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In reply to the discussion: DNA Heritage Tests - Why Would E. Warren or Anybody Bother? [View all]pnwmom
(108,925 posts)It doesn't matter whether an Ancestry other test shows your have Native American genes. For one thing, the most common haplotype among Native American men is also a common haplotype in Western Europe. The test wouldn't be able to tell the difference, and the DNA company might have reported it to you as Western Europe.
Also, two siblings with the exact same set of ancestors can have varying amounts of genes -- just like we can have different eye and hair colors. My brother had 6% Scandinavian. I had zero. But we both have the same Scandinavian relative in our family tree. I just didn't get those particular genes in the roll of the dice. (Or enough of them to show up in testing.)
(I'm not saying you in particular are Cherokee, because an Cherokee aunt-by-marriage probably wouldn't get you on the rolls. But if you do qualify for the rolls based on your ancestry, then a DNA test wouldn't matter.)