DNA Evidence of Moskoke (alternative spelling Muskogee) Peoples of S E USA and N W Florida
1. Principal DNA Report relied upon
(a) Title: Polymorphic Alu Insertions and the Asian Origin of Native American Populations.
(b) Authors:
Gabriel E Novick and colleagues – refer to Bibliography.
2. Précis of the Report’s findings
Close similarity between the Chinese and Native Americans suggests recent gene flow from Asia. Note: The Moskoke are the furthest away from Chinese on the ‘tree’ – further DNA evidence for Florida people is advisable.
3. Corroboration or supporting DNA Reports
Constantine Rafinesque’s book Ancient History or Annals of Kentucky (1824) adduces convincing evidence that the Moskoke came from China.
4. Corroboration or supporting reports into ailments or diseases which suggest Chinese arrived by sea
Machado Joseph disease prevalent among Melungeon people to the north of Moskoke.
5. Did the first Europeans to reach the area in which the Moskoke people live find Chinese already there?
Yes. Pedro Menendez de Aviles found Chinese junks wrecked off Florida.
6. Other evidence showing links with China
(a) Principal links
Wrecked junks in Caribbean, off Florida coast and in Great Dismal Swamp (Virginia) found by first Europeans. Chinese people met by Giovanni de Verrazzano off what is now New York. The junks would have sailed past Georgia (wind patterns in N Atlantic)
(b) Secondary links
There is overwhelming evidence of pre-Columbian visits to the Caribbean and up the east coast of North America, as set out in the Annexes listed below.
7. Evidence in Synopsis of Evidence on website www.gavinmenzies.net.
Annexes IV, V, XXIV, XXVI and XXVII.
8. Reference in 1421 The Year China Discovered America
9. Summary
The Moskoke are placed far from the Chinese on Professor Novick’s “Maximum likelihood tree” – as far away as the Navajo, but in the opposite direction. The Moskoke, like the Navajo, may thus have been fleeing Genghis Khan.
