Old World Roots of the Cherokee

How DNA, Ancient Alphabets and Religion Explain the Origins of America's Largest Indian Nation

De: Donald N. Yates

Narrado por: Jack Chekijian

Most histories of the Cherokee nation focus on its encounters with Europeans, its conflicts with the U.S. government, and its expulsion from its lands during the Trail of Tears. This work, however, traces the origins of the Cherokee people to the third century B.C.E. and follows their migrations through the Americas to their homeland in the lower Appalachian Mountains. Using a combination of DNA analysis, historical research, and classical philology, it uncovers the Jewish and Eastern Mediterranean ancestry of the Cherokee and reveals that they originally spoke Greek before adopting the Iroquoian language of their Haudenosaunee allies while the two nations dwelt together in the Ohio Valley.

©2012 Donald N. Yates (P)2013 Donald N. Yates

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This book was really interesting to listen to. It was especially ironic that it came up for me to listen to as I was doing research on my family's genealogy.

Thus far my story goes back to descendents of the American Revolution, the Mayflower and Holland. At the same time the different "native" tribes were trying to learn how to interact with the "white man". After only having to deal with, be at war with, etc. other "native" tribes.

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I would highly recommend choosing a different narrator next time. The chosen narrator ruined this book by speaking like an Alexa/Siri robot most of the time, and mis-pronouncing very common compound words or breaking them apart in strange ways. He took away from the importance of this very exciting read.
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Cherokee history

Surprised that the wide suggestion of connection to European and Middle Eastern origins. perhaps the world's people are from Biblical stories of old

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This book brings together a lot of material in one book It is an excellent introduction to the subject and provides a good jumping off points for readers who want to explore the subject more deeply. It references both historical material and modern genetics. This is a good reference book.

A ton of information in rapid fire form.

So very much information. It all attests to man's war like nature on all sides. Historical records are more plain than my assertions. This book gave me a better understanding of part of my heritage.