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In reply to the discussion: I have a question re: Elizabeth Warren and her heritage claim. [View all]tirebiter
(2,579 posts)59. The Cherokee Nation wants a paper trail to prove relation to someone on the Dawes Commission Roll
There was a census made around 1893 and either you are related to someone on that census roll or you're not. DNA tests are irrelevant to this. I got my Blue card because my father did the digging through family records and state level birth records.
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I have a question re: Elizabeth Warren and her heritage claim. [View all]
TheCowsCameHome
Aug 2018
OP
She would just be accused of submitting someone else's DNA or presenting falsified report.
TheBlackAdder
Aug 2018
#45
Right, because releasing his birth certificate certainly stopped all the "birther" conspiracy talk
hlthe2b
Aug 2018
#2
Because regardless of the results - those insults will continue. Look at Trump and the Birthers.
salin
Aug 2018
#6
I have a friend who has traced his lineage -- on both sides -- back five or six generations.
rsdsharp
Aug 2018
#15
isn't it interesting that the descendents of the original inhabitants of this country are the
niyad
Aug 2018
#9
There is a problem testing for Native American dna. Please read the article below. Very informative
minoan
Aug 2018
#12
All my life, my parents told me that I was part Native American on my father's side.
Lisa0825
Aug 2018
#17
If your question is anything other than "Why the fuck is this even an issue"...
TygrBright
Aug 2018
#19
Why should she? That's intrusive and she is under no obligation to prove her heritage....
George II
Aug 2018
#27
How many other candidates? Barack Obama. Plus anybody running against an anti-Semite ...
Hekate
Aug 2018
#40
Like Obama was supposed to produce his birth certificate? It is an outrageous demand...
Hekate
Aug 2018
#39
Because she's not culturally Native American at all and the whole thing was a bad idea
Recursion
Aug 2018
#41
a) It's HER business not our b) caving into bullies is wrong & c) DNA for ANY ethnicity...
WePurrsevere
Aug 2018
#42
The tests aren't accurate for smaller percents of racial groups, and she was only claiming
pnwmom
Aug 2018
#47