Hello!
Great picture,your main photo,but I really had to lok to make sense of it,then"Oh".Well,I am 6 ft.tall! I only have MtDNA from Cuba-or at least that would make the most sense,unless it was one of the MANY Indians brought over by the Spanish from Florida,or some of the Mexicans...Our general DNA on Cuba,and P.R. is Haplogroup "A"...which is mysterious,considering that 33%percent of Cubans carry it,and from where my parents are from,"Camaguey",it is 75% MtDNA Native!-I am still trying to figure out how this occured,considering that Tainos/Ciboneys,Arawaks carry pre-dominantly the "C" haplogroup!-how could such a high % of the population carry the "A"?!!-Thanks and good luck with your book.
FrankAkuTurey
It just struck me: you must have a front row seat for the space shuttle landings (or is it the launchings only, or both?). Your interest in native cultures, and in the background a space shuttle launching...this reminds me of a photo on this network, with Taino performers in the foreground, and a British Airways concorde in the background.
I managed to miss you Ray, and I wanted to thank you for joining and for adding the photos. Please do feel free to advertise any of your writing when you wish. Also, if you have any troubles with using the site, let me know, and I will do what I can to help. Some members are discovering some bugs.
I managed to start the history in my book off right by using artistic renditions of the native cultures that once lived here at the Cape.
A nation of Indians called the Ays (Ais) lived here in the Indian River area of Florida. A native scholar told me that because they (Ays) were reputed to have a long life that Ponce de Leon was reported to have to encountered them and asked them about the "Fountain of Youth."
Many scholars would scoff at that notion though.
Would you?
Anyway they the Ays were reported to be tall people. Is tallness an attribute of Caribbean ancient people as well?
Even though the book fair in Gainesville on Aug 16 is
canceled, I was able to get a book signing event at
a book store called "Books Inc." Be sure to stop by and say 'hi' if you are in the area.
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Great picture,your main photo,but I really had to lok to make sense of it,then"Oh".Well,I am 6 ft.tall! I only have MtDNA from Cuba-or at least that would make the most sense,unless it was one of the MANY Indians brought over by the Spanish from Florida,or some of the Mexicans...Our general DNA on Cuba,and P.R. is Haplogroup "A"...which is mysterious,considering that 33%percent of Cubans carry it,and from where my parents are from,"Camaguey",it is 75% MtDNA Native!-I am still trying to figure out how this occured,considering that Tainos/Ciboneys,Arawaks carry pre-dominantly the "C" haplogroup!-how could such a high % of the population carry the "A"?!!-Thanks and good luck with your book.
FrankAkuTurey
A nation of Indians called the Ays (Ais) lived here in the Indian River area of Florida. A native scholar told me that because they (Ays) were reputed to have a long life that Ponce de Leon was reported to have to encountered them and asked them about the "Fountain of Youth."
Many scholars would scoff at that notion though.
Would you?
Anyway they the Ays were reported to be tall people. Is tallness an attribute of Caribbean ancient people as well?
canceled, I was able to get a book signing event at
a book store called "Books Inc." Be sure to stop by and say 'hi' if you are in the area.