Medical Issues, DNA, and mtDNA

Catherine Pillard – A King’s Daughter, of Algonquian-Siberian Origin, born in France about 1651 – What is wrong with this picture, by Raymond F. Lussier, Thomas King-McMahon, Johan Robitaille – This article was originally published in the April 2008 issue of Michigan’s Habitant Heritage

Catherine Pillard, Native of La Rochelle, In Search of the Truth¸ by Suzette Leclair, Algonquian-Wendat, SFOHG Toronto, Gail Moreau-DesHarnais, SFOHG La Pionière du sud-ouest and FCHSM Member, Johan Robitaille, Algonquian-Wendat, SFOHG Toronto. The article was originally published in the April 2009 issue of Michigan’s Habitant Heritage

Time Line on Catherine Pillard, circa 1647, 1649, 1651, 1654 – 1717, by Gail Moreau-DesHarnais. This article was originally published in the October 2010 issue of The Charron Association Newsletter

DNA Updates of Interest, by Susan M. Colby – This article was originally published in the April 2014 issue of Michigan’s Habitant Heritage

Second marriage of Sebastien Brisson dit Laroche, widower of “Catherine Charron,” by Suzanne Boivin Sommerville

DNA Update – Catherine Pillard, by Susan M. Colby – This article was originally published in the July 2015 issue of Michigan’s Habitant Heritage

The Association des Charron et Ducharme has adopted a formal position on the origins of Catherine Pillard. You can read their position on BAnQ - see p. 13: https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3500321?docref=U5WSgu-w8c8qTwDKJ6f_Jw.

Readers are also invited to read the articles by Suzette Leclair (http://www.geninfo.org/Pillard/DNA.htm), (http://www.geninfo.org/Pillard/index.html), (http://www.geninfo.org/Pillard/DNA-Genealogy.htm) one of the co-authors of the 2009 article.

Internet links related to DNA, and mtDNA: FCHSM does not endorse any of the sites that sell DNA or mtDNA tests, however these sites often provide glossaries and information that may help you understand more about these tests and their results.

Family Tree DNA: This company has organized mtDNA results for French, French-Canadian, and Native American female ancestors. The link to the table is organized alphabetically by surname.

http://www.familytreedna.com/public/frenchheritage/default.aspx?section=mtresults.

Their "undersanding results page for mtdna" answers questions about mtDNA: http://www.familytreedna.com/faq/answers.aspx?id=1

Denis Beauregard's charts of triangulated signatures:

yDNA signatures: http://www.francogene.com/gfna/gfna/998/adny.htm

mtDNA signatures: http://www.francogene.com/gfna/gfna/998/adnmt.htm

Wikipedia - Unlike articles in a printed encyclopedia, Wikipedia articles are ever-evolving. As of 5 March 2018, their page on DNA contains 217 footnotes, as well as links to related topics. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA

The Genographic Project (a subsidiary of National Geographic: a glossary: https://genographic.nationalgeographic.com/glossary/see-all/

See the Acadian and French-Canadian Ancestral Home site for information about the mtDNA results for the Founding Mothers of Acadia .Stephen A. White, the noted author about Acadian families, wrote the introductory article as well as verifying all of the lines of the individuals tested. See: http://www.acadian-home.org/frames.html

Specific discussions of DNA results for Native Americans:

National Institute of Health article about genetic variations in Native Americans: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2082466/pdf/pgen.0030185.pdf

Wikipedia article about genetic results for indigenous peoples (Native Americans): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_Amerindian_genetics

Loraine DiCerbo’s May 2013 Photograph of the Louis Hébert Statue - Louis Hébert was an apothocary - you can read his biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online: http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/hebert_louis_1E.html