Long-Lost History of the Aztecs Discovered by a Creationist

by Ken Ham on August 12, 2025
Featured in Ken Ham Blog

Genetics hides many mysteries—you just need the right worldview to uncover them!

And that’s exactly what Harvard-trained Dr. Nathaniel Jeanson, a creation researcher here at Answers in Genesis, is doing. Starting with the young-earth timeline (just 6,000 years), he’s been using male-inherited DNA (the Y-chromosome) to reveal the histories of native peoples right here in North America. And now he’s looking at female-inherited DNA (mitochondrial DNA) to fill in even more missing puzzle pieces. It’s fascinating research!

He has produced a number of videos on this subject on the Answers in Genesis YouTube channel, and they are some of our most popular. Recently, he shared some of his research on Mesoamerica (specifically regarding the Aztec people) in this YouTube video:

I encourage you to learn more in Dr. Jeanson’s new book, They Had Names.

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,
Ken

This item was written with the assistance of AiG’s research team.

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