Are French-Canadians descended from only 8500 people?

[Peterski]

"Human genetics, lessons from Quebec populations":

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11701644

The population of Quebec, Canada (7.3 million) contains approximately 6 million French Canadians; they are the descendants of approximately 8500 permanent French settlers who colonized Nouvelle France between 1608 and 1759. Their well-documented settlements, internal migrations, and natural increase over four centuries in relative isolation (geographic, linguistic, etc.) contain important evidence of social transmission of demographic behavior that contributed to effective family size and population structure. (...)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Founde...an_populations

The French Canadians of Quebec are a classical example of founder population. Over 150 years of French colonization, between 1608 and 1760, an estimated 8,500 pioneers married and left at least one descendant on the territory.[23] Following the takeover of the colony by the British crown in 1760, immigration from France effectively stopped, but descendents of French settlers continued to grow in number mainly because of high fertility rate. Intermarriage occurred mostly with the deported Acadians and migrants coming from the British Isles. Since the 20th century, immigration in Quebec and mixing of French Canadians involve people from all over the world. While the French Canadians of Quebec today may be partly of other ancestries, the genetic contribution of the original French founders is predominant, explaining about 90% of regional gene pools, while Acadians (descended from other French settlers in eastern Canada) explain 4%, British 2% and Native American and other groups contributed less.[24] (...)

[Rethel]

Why not? People can make many babies if they want to.

But if it would be in the deep past, the same
scientists would tell you, that it took 20k years

btw, you must yet added French speakers in USA, which
many are, if not majority, are emigrants from New France.

[Peterski]

Now they claim just 800 women... :

http://www.cbc.ca/2017/canadathestor...omen-1.4029699

[Heather Duval]

of course
many of them are relatives, and they are all mixed with indigeous

"Justin Bieber, Celine Dion, Ryan Gosling, Avril Lavigne Are Related http://people.com/celebrity/justin-bieber-celine-dion-ryan-gosling-avril-lavigne-are-related/"

bieber claims indigenous, also celine
therefore avril and ryan have it too
many french canadians mixed with first nations

[Rethel]

Now they claim just 800 women... :

So you see now, that "miracles" exist

[Roboticop]

Dont forget all the french north american elsewhere, theres tones who moved to the usa or right from the start settled in louisiana and ontario
Theres also alot in new england, the maritimes east, yukon, etc, in fact north american of french ancestry are way higher then that
Id guess 12 millions tbh, from different populations i calculated once, but I could be wrong

[Roboticop]

many french canadians mixed with first nations

Thats what everyone claim here, but i know many french canadian who though they were and they got their dna tested and none had it, myself i always though i had it, but turns out i did not
Many peoples lied to get tax cut in the past and thats how the myth got created
But its only early French coureurs des bois who mixed alot, those who were there before France start to trully massivly settle families

[Nemo]

"Human genetics, lessons from Quebec populations":

Now they claim just 800 women... :

It is more than possible. Anyone with a well researched French-Canadian family tree should not be surprised. Families were large, even in the 1500-1600s, and intermarriage with cousins was far from uncommon.

My friend's father-in-law is my father's 8th cousin, for example, and I can tell you that off the top of my head despite how his family (he's Manitoba born) left the same region as my father's ancestry about four generations ago & the surname is as common as Jones is for the English.

[Heather Duval]

It is more than possible. Anyone with a well researched French-Canadian family tree should not be surprised. Families were large, even in the 1500-1600s, and intermarriage with cousins was far from uncommon.

My friend's father-in-law is my father's 8th cousin, for example, and I can tell you that off the top of my head despite how his family (he's Manitoba born) left the same region as my father's ancestry about four generations ago & the surname is as common as Jones is for the English.

Are French-Canadians mixed with English? Will some score?

[Nehellenia]

Yep, i did a friends family tree for him and he was quebecois, he had many cousin ancestors and was quite upset when i told him celine dion was his 10th cousin, lol