Monday, October 6, 2014

Ashley Marie Trent, Granddaughter of Johnnie Rhea, Obituary



Ashley Marie Trent, age 26, of Sneedville, was born on July 28, 1988 and passed away suddenly on October 4, 2014 from injuries resulting from a car accident. She professed faith in Christ at an early age. She was preceded in death by her father, Edgar Trent; grandparents, Mr. & Mrs. Issac Trent, Carson Singleton & Johnnie Clyde Rhea. She is survived by; Daughter; Addison Marie Hill. Sister; Tammy Trent, Very special niece & nephew; Tamara King and Jaden Taylor, Mother; Margaret Trent Belch (Ed & Debbie) Special aunt & uncle; Betty & Paul Mahan.  A host of aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Wednesday, October 8, 2014 at the Yellow Branch Missionary Baptist Church in Sneedville. Rev. Kyle Gregory Jr. & Rev. Buster Jarvis officiating. Interment will follow in the Yellow Branch Church Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers will be Josh Williams, Brock Williams, Brad Sutton, Derrick Crider, Dustin Bowlin, Riley McCoy, Randy Ferguson, Mark Greene & Colby Collins. Serving as honorary pallbearer will be Jaden Taylor. The family will receive friends from 6 to 9 P.M. on Tuesday, October 7, 2014 at the McNeil Funeral Home.

Online condolences can be made at www.mcneilfuneralhome.com
McNeil Funeral Home in Sneedville in charge of arrangements

We offer our deepest condolences to the family of Ashley Marie.

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Thursday, October 2, 2014

Ancestor of Native Americans in Asia was 30% “Western Eurasian”

Ancestor of Native Americans in Asia was 30% “Western Eurasian”

The complete genome has recently been sequenced from 4 year old Russian boy who died 24,000 years ago near Lake Baikal in a location called Mal’ta, the area in Asia believed to be the origin of the Native Americans based on Y DNA and mitochondrial chromosome similarities.  The map below, from Science News, shows the location.
malta boy map
This represents the oldest complete genome ever sequenced, except for the Neanderthal (38,000 years old) and Denisovan (41,000 years old).
This child’s genome shows that he is related closely to Native Americans, and, surprisingly, to western Asians/eastern Europeans, but not to eastern Asians, to whom Native Americans are closely related.  This implies that this child was a member of part of a “tribe” that had not yet merged or intermarried with the Eastern Asians (Japan, China, etc.) that then became the original Native Americans who migrated across the Beringian land bridge between about 15,000 and 20,000 years ago.
Cont. here:

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