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The Gene Pool
As far as we know the gene pool of the Enewetak People began changing,
after centuries of isolation, during the German period.
with the people of Ujilang, wome
Contact was made
of whom married into the Enewetak group
and moved to Enewetak with their Enewetak spouses and children. Marriages
with other outsiders, mostly Carolinians from the Ponape District followed,
especially during the Japanese period,
Several males from tne Ponape District
took up residence on Enewetak and remained there with their spouses and child-
fen.
Improvement of transportation facilitated travel. A number of Enewetak Atoll
children went to schoo] on Ponape. There was an increase invyrisitors to the
atoll from tne Marshalls and from the Ponape District. These factors contributed to outmarriage and change in the gene pool, as they do today. It is
highly probable that this trend will continue. (The census data included in
this paper reflect this trend).
Non-Mieronesiam Mongoloid and Caucasoid
components which are not tabulated in the census data have also been added
to the Mmewetak gene pool.
There has been a marked increase in movement outside of the atoll of
Ujilang with residence elsewhere within the past decade or so. A small group
of Enewetak People Live on Majuro, and a number of children attend schools
on that atoll.
Outmarriages have resulted from this change in residence,
This trend will also probably cbntinue. However the majority of the people
live permanently on Ujilang Atoll today. It is highly probable that they
will follow the pattern of remaining together after return to Enewetak.
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