans may be able to trace their heritage back to that genetic
change."

So that old family tale may be true to a degree, but you will still have to
prove to what tribe of American Indian you belong. Seeking the answer will
involve a trip to your physician or optometrist and dentist. The eyes of
American Indians and Blacks carry a melanin (pigmentation) peculiar to
them. This is in the back of the eye on the retina. Using his light, your
physician/optometrist/ophthalmologist can determine if the melanin is
present.

Your dentist can tell if you do or do not have a Carrabelli cusp on the
maxillary first molars. Counting from the center front of your upper
teeth, the sixth tooth on the back on each side is your maxillary first
molar. The cusp is present on those of strictly western European origin,
but missing on those of Asian or American Indian heritage.

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