The genetic legacy of African Americans from Catoctin Furnace
Author:
Harney Éadaoin12ORCID, Micheletti Steven1ORCID, Bruwelheide Karin S.3, Freyman William A.1ORCID, Bryc Katarzyna1ORCID, Akbari Ali24ORCID, Jewett Ethan1, Comer Elizabeth5, Gates Henry Louis6ORCID, Heywood Linda7ORCID, Thornton John7ORCID, Curry Roslyn12, Esselmann Samantha Ancona1ORCID, Barca Kathryn G.3ORCID, Sedig Jakob24ORCID, Sirak Kendra24ORCID, Olalde Iñigo289ORCID, Adamski Nicole410ORCID, Bernardos Rebecca410ORCID, Broomandkhoshbacht Nasreen410ORCID, Ferry Matthew410ORCID, Qiu Lijun410ORCID, Stewardson Kristin410, Workman J. Noah410ORCID, Zalzala Fatma410ORCID, Mallick Shop41011, Micco Adam411ORCID, Mah Matthew41011ORCID, Zhang Zhao4ORCID, Rohland Nadin4, Mountain Joanna L.1ORCID, Owsley Douglas W.3ORCID, Reich David241011ORCID, Aslibekyan Stella, Auton Adam, Babalola Elizabeth, Bell Robert K., Bielenberg Jessica, Bullis Emily, Coker Daniella, Cuellar Partida Gabriel, Dhamija Devika, Das Sayantan, Elson Sarah L., Filshtein Teresa, Fletez-Brant Kipper, Fontanillas Pierre, Heilbron Karl, Hicks Barry, Hinds David A., Jiang Yunxuan, Kukar Katelyn, Lin Keng-Han, Lowe Maya, McCreight Jey, McIntyre Matthew H., Moreno Meghan E., Nandakumar Priyanka, Noblin Elizabeth S., O’Connell Jared, Petrakovitz Aaron A., Poznik G. David, Schumacher Morgan, Shastri Anjali J., Shelton Janie F., Shi Jingchunzi, Shringarpure Suyash, Tran Vinh, Tung Joyce Y., Wang Xin, Wang Wei, Weldon Catherine H., Wilton Peter, Hernandez Alejandro, Wong Corinna D., Tchakouté Christophe Toukam, Fitch Alison, Reynoso Alexandra, Granka Julie M., Su Qiaojuan Jane, Kwong Alan, Eriksson Nicholas, Nguyen Dominique T., Llamas Bianca A., Tat Susana A.,
Affiliation:
1. 23andMe, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA 94043, USA. 2. Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. 3. Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, USA. 4. Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. 5. Catoctin Furnace Historical Society, Thurmont, MD 21788, USA. 6. Hutchins Center for African and African American Research, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. 7. African American and Black Diaspora Studies, Department of History, Boston University, Brookline, MA 02446, USA. 8. BIOMICs Research Group, Department of Zoology and Animal Cell Biology, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, 01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. 9. Ikerbasque–Basque Foundation of Science, 48009 Bilbao, Spain. 10. Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. 11. Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
Abstract
Few African Americans have been able to trace family lineages back to ancestors who died before the 1870 United States Census, the first in which all Black people were listed by name. We analyzed 27 individuals from Maryland’s Catoctin Furnace African American Cemetery (1774–1850), identifying 41,799 genetic relatives among consenting research participants in 23andMe, Inc.’s genetic database. One of the highest concentrations of close relatives is in Maryland, suggesting that descendants of the Catoctin individuals remain in the area. We find that many of the Catoctin individuals derived African ancestry from the Wolof or Kongo groups and European ancestry from Great Britain and Ireland. This study demonstrates the power of joint analysis of historical DNA and large datasets generated through direct-to-consumer ancestry testing.
Publisher
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Subject
Multidisciplinary
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