Six "Founding" Mothers of Native Americans

Indian DNA Links to 6 'Founding Mothers'
March 13, 2008 - 10:33am
By MALCOLM RITTER AP Science Writer


"NEW YORK (AP) - Nearly all of today's Native Americans in North, Central and South America can trace part of their ancestry to six women whose descendants immigrated around 20,000 years ago, a DNA study suggests."


I thought this was pretty interesting. They might be a tad bit off on their estimate as to how long ago these women lived, or where exactly in Asia they may have come from.