“New DNA evidence indicates that 80% of Puerto Ricans have at least some Taino DNA.”
It was a DNA test done on a self-selected group of people with high cheekbones from mountain towns in western Puerto Rico (one of the last holdouts for the Puerto Rico Tainos, the last of which died in the early-to-mid 17th century, although certainly there was some intermarriage between Spanish men and Taino women and between Tainos and escaped African slaves). And while like 80% of the sample had some Amerindian DNA, such results were not necessarily due to Taino ancestry, but due to having an ancestor who immigrated from South America or Mexico (it should be noted that Spanish censuses in Puerto Rico eliminated the Mestizo category in the late 17th century and had to bring it back in the 19th century due to immigration to Puerto Rico from other Spanish colonies in the New World). Moreover, even had it been a representative sample (which it isn’t), and even if all of the Amerindian DNA actually was Taino DNA (which is unlikely), almost all of the people tested had insignificantly low percentages of Amerindian ancestry. Is someone who only has 1% Native American DNA considered a Native American? Even the Mashantucket Pequots of Connecticut require more substantial ancestry than that.
Those two Fake Indians are seeking recognition as the Taino tribe so as to receive federal benefits, such as the right to build casinos that are exempt from state taxation. Maybe they have a smidgen of Taino ancestry, but so what?
That being said, I’m glad that someone out there recognizes the Jews’ claim to the Land of Israel, even if the recognition is for selfish motives.