Barbados – A Place

Barbados is an island nation in the Caribbean sea off the coast of Central America. It is a British independent commonwealth.

History

Barbados was initially inhabited by the Aruaque Indians (Amerindians) from Venezuela around 350-400 BCE. The Arawak people were the next wave of migrants followed by the Caribs.

The British arrived in 1625. They found the island uninhabited and declared it by the name of King James I. The first ship, which arrived on May 14, 1625, was commanded by John Powell. After two years, on February 17, 1627, the first colonization landed on the west coast of the island near the site now called Holetown (formerly Jamestown).

During the 1600s until the 1800s, Barbados was typically an island of slavery. Tobacco was the first crop plantation in Barbados but was later replaced by sugar. This small community developed and for 334 years England commanded the island, it remained a British colony until autonomy was granted in 1961.

In 1966, Barbados gained its full independence from Britain.

Modern Times

The most of the Barbadian people are of African descent and the total population of Barbados is 292,336.

Ethnic groups include black (92.4%), white (2.7%), mixed (3.1%), East Indian (1.3%), other (0.2%), and unspecified (0.2%) people are the ethnic groups in this country.

There is a mix of different religions in Barbados. They include Protestant (66.4%), Roman Catholic (3.8%), other Christian (5.4%), Rastafarian (1%), other (1.5%), none (20.6%), unspecified (1.2%).

The languages of Barbadian are English (officially used) and Bajan (Informally used).

Genetics

This section is under development.

Genographic ProjectGeno 2.0 Data

Data from Geno 2.0 is derived from the The National Geographic Society’s Genographic Project — the DAR. The Hg ID is specific to this site and is used to protect the identities of those who take part in Genographic research. Birth Country, Mother's Birth Country, and Maternal Grandmother's Birth Country have been normalized from DAR database fields. The Maternal Origin is determined based on the three previous fields.

Note: Geno 2.0 results currently use Phylotree build 16. I am working on changing results over to build 17.

Hg ID	Hg Build 16	Birth Country	Mother's Birth Country	Maternal Grandmother's Birth Country
Hap10010803	H1n	United States	United States	Barbados
Hap10033337	H3y	United States	United States	Barbados
Hap10044795	C1b	United States	United States	Barbados
Hap10059628	K1a11	United States	Barbados	Unspecified
Hap10066451	L0a1a2	Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago	Barbados
Hap10066452	L0a1a2	United States	United States	Barbados
Hap10067522	L2a1a1	Barbados	Barbados	Barbados
Hap10067523	L2a1a1	Barbados	Barbados	Barbados
Hap10067736	L2a1c4a	Panama	Panama	Barbados
Hap10067854	L2a1f	Barbados	Barbados	Barbados
Hap10068202	L2b1a3	Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago	Barbados
Hap10068477	L2d	Unspecified	Barbados	Barbados
Hap10076130	T2b	Canada	Jamaica	Barbados
Hap10081655	T2f2	United States	Barbados	Barbados
Hap10097554	V3a1	Barbados	Unspecified	Unspecified

Sources and Resources

Background

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Journal Articles

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