Pjila'si, (welcome), to the Chegau family, L’nu, Mi’kmaq Tribe, DNA project! The purpose of the DNA project is to confirm the oral tradition of the pedigree of the Chegau family, and related families of the L’nu, Mi’kmaq Tribe. The Chegau family is a documented family of the Mi’kmaq Tribe, signatories of the 1725 Peace and Friendship Treaty. Pierre Chegau, born 1699, married Marguerite (Marie Baptiste), born 1709, on June 25, 1726, she is the daughter of Jean Baptise, Saqamaq, Kespukwitk, Mi’kma’ki, Turtle Island, signatory of the 1725, Peace and Friendship Treaty. Beside Jean Baptiste's signature is the clan symbol of the turtle. Spelling Variations: Chegoueo, Cheyo, Chego, Chegau, Chagneau, Shegone, and Sigogne. Kji’saqmaw Anli Maopeltoog (Membertou), 1511-1611, first born son, is Panounias Maopeltoog (Membertou), he was killed while guiding Samuel Champlain. Kji’saqmaw Anli Maopeltoog (Membertou) second born son is Membertouji’j Maopeltoog (Membertou), he married a Sigogne, who was renamed at the time of her baptism in 1610. I believe she is a Chegau, who married into the Maopeltoog (Membertou) family lineage. Her Turtle Island mtDNA haplogroup is A2f1a. She is the mother of Grace, Christine, Elizabeth, Claude, Catherine, Marguerite Louise, Jean, Jeanne Marie, and Charlotte Maopeltoog (Membertou). MTDNA A2 is a Turtle Island mtDNA haplogroup that mutated in Turtle Island about 16,000 years ago. MTDNA A2f1 is a Turtle Island subclade of mtDNA A2, and it is a clan lineage of the L’nu, Mi’kmaq Tribe, Mi’kma’ki, Turtle Island. Turtle Island mtDNA haplogroup A2f1a is about 5,250 years old. DNA mutations occur in a geographic location. Turtle Island DNA haplogroups are unique to Turtle Island. Turtle Island DNA haplogroup have no source population outside of Turtle Island. All people of Turtle Island ancestry have a genetic relationship to the land of Turtle Island. Turtle Island includes, North America, South America, the Arctic, Greenland, and St. Pierre Miquelon. Turtle Island oral tradition has no history of Indians, North American Indians or South American Indians. Turtle Island oral tradition only has a history of Turtle Islanders and proper named Turtle Island ethnic Tribes. Turtle Island was discovered by a tribe consisting of mtDNA haplogroups A, B, C, D, and X along with YDNA haplogroups Q and C. All people of Turtle Island ancestry descend from a Turtle Island Tribe, and all Turtle Island tribes descend from the ancestral tribe that discovered Turtle Island in time immemorial. Paul Chegau, born about 1727, married Marie. Marie’s female lineage is the Ice Age mtDNA haplogroup B4’5, which is a node of Turtle Island mtDNA haplogroup B2, and a mutation that occurred in Turtle Island with no modern source population outside of Turtle Island. The ancestral Ice Age mtDNA haplogroup node B4’5 is 40,000 to 50,000 years ago. If your autosomal DNA results show a percentage of Turtle Island autosomal DNA you should test your mtDNA if you are female and test your mtDNA and YDNA if you are male. Your YDNA and your mtDNA is your direct male and female lineage, and it is possible that you may have a Turtle Island YDNA or mtDNA haplogroup that is a clan lineage of a Turtle Island Tribe. Oral tradition and our genetic history, confirms genealogy, and the keeping of tribal pedigree, is the custom, practice and tradition of Turtle Island Tribes, since time immemorial. The Mi’kmaq Tribe Genetic Tree is a public tree on Ancestry.ca. There are 70,360 individuals on the genetic tree who are of Mi’kmaq ancestry, spouses of Turtle Island (inter-tribal) ancestry and admixture (foreign ancestry). Dit names and spelling variations of surnames are added to the comments section of an individual’s profile. A Mi’kmaq Star indicates Mi’kmaq ancestry, a DNA graphic indicates a lineage to be DNA tested, and a Turtle graphic, indicates an individual naturally born in Turtle Island. Jus soli is international and domestic law meaning, “natural born of the soil”, a birth-right of Turtle Islanders born prior to the creation of trading colony governments. Turtle Island DNA haplogroups are displayed in the suffix tab of an individual’s profile. The Mi’kmaq pedigree tree can be found by searching Ancestry.ca by tree name which is the “Mi’kmaq Tribe Genetic Tree” or by member name “DonnaLaunay”. The Turtle Island Genealogy Group is a private group on Facebook for individuals researching Turtle Island ancestry and a Turtle Island tribe of origin. To join the group please request to join the group through Facebook. If you have tested DNA results showing Turtle Island ancestry you are welcome to join the Chegau family, L’nu, Mi’kmaq Tribe, DNA project. If you already tested your autosomal DNA with AncestryDNA™, 23andMe©, or MyHeritage™, you could upload your autosomal DNA results to FamilyTreeDNA for free, to join the DNA project. Wela’lin (thank you), for participating and donating to the Chegau family, L’nu, Mi’kmaq Tribe, DNA project!