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In reply to the discussion: Warren offers public apology over claim to tribal heritage, receives standing ovation [View all]elocs
(22,474 posts)61. To publicly claim Native American ancestry when all you have as proof is family legend
is a mistake and one I'm sure she wishes she could take back.
My family had the same story that my father's grandmother was Cherokee and she would have lived back in the late 1800s. But when I had a DNA test done it came back with a big zero for Native American ancestry. So I can see how it happened.
If Warren does get the nomination, one thing she must learn from this episode is to not get sucked into playing Trump's game because he is very good at it. Don't allow him to bait you into responding to his mocking insults and putting you on the defensive because it's a black hole that will only hurt you.
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BeyondGeography
Aug 2019
OP
The issue was her idenifying as American Indian on her 1986 State Bar of Texas write-in form...
Drunken Irishman
Aug 2019
#10
There were NO BENEFITS to claiming it on that Texas bar form. And the forms she signed earlier
pnwmom
Aug 2019
#66
I think the issue was always her putting American Indian on 1986 State Bar of Texas write-in form...
Drunken Irishman
Aug 2019
#9
I've seen no claims made by her that she was told she was 100% American Indian.
Drunken Irishman
Aug 2019
#16
When she was young, the term octaroon was still in use, in some parts of the country.
pnwmom
Aug 2019
#73
I don't believe she argued for tribal heritage, but rather, claimed only that according to family
emmaverybo
Aug 2019
#26
I can relate to Elizebeth Warren. Growing up I was told I was part Cherokee ...
marble falls
Aug 2019
#40
Unlike you, Warren's DNA test proved she did indeed have Native American ancestry.
SunSeeker
Aug 2019
#52
To publicly claim Native American ancestry when all you have as proof is family legend
elocs
Aug 2019
#61
Her DNA test did NOT come back with a "big zero" like yours. It proved she was right.
SunSeeker
Aug 2019
#64