The exterior of the reconstructed Catholic chapel at Historic St.Mary's City in St. Mary's City, Maryland. Credit: Maxine Wallace / The Washington Post via Getty Images Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. In 1634, English settlers established St. Mary’s City as the first permanent outpost in the colony of Maryland. Many of these early residents were ultimately buried in the town’s Chapel Field cemetery, including 49 colonists between the town’s founding and 1734. Recently, geneticists collaborating between Harvard University, the Smithsonian Institute, and genetics company 23AndMe analyzed these previously unidentified remains as part of a larger genealogical project tracing colonial migration across the United States. Their findings illustrate how  such a small original population can have vast genetic influences over time.…