A DNA Surprise

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Sharon J Wilson

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06/06/2022

A DNA Surprise

This is the seal of the Lenape or Delaware Indians, located first around the Great Lakes. We have as many DNA markers for Lenape as we do Scots. My family settled in the Tennessee area.

The connection is very strong and shows up first in about 1850. The Lenape and the Wilsons ended up in Indian Territory, but it appears the connection was earlier.

Am trying to learn about my new cousins. Tis a mystery.

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I’m trying to finish my Dads book on the family while he can see it. He is 98.6.
My Wilsons are descended from the Norse Wulfings Clan: son of Wolf. Beowulf was composed at our clan home. At the end of the Viking Age, we went to Scotland and mainly to Ireland. William sailed here on the James and Mary, and the family moved through the Carolinas, Kentucky, Arkansas, and settled in Indian Territory. Somewhere along the way we picked up considerable Lenape Indian DNA. Our family book is : Those Wilsons on the Rollin Fork.

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