Why do a lot of people claim Cherokee blood but never Blackfeet blood or even Navajo blood, why it's always Cherokee but never other tribes?
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DearAmbellina2113 · 41-45, F
bijouxbroussard · F
@DearAmbellina2113 A lot of people who honestly thought they did (family stories, etc.) found out otherwise with DNA testing.
SwampFlower · 31-35, F
@bijouxbroussard I've known a lot of people in this situation (including my husband) who think they have an ancestor on the rolls but don't. They usually fall into one of two groups. They either double down on the bullshit or are DEVASTATED.
No one I know will shun the latter group as long as they're willing to learn and are respectful. A lot of them end up staying and doing good things.
No one I know will shun the latter group as long as they're willing to learn and are respectful. A lot of them end up staying and doing good things.
@bijouxbroussard my wife’s father grew up on a reservation too, and he was half native and very much looked it (she has a couple pictures) so… it was not really anything you could doubt.
Viper · M
@bijouxbroussard Also DNA testing seriously struggles with certain ones and Native Americans are one of them as they don't have enough DNA in the DNA banks and just claim they're Asian.
This includes people that claim they're 100% Native American and literally trace their direct family back for many decades.
So the DNA tests have their strengths and weakness areas... Native American and German are two of the weak areas (Germans because despite Hitler's claims, the German's intermingled with everyone), so their is much harder to isolate as it's got a little of everything in there.
This includes people that claim they're 100% Native American and literally trace their direct family back for many decades.
So the DNA tests have their strengths and weakness areas... Native American and German are two of the weak areas (Germans because despite Hitler's claims, the German's intermingled with everyone), so their is much harder to isolate as it's got a little of everything in there.