MDLP results of 19 Sioux Native Americans

**Peterski** · 05-07-2020, 04:55 AM

All of these 19 are Sioux from both Dakotas. Note that "Mesoamerican" component in this calculator is based on Pima from Arizona (IIRC) and "North-Amerind" on Athabaskans and other Canadian tribes. So it makes sense for the Sioux to get ca. 50/50 proportions of these two components:

**Dr_Maul** · 05-07-2020, 05:09 AM

damn, wassup with the Indo Iranian in a few of those samples? The blood of the Shahanshah runs deep

**Synapsid** · 05-07-2020, 05:13 AM

Originally Posted by Dr_Maul

damn, wassup with the Indo Iranian in a few of those samples? The blood of the Shahanshah runs deep

ANE in Soiux plus some small Euro Admixture?

**Synapsid** · 05-07-2020, 05:19 AM

Originally Posted by Peterski

All of these 19 are Sioux from both Dakotas. Note that "Mesoamerican" component in this calculator is based on Pima from Arizona (IIRC) and "North-Amerind" on Athabaskans and other Canadian tribes. So it makes sense for the Sioux to get ca. 50/50 proportions of these two components:

So Mexicans technically had lived north of the border

. Seroiusly tho, why are Soiux much taller than mesoamericans or athabaskans? Also Athabaskan is a bad proxy for North Amerid. They should have used Algonquin DNA has a proxy for North Amerid.