Donald N. Yates

Donald N. Yates is an American genealogist, author, and DNA testing company executive. He holds a Ph.D. in classical studies with a concentration on Medieval Latin from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and has published popular and scholarly works in cultural and ethnic studies, especially American Indians, history and popular genetics. His latest book is Cherokee DNA Studies II: More Real People Who Proved the Geneticists Wrong (2021), co-written with his wife, Teresa A. Yates. He is English, Scottish, Irish, and one-quarter Cherokee-Choctaw by descent and lives in Colorado. For more information, visit donaldyates.com.