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CHamoru DNA Descendants: First Settlers of Remote Oceania
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- Written by: Bernard Punzalan
I Manmofona Na Taotao (First Peoples). Following the trail of Austronesian peoples that have Proto-Malayo-Polynesian linguistic characteristics and current CHamoru DNA studies, the first wave of settlers in Remote Oceania settled in the Mariana Islands sometime between 5,000 and 3,500 years ago from Island Southeast Asia (ISEA), likely from Wallacea (Sulawesi and the Moluccas).
As a result of time, space and isolation, the CHamoru mitochondrial DNA is unique and within the haplotypes E2a and E1a2 (Pre-Latte period). CHamoru people with B4a1a1a that also contains a specific and unique mutation are believed to have come from a separate and second wave of migration to the islands, which parallels the Latte period.
Interestingly as well, other variations of B4a1a1a: 1) are found in Carolinians from Saipan; and, 2) is of the Polynesian Motif and within the timeframe of settlers in Polynesia.
Sources:
- Geographic map is from Wikimedia Commons. Animation is mine.
- Vilar, M. et al. 2012. The Origins and Genetic Distinctiveness of the Chamorros of the Marianas Islands: An mtDNA Perspective.
4th Marianas History Conference
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- Written by: Bernard Punzalan
Abstracts are due May 31, 2019.
Conference: August 31 - September 1, 2019, at the University of Guam.
10th Annual Chamorro Cultural Festival
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- Written by: Bernard Punzalan
Save the date for this coming March 30, 2019. The 10th Chamorro Cultural Festival will be held at the California State University San Marcos Campus, 333 S. Twin Oaks Valley Rd. San Marcos CA, 92096.
Will be there presenting with Guma’ Imahe from Washington State.
2016 FestPac: Chamorro Diaspora Project
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This eBook publication is one of the deliverables resulting from my participation as a Guam Delegate in the 2016 Festival of the Pacific Arts (FestPac) and conducting a "Chamorro Diaspora Project" Seminar.
Now Available: Indexed Transcribed Land Records
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If you are a suscriber to the Chamorro Root Database & Library subscription plan, the Index of Names for land records (1895-1906) is now available in the Misc. Reports menu option. This is a tool designed to primarily work with the Land Records subscription.
Also for you Chamorro Roots Database & Library subscription plan subscribers I have recently applied many updates that includes the addition of thousands more of images in the Archives to enhance more research possibilities.
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