New Mexico History

Mestizaje: Indian Roots In 17^th-Century New Mexico Family Genealogy

A recent post on the Facebook page of the NewMexico Genealogical Society mentioned that the results from the New Mexico DNAProject shows that of 710 maternal DNA samples of men with roots in New Mexico(mainly Hispanic men) 77.89% (546 individuals) have Native American DNA. The genealogicalresearch of the past sixty years has uncovered the diverse geographic andethnic origins of Nuevomejicano families of the Spanish government era(1598-1821). The increased ……..