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From: Fred Willard, Director of the Lost Colony Center for Science and Research, and Roberta Estes, Director of DNA Research for the Lost Colony Center for Science and Research
Date: June 21, 2007
It is our pleasure to announce the addition of Dr. Ana Oquendo Pabón, MD to the advisory board of the Lost Colony Center for Science and Research as our advisor for DNA and Historical Research. In addition to Dr. Oquendo Pabóns private medical practice, she has developed a specialty in mitochondrial DNA.
Her DNA and research interests include the Native Population of Puerto Rico as well as that of the United States and the African Diaspora.
In 2003, as early genetic genealogy pioneers, she co-founded the Puerto Rican Geographical DNA project with her brother, Rev. Father Jose Antonio Oquendo Pabón, a humanities professor, island historian, genealogist, and researcher. Through the project and the collaboration of their members, they have successfully determined the ancestral haplotype of many of the oldest surnames on the island such as the Maldonado, the Rivera de Mathos, Ramírez de Arellano and others.
From the outset, Dr. Oquendo Pabón vigorously encouraged mitochondrial DNA testing of DNA participants, corroborating the results of previous scientific studies which have shown the extremely high ancestral frequency of the purportedly extinct Native American/ Taíno people of Puerto Rico.
Dr. Oquendo Pabóns extensive knowledge of mitochondrial DNA, Native American DNA, genealogy and early historical documents is a welcome addition to the resources of the Lost Colony Center for Science and Research. She will be attending the Lost Colony Symposium on DNA and Recent Research on Sept. 7-9, 2007 at the Lost Colony Center in Washington, NC.
Welcome, Dr. Oquendo Pabón!
Barton DNA Project:
From: Fred Willard, Director of the Lost Colony Center for Science and Research, and Roberta Estes, Director of DNA Research for the Lost Colony Center for Science and Research
Date: June 21, 2007
It is our pleasure to announce the addition of Dr. Ana Oquendo Pabón, MD to the advisory board of the Lost Colony Center for Science and Research as our advisor for DNA and Historical Research. In addition to Dr. Oquendo Pabóns private medical practice, she has developed a specialty in mitochondrial DNA.
Her DNA and research interests include the Native Population of Puerto Rico as well as that of the United States and the African Diaspora.
In 2003, as early genetic genealogy pioneers, she co-founded the Puerto Rican Geographical DNA project with her brother, Rev. Father Jose Antonio Oquendo Pabón, a humanities professor, island historian, genealogist, and researcher. Through the project and the collaboration of their members, they have successfully determined the ancestral haplotype of many of the oldest surnames on the island such as the Maldonado, the Rivera de Mathos, Ramírez de Arellano and others.
From the outset, Dr. Oquendo Pabón vigorously encouraged mitochondrial DNA testing of DNA participants, corroborating the results of previous scientific studies which have shown the extremely high ancestral frequency of the purportedly extinct Native American/ Taíno people of Puerto Rico.
Dr. Oquendo Pabóns extensive knowledge of mitochondrial DNA, Native American DNA, genealogy and early historical documents is a welcome addition to the resources of the Lost Colony Center for Science and Research. She will be attending the Lost Colony Symposium on DNA and Recent Research on Sept. 7-9, 2007 at the Lost Colony Center in Washington, NC.
Welcome, Dr. Oquendo Pabón!
Barton DNA Project:
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