This means that there is now a second and separate line of dna evidence that corroborates the haplogroup x information and is again consistent with the book of mormon. The theory postulates that haplogroup x comes from the levant i. Book of mormon and dna studies the church of jesus christ of latterday saints affirms that the book of mormon is a volume of sacred scripture comparable to the bible. There is a strong correlation between the ojibwa tribe of the great lakes area, and the druze of israel. Book of mormon dna evidence general discussions mormon. Genetic ancestry influences health, scientific american, 14 august 2009. Genetics and the book of mormon religionwiki fandom. The book of mormon teaches that these israelites are the principal ancestors of modernday native americans. Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and.
The book of mormon and the x haplogroupagain fairmormon. Haplogroup x2 dna and the book of mormon us message. Solutreans from europe, ancient hebrews, maybe even the. A second criticism of a possible association between book of mormon people and the x2a lineage is based on the current coalescent age of haplogroup x2a, as well as findings based on ancient dna studies that support a longer presence of this lineage in the americasclose in time to the origin of other native american haplogroupsthat predates the events recorded in the book of mormon. The book of mormon and the origin of native americans from. Some claim that the book of mormon fits best in a geography located around the great lakes, and that this is supported by a mitochondrial dna group called haplogroup x2a. Dna analysis has concluded that native american indians do not originate from the middle east or from israelites but rather from asia. I also sent a copy to byu university, to farms, the mormons branch that is in charge of protecting mormon beliefs, asking how i could refute this dvd. New discoveries in dna research currently allow scientists to test this historical claim. Although this point has been hit on quite a bit, id like to add a few points to the discussion of the x haplogroup as evidence for the book of mormon. Book of mormon dna argument impressions post by hagoth. It does not seem that haplogroup x can serve as good evidence of the book of mormon s antiquity. The book of mormon, one of the four books of scripture of the church of jesus christ of latterday saints see standard works, is an account of three groups of people. Annotated book of mormon by hocking and meldrum dna and population genetics a haplotype is a group of genes derived from dna that are inherited together from a single parent and a haplogroup is a group of similar haplotypes that share a common ancestor with a singlenucleotide polymorphism mutation.
This wouldnt allow this dna evidence to be used in favor, but it would mean. A second criticism of a possible association between book of mormon people and the x2a lineage is based on the current coalescent age of haplogroup x2a, as well as findings based on ancient dna studies that support a longer presence of this lineage in the americasclose in time to the origin of other native american haplogroupsthat. John dehlins mormon stories essay on dna and the book of mormon makes the following claim. The dna truth that the mormon belief that they are related to the american indians is false. The book of mormon must have also had no or limited breeding with existing populations, and that the descendants of lehi are either yet to be found or already dead. Harvard university professor barry fell in his book. I have produced a video on dna and the book of mormon called the book of mormon and new world dna, and interviewed and spoke with many lds geneticists. The lenba sic are a group of 80,000 south africans who claim jewish heritage, practice many jewish rituals, and claimed to be descended from small group of middle eastern men perhaps as small as seven who migrated to south east africa 2,500 years ago and intermarried with the. Nothing is known about the extent of intermarriage and genetic mixing between book of mormon peoples or their descendants and other inhabitants of the americas, though some mixing appears evident, even during the period covered by the book s text. What made haplogroup x of interest to believers in the book of mormon is that the haplotype x2 is not found in asia but mainly concentrated in europe and the middle east.
Patheos explore the worlds faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality. Rediscovering the bom remnant through dna book of mormon. December 23, 1805 june 27, 1844 was an american religious leader and founder of mormonism and the latter day saint movement. When he was 24, smith published the book of mormon. There is generally no support amongst mainstream historians and archaeologists for the historicity of the book of mormon since the late 1990s and the. The proponents goal is to support the book of mormon with dna by tracking mtdna haplogroup x among native americans. Notes on genetics and the book of mormon some people out there still falsely claim that modern native american mtdna studies absolutely refute and entirely disprove the book of mormon. I am lead to believe that the prophet joseph smith was a direct descendant of the house of joseph. It contains a record of gods dealings with three groups of people who migrated from the near east or west asia to the americas hundreds of years before the arrival of europeans. I spoke to them specifically about the x haplogroup that meldrum is using as evidence, and they all cautioned me against using it as evidence. Book of mormon and dna studies church of jesus christ. Book of mormon dna evidence is the holy grail for mormons and antimormons alike. The x haplogroup also occurs in europe, north africa and the middle east but the x lineage family is very old 30,000 years and old world and native american x.
However, even with the very specific haplogroup x2a connection with its highest concentration among the druze people found to the west and south of the sea of galilee, the picture via dna alone for the book of mormon still gets muddy with growing evidence of other cultures i. The lenba sic are a group of 80,000 south africans who claim jewish heritage, practice many jewish rituals, and claimed to be descended from small group of middle eastern men perhaps as small as seven who migrated to south east africa 2,500 years ago and. It is unfortunate that the x haplogroup that is found among the algonquin or micmac tribes has been proven just in the past few years to be siberian in origin. Although dna testing for genealogy research first became available around years ago, julie johnson, a genealogy specialist from the brigham. Joined mar 28, 2014 messages 1,223 reaction score 169 points. Theres a high concentration of yr1 haplogroup found among some native american tribes, which is also found in europe. The book of mormon in americas heartland by rodney meldrum the hopewell culture describes the common aspects of the native american culture that flourished along rivers in the northeastern and midwestern united states. Cherokeephoenician dna connection book of mormon evidence. I purchased over 50 copies of this dvd and sent them to mormon temples in the united states and abroad. By the time of his death, 14 years later, he had attracted tens of thousands of followers and founded a religion that continues to the present with millions of global adherents. According to the book, two of these groups originated from ancient israel.
Read will explain the significance of recent findings about an ancient native american skeleton known as kennewick man, whose dna is haplogroup x, but whose carbon. There is generally no direct support amongst mainstream historians and archaeologists for the. Dna and the book of mormon the book of mormon recounts the story of small israelite groups led by lehi and mulek who were brought by the hand of the lord from ancient jerusalem to the american continent approximately 600 bc. This remarkable find coincides with the true book of mormon geography which is centered in western new york not mesoamerica because the nephites were nearly exterminated, any chance of locating an existing tribe carrying nephite dna on book of mormon land is unrealistic. The church of jesus christ of latterday saints affirms that the book of mormon is a volume of sacred scripture comparable to the bible. Read will present evidence showing that this nonasian dna type also predates columbus and has a distribution pattern in common with haplogroup x.
The book of mormon, the founding document of the latter day saint movement and one of the four books of scripture of the church of jesus christ of latterday saints lds church, is an account of three groups of people. However, this attack ignores several key points, among which is the fact that the book of mormon states that lehi and his family are clearly not jews. Does anyone know what yhaplogroup the prophet joseph. Haplogroup x subclave x2a was considered to be a 5th native american founding haplotype, although it is not present with the same frequency as the other 4 a, b, c, d.
With regard to the book of mormon and dna debate, haplogroup x has also played an interesting role at both ends of the spectrum in challenging or defending the historicity of the book of mormon. When it comes to family history research and genealogy, dna is the new buzzword, and according to steve rockwood, the ceo of familysearch who gave the keynote address that kicked off rootstech 2018, its changing everything. Genetic attacks on the book of mormon focus on the fact that amerindian dna seems closest to asian dna, and not dna from the middle east or jewish dna. I am not a geneticist, but ugo perego, a leading geneticist who has published on the x haplogroup, assisted with the article, and had the final say of its content. Unfortunately, these claims arise from the incorrect interpretation of scientific data and then inappropriate application to the book of mormon.
Ancient dna from hopewell ohio book of mormon evidence. It would answer a lot as to what the haplogroup the house of joseph belonged to. The haplogroup x which links certain israelis and europeans with native americans may have no relation to the nephites, the jaredites, or the mulekites. The book of mormon has traditionally been presented as a historical account of the first inhabitants of the americas the principle ancestors of the native americans. Dna evidence proves book of mormon claims about ancient. The nez pierce tribe is the best tribe that links book of mormon the bible and dna evidence together. Dna haplogroup x2a is a major mtdna subclade in north america. But of added importance, researchers were now firmly convinced that the near or middle east was the geographical place of origin for the haplogroup x, a place which incorporates the palestinian territories, mesopotamia, the caucasus, syria, lebanon, jordan, cyprus, and israelright where the book of mormon places the colonies of lehi and mulek.
Now even if haplogroup x could be shown to come from israel, that would not prove the book of mormon to be true. This video is a response to the original video, dna vs book of mormon incredible new evidence found here. David read the surprising new dna evidence supports the. Anthony is clearly in the wayne may camp of northern geographists for the book of mormon. On one end are those who criticize the book of mormon based on the dna data. How dna is changing everything about genealogy church.