Ah but many tribes like the Cherokee for example both intermarried AND adopted both Blacks and Whites. So people with 0% Cherokee DNA or only 50% Cherokee DNA were absolutely considered to be and considered themselves to be part of the tribe. How do you account for that?
Then there is the fact that in some cases it can be far enough back as to be very difficult to identify even in a DNA test. In my family lore, my Great Great Grandmothers’ family in the mid 19th century said that it was their Grandmother (or great grandmother) from back in North Carolina was Cherokee. That did not show up when my brother had a DNA test done but that could have been as far back as 7 generations ago. Even if its true that would make us 1/128th Cherokee. 1% of his DNA showed up as “indeterminate” so the family lore “could” be true according to the DNA test.
This is where the race hustlers are taking us. ie back to the 1 drop rule. How about we just be Americans and treat each other equally instead? (that means abolish all race based affirmative action).
“ This is where the race hustlers are taking us. ie back to the 1 drop rule. How about we just be Americans and treat each other equally instead? (that means abolish all race based affirmative action).”
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So true.
My 7th Great Grandparents were Wampanoag.
It shows up in my DNA.
The real way to solve the issue at hand is stop being racist and giving certain races special treatment, loans, benefits.