Cherokee Nation: Warren's use of DNA test 'inappropriate,' 'wrong'

[Ms. Toad]

142. Not quite the same thing.

Your citizenship is derived from a specific person's citizenship - and the rules of citizenship that extend down to you.

The DNA test chief is complaining about does not tie Waren to a specific person - it is a generic assessment of whether her DNA suggests she has native american ancestry.

The nations I'm aware of tie membership to the ability to trace your lineage to someone who was a member in the period during which the rules were set. Your situation would be more like this - except that you likely traced person to person, rather than measure by how much Canadian DNA yours included.

As I mentioned in another thread - my sister's membership in her nation has been shut of by her vindictive birth mother. My sister cannot register with the nation becuase (as long as her mother is alive), her acknowledgement can only come through her mother (not a blood test determining maternity, not through a generic DNA test establishing she is 50% native american).

From what I can gather, you are talking about the former kind of ancestry tracing (recognized but limited in the native nations I'm aware of), not the latter - which is more of a conversation starter than anything creating legal rights.