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====='''Mitochondrial inheritance'''=====
====='''Mitochondrial inheritance'''=====


The fact that mitochondrial DNA is maternally inherited enables genealogical researchers to trace maternal lineage far back in time.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitochondrial_DNA</ref>  
The fact that mitochondrial DNA is maternally inherited enables genealogical researchers to trace maternal lineage far back in time.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitochondrial_DNA</ref> Mitochondrial DNA is grouped into haplogroups. A Haplogroup is a genetic population group of people who share a common ancestor. All Native American maternal lineages are from 4 haplogroups that have ancestors from Asia. These Haplogroups are given alphabet names A, B, C, and D. For Willaim Branham's claim to be true that his mother was of Cherokee Indian descent means any of the maternal line descents from Malissa Smith would test positive for mt-DNA haplogroup A, B, C, or D.