https://www.bpr.org/post/exploring-s...rs-and-catawba
This is a interesting story that hits close to home for me being born in Catawba County NC. My family carries a healthy percentage of Iberian Peninsula in our DNA. No doubt we could have arrived from Europe with it but It’s really interesting that the DNA of the Cherokee’s came back the way it did. Could this early exploration by the Spanish been the start of the wars between the Catawba and the Cherokee? Could the Cherokee’s have mixed with the Spaniards? I know this is a touchy subject but history is messy so it’s worth respectful discussion.
Von
This is a interesting story that hits close to home for me being born in Catawba County NC. My family carries a healthy percentage of Iberian Peninsula in our DNA. No doubt we could have arrived from Europe with it but It’s really interesting that the DNA of the Cherokee’s came back the way it did. Could this early exploration by the Spanish been the start of the wars between the Catawba and the Cherokee? Could the Cherokee’s have mixed with the Spaniards? I know this is a touchy subject but history is messy so it’s worth respectful discussion.
Von
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