My father who we now know was 16% Native American/First People tried to prove it and could not find documentation. In his day, this was not something that you advertised. And they did not have a DNA database. Now with DNA showing that I am 8% we know. Sorry Elizabeth. But my wife thought she was Native too, but the DNA said no.
That is the way of technology, but I agree maybe now we can drop this stupid tribal ideology. (Be American and love it.)
And keep your heritage too, but don’t use it for advancement purposes. Take the test, pass it and gain entry to college like everyone else.
My mother told us we were 1/32nd, since my grandfather grew up on the White Cloud reservation near Missouri somewhere. She did the DNA test.
Turns out her father wasn’t her biological father. Oops.
I’m severely Irish, as a result. My dad nearly full, and my mom was nearly full Irish.
The Irish were always the last one listed on the signs:
No Dogs
No Ni****s
No Irish
I’ve got that sign, unredacted, in my office at home.