Who were the male founders of rural Brazilian Afro-derived communities? A proposal based on three populations

Background: Brazilian Quilombos are Afro-derived communities founded mainly by fugitive slaves between the 16th and 19th centuries; they can be recognized today by ancestral and cultural characteristics. Each of these remnant communities, however, has its own particular history, which includes the m...

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Published in:Annals of human biology 2011-03, Vol.38 (2), p.237-240
Main Authors: Ribeiro, Guilherme Galvarros Bueno Lobo, Abe-Sandes, Kiyoko, Barcelos, Rejane da Silva Sena, Klautau-Guimarães, Maria de Nazaré, Junior, Wilson Araujo da Silva, Oliveira, Silviene Fabiana de
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Language:English
Subjects:
African Continental Ancestry Group - ethnology
African Continental Ancestry Group - genetics
Brazil
Chromosomes, Human, Y - genetics
European Continental Ancestry Group - genetics
Female
Gene Frequency
Genetic Markers
Genetic Variation
Haplotypes
Humans
Male
Social Problems - ethnology
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Summary:Background: Brazilian Quilombos are Afro-derived communities founded mainly by fugitive slaves between the 16th and 19th centuries; they can be recognized today by ancestral and cultural characteristics. Each of these remnant communities, however, has its own particular history, which includes the migration of non-African derived people.Methods: The present work presents a proposal for the origin of the male founder in Brazilian quilombos based on Y-haplogroup distribution. Y haplogroups, based on 16 binary markers (92R7, SRY2627, SRY4064, SRY10831.1 and .2, M2, M3, M09, M34, M60, M89, M213, M216, P2, P3 and YAP), were analysed for 98 DNA samples from genetically unrelated men from three rural Brazilian Afro-derived communities-Mocambo, Rio das Rãs and Kalunga-in order to estimate male geographic origin.Results: Data indicated significant differences among these communities. A high frequency of non-African haplogroups was observed in all communities.Conclusions: This observation suggested an admixture process that has occurred over generations and directional mating between European males and African female slaves that must have occurred on farms before the slaves escaped. This means that the admixture occurred before the slaves escaped and the foundation of the quilombo.
ISSN:0301-4460
1464-5033
DOI:10.3109/03014460.2010.500471