Identifying a living great-grandson of the Lakota Sioux leader Tatanka Iyotake (Sitting Bull)
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Identifying a living great-grandson of the Lakota Sioux leader Tatanka Iyotake (Sitting Bull). / Moltke, Ida; Korneliussen, Thorfinn Sand; Seguin-Orlando, Andaine; Moreno-Mayar, J. Víctor; LaPointe, Ernie; Billeck, William; Willerslev, Eske.
In: Science Advances, Vol. 7, No. 44, eabh2013, 2021.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Identifying a living great-grandson of the Lakota Sioux leader Tatanka Iyotake (Sitting Bull)
AU - Moltke, Ida
AU - Korneliussen, Thorfinn Sand
AU - Seguin-Orlando, Andaine
AU - Moreno-Mayar, J. Víctor
AU - LaPointe, Ernie
AU - Billeck, William
AU - Willerslev, Eske
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - A great-grandson of the legendary Lakota Sioux leader Sitting Bull (Tatanka lyotake), Ernie LaPointe, wished to have their familial relationship confirmed via genetic analysis, in part, to help settle concerns over Sitting Bull's final resting place. To address Ernie LaPointe's claim of family relationship, we obtained minor amounts of genomic data from a small piece of hair from Sitting Bull's scalp lock, which was repatriated in 2007. We then compared these data to genome-wide data from LaPointe and other Lakota Sioux using a new probabilistic approach and concluded that Ernie LaPointe is Sitting Bull's great-grandson. To our knowledge, this is the first published example of a familial relationship between contemporary and a historical individual that has been confirmed using such limited amounts of ancient DNA across such distant relatives. Hence, this study opens the possibility for broadening genealogical research, even when only minor amounts of ancient genetic material are accessible.
AB - A great-grandson of the legendary Lakota Sioux leader Sitting Bull (Tatanka lyotake), Ernie LaPointe, wished to have their familial relationship confirmed via genetic analysis, in part, to help settle concerns over Sitting Bull's final resting place. To address Ernie LaPointe's claim of family relationship, we obtained minor amounts of genomic data from a small piece of hair from Sitting Bull's scalp lock, which was repatriated in 2007. We then compared these data to genome-wide data from LaPointe and other Lakota Sioux using a new probabilistic approach and concluded that Ernie LaPointe is Sitting Bull's great-grandson. To our knowledge, this is the first published example of a familial relationship between contemporary and a historical individual that has been confirmed using such limited amounts of ancient DNA across such distant relatives. Hence, this study opens the possibility for broadening genealogical research, even when only minor amounts of ancient genetic material are accessible.
KW - GENOME SEQUENCE
KW - LOUIS-XVI
KW - IDENTIFICATION
KW - REMAINS
KW - ANCESTRY
KW - PATTERNS
U2 - 10.1126/sciadv.abh2013
DO - 10.1126/sciadv.abh2013
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 34705496
VL - 7
JO - Science advances
JF - Science advances
SN - 2375-2548
IS - 44
M1 - eabh2013
ER -
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