[Renfield]

If you are of Cherokee ancestry, you are no more closely related to Kennewick man than am I (100% of my ancestors from various corners of the British Isles). Kennewick man, judging form his physiognomy, was most closely related to the ancestors of the Ainu, of northern Japan. "Indians" of the Pacific Northwest were, both culturally and phylogenically, quite distinct from the Algonkian-speaking peoples. You are no more closely related to Kennewick man than you are to the "true" Indians of South Asia.

[Eternal_Bear]

Not even a few genes? If you look at the statistcal probablities, every Western European probably has inherited a few genes from Charlemagne. I would argue that inheriting a few genes from a Kennewick culture type individual would be even be more probable in the case of today's native Americans because Kennewick culture is even more remote in age; assuming of course that the Kennewick culture individuals passed on any genes at all.

Some postulate that the Indians of Tierra del fuego share both Amerindian and Australoid features of which the Ainu are probably a sub group. BTW, distinct Australoid genetic markers have recently been located in India which delineate their migration from Africa to Australia and the lands bordering the Pacific.