Traced: Human DNA's Big Surprise — Nathaniel Jeanson

I have always wondered whether we were all a little more closely related than we realize and how what we see now can give us so much more insight into the past (both confirming what we know and how much, we must humbly admit, we still do not know). Part of this was due to the reality that in just a few generations, my own family has changed so much due to a few different choices that only a few of my ancestors made. I am born of Cuban immigrants from my Father’s side and Puerto Rican born grandparents on my Mother’s side. Due to the transatlantic slave trade, communism and various economic factors, my own lineage rapidly changed in just a few short years, with respect to the thousands of years we have been in existence. Cuba and Puerto Rico both share some historical narratives that involve what I always understood to be part African, part Indigenous (maybe Taino?) and part European (Spaniard or Italian?). I also had a rumored Chinese ancestor somewhere in there from Cuba! But where did the indigenous people come from? Did the African ancestral blood that courses through my veins come from slaves? Or perhaps it comes from the rumored African explorers who came to the Americas suppo

As a scientifically minded person, I will need to see the data. As a Christian, my response is, of course. Using sound genetic principles, the author has shown that the genealogies found in Genesis in the Bible are consistent with DNA evidence. There are two fanatical religious groups that will utterly reject this, and either ignore it or ridicule it because it disproves their fundamentalist beliefs. These two groups are the LDS church, and the second is evolutionists. The LDS church will reject it because it demonstrates that Native Americans migrated across the Bearing Straight no sooner than 200 AD, they did not take boats here in 700 BC. This scientifically disproves (again, for about the tenth time) the Book of Mormon. (It is also fascinating, in that it means that the Mayans, the Incas, and the Aztecs were probably extinct by 200 AD, consistent with being wiped out in Noah’s flood. That would make those civilizations pre-deluvial). Evolutionists will hate it because it demonstrates scientifically that all living humans have a common paternal ancestor, who lived roughly 3500-4500 years ago (the latter because early generations were not on a 25 year clock, but much longer, bibl

This is superb but it has to become part of a series. For example I am deeply interested in what haplogroup the Cornish and Irish tend to pull from. I would assume an I haplogroup at least in Cornwall. Very thoughtful for a historical nerd. It’s so broad (all of human history). His new book fleshing out the American Indians needs to start a trend. Question for future: 1) Haplogroup relations of Medes vs Persians. He speaks of Persians as Japethites. Is this due to Median assumptions? 2) Vikings vs Celts vs Germans haplogroup breakdown (needs to incorporate traditional indigenous accounts like Nennius) 3) Azkhenazi Jews haplogroup analysis (Khazar theory?) And so forth. Save and integrate the traditional histories and kings lists with the genetic record. You are on your way to being a true Renaissance Man - geneticist, geographer, anthropologist, and historian. Great book but should become the second after Replacing Darwin in a long series.

Interesting research on human growth and migration over the past 7,000 years, based on male DNA genome tracing. I would have enjoyed this book more if the author had been a little bit more linear, instead of spending multiple pages talking about possible chaos if things were different from reality. I kept saying, “Get to the point!” He does, eventually, identify the origins of both North American and South American civilizations, as well as others.

This was a fascinating read, looking at tracing genetics from a solidly Biblical perspective. I also watched a bunch of the YouTube videos that the author did. This is a good resource for my personal library.

This is not a "fast" read, but if you take your time reading and look at the color plates when he references them, anyone can follow along as he traces the different people groups of rhe world using the Y-DNA chromosome. I also recommend watching his companion YouTube video series on this book (he goes through it chapter by chapter); and as the book came first then the series, by time he discussed certain chapters he was able to include breaking, new research finds that are not in the book. I highly recommend the book!

The author makes a credible case that world population timelines extend back thousands of years ago, not the mainstream tens or hundreds of thousands of years ago. He uses detailed DNA analysis to derive these timelines which he documents thoroughly. It turns out the world population timelines correspond to a literal reading of the genealogies and histories detailed for Noah and his descendants found in the early chapters of the biblical book of Genesis. This work underscores the viability of using the book of Genesis as a true history of human origins.

Great book! Solid writing. Backed with tons of research. A must buy!