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To: E. Pluribus Unum
The only thing a DNA test of this type can tell you is if you had Native American blood, but not what tribe or even region of the Americas the Native American ancestry was. DNA that could identify someone as having "Native American blood" could come from anywhere in the Americas-- the US, Canada, Mexico, Columbia, Brazil-- anywhere. It's all the same. That was why these researchers used gene pools from South America. Mexicans and other Central and South Americans have Native American blood. Not North American Native American blood, but still Native American.

That's why having Native American "blood" is not a criteria accepted by Native Americans for claims by someone of being a member of a particular tribe. It can't prove whether someone has Cherokee ancestors, or any other specific tribe. This was the point made by the spokesmen for the (real) Cherokee tribe rejecting Warren's claim.

Where Warren fails is (1) just because she has a minute drop of Native American blood, that doesn't prove she's a Cherokee and (2) the amount she does have is so minute, she has even less than the average European American who wouldn't dream of claiming to be Native American, let alone the member of a particular tribe.

12 posted on 10/15/2018 9:34:16 PM PDT by fidelis (Zonie and USAF Cold Warrior)
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To: fidelis
The only thing a DNA test of this type can tell you is if you had Native American blood

It does not even do that, especially since the DNA that was compared to was not actually from anyone who was actually a native of North America. It is complete and total nonsense.

My sister spent $90 on a DNA test from ancestry.com. Thanks to my grandmothers on both our father's and our mother's side who spent years researching... we have a fairly well documented family history. The DNA test directly contradicted most of what we know about our family history. This could be either the result of an inaccurate test or an inaccurate family history. When researching the accuracy of the ancestry.com test I found that it is known to frequently be almost completely useless. Senator Warren's test which was conducted by a friend and political ally to produce a specific result is most likely less than completely useless and likely to be intentionally misleading.

31 posted on 10/15/2018 10:28:56 PM PDT by fireman15
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To: fidelis
Well, over the past 25 years, I've owned four Jeep Cherokees, so what does that make me?
48 posted on 10/16/2018 12:18:09 AM PDT by gigster (Cogito, Ergo, Ronaldus Magn us Conservatus)
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