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- Title
DNA Evidence of a Croatian and Sephardic Jewish Settlement on the North Carolina Coast Dating from the Mid to Late 1500s.
- Authors
Hirschman, Elizabeth C.; Vance, James A.; Harris, Jesse D.
- Abstract
The article focuses on DNA evidence of a Croatian and Sephardic Jewish Settlement on the North Carolina Coast dating from the mid to Late 1500s and Roanoke colonists staying with the Croatoan tribe survived. It mentions Sephardic Jews exiled from Spain had reached the section of the Ottoman Empire nearest Croatia and Croatian ships had wrecked, making a return voyage impossible. It also mentions human DNA testing for ancestry identification was revolutionized in 2001.
- Subjects
ROANOKE Colony (N.C.); EXCULPATORY DNA evidence; SEPHARDIM; OTTOMAN Empire; SHIPWRECKS
- Publication
International Social Science Review, 2019, Vol 95, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
0278-2308
- Publication type
Article