Once upon a time I identified as Native American based upon my father’s assertion that one of my mother’s ancestors was Shawnee. It was easy to believe since all five of my brothers had brown eyes and hair from dark brown to black. Early on I took one of those DNA tests. The results showed that you couldn’t get much whiter, all northwestern European. Not a smidgen of NA blood. I never checked that box again.
For heaven's sake: WHY NOT?
By not checking the box, you are tacitly supporting a racist system.
Remember when the inhabitants - including crowned heads - of Nazi-occupied Denmark all wore "Yellow Stars" after the Nazis demanded that Jews wear them?
Regards,
I SHOULD have always checked the Native American box in the days before DNA testing. Based on an uncle’s stories, I always thought I was 1/16th Cherokee. (DNA shows 100% UK origin.). I bet a lot of people heard similar stories.
No telling how many schools I could have gotten accepted to.