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Another study suggests that relatively few Native Americans have African-American heritage.

A study reported in The American Journal of Human Genetics stated, " We analyzed the European genetic contribution to 10 populations of African descent in the United States ( Maywood, Illinois ; Detroit ; New York ; Philadelphia ; Pittsburgh ; Baltimore ; Charleston, South Carolina ; New Orleans ; and Houston ) ... mtDNA haplogroups analysis shows no evidence of a significant maternal Amerindian contribution to any of the 10 populations.

" A few writers persist in the myth that most African Americans have Native American heritage.