Ancient DNA Raises Questions About Settler-Indigenous Relations in Colonial New France

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Americas · Canada · Oct 16, 2026
Primary source: Live Science

Ancient DNA from 45 people buried in Montreal's Notre-Dame Cemetery (1683-1796) shows exclusively European ancestry, with no detectable Indigenous or African admixture, raising questions about settler-Indigenous relations in colonial New France.

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