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Great, Great, Great Grandma<\/strong><\/p>\n 1\/64th?\u00a01\/512th? 1\/1,024th? Native American?<\/strong><\/p>\n Senator Elizabeth Warren has released a DNA test that provides \u201cstrong evidence” she had a Native American in her family tree dating back 6 to 10 generations, an unprecedented move by one of the top possible contenders for the 2020 Democratic nomination for president.<\/p>\n Warren, whose claims to Native American blood have been mocked by President Trump and other Republicans, provided the test results to the Globe on Sunday in an effort to defuse questions about her ancestry that have persisted for years. She planned an elaborate rollout Monday of the results as she aimed for widespread attention.<\/p>\n The analysis of Warren\u2019s DNA was done by Carlos D. Bustamante, a Stanford University professor and expert in the field who won a 2010 MacArthur fellowship, also known as a genius grant, for his work on tracking population migration via DNA analysis. He concluded that \u201cthe vast majority\u201d of Warren\u2019s ancestry is European, but he added that \u201cthe results strongly support the existence of an unadmixed Native American ancestor.\u201d<\/p>\n Bustamante calculated that Warren\u2019s pure Native American ancestor appears in her family tree \u201cin the range of 6-10 generations ago.\u201d That timing fits Warren\u2019s family lore, passed down during her Oklahoma upbringing, that her great-great-great-grandmother, O.C. Sarah Smith, was at least partially Native American.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Blah, blah, blah blah, blah.<\/p>\n The full article is here: Warren releases results of DNA test<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Cherokee Nation was quick to respond to Pocahontas.<\/p>\n TAHLEQUAH, Okla. \u2014 Cherokee Nation Secretary of State Chuck Hoskin Jr. issued the following statement Monday in response to Senator Elizabeth Warren\u2019s DNA test claiming Native Heritage:<\/p>\n “A DNA test is useless to determine tribal citizenship. Current DNA tests do not even distinguish whether a person\u2019s ancestors were indigenous to North or South America,” Cherokee Nation Secretary of State Chuck Hoskin Jr. said. “Sovereign tribal nations set their own legal requirements for citizenship, and while DNA tests can be used to determine lineage, such as paternity to an individual, it is not evidence for tribal affiliation. Using a DNA test to lay claim to any connection to the Cherokee Nation or any tribal nation, even vaguely, is inappropriate and wrong. It makes a mockery out of DNA tests and its legitimate uses while also dishonoring legitimate tribal governments and their citizens, whose ancestors are well documented and whose heritage is proven. Senator Warren is undermining tribal interests with her continued claims of tribal heritage.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The statement is here: Cherokee Nation<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Perhaps Elizabeth (1\/1,024th) Warren can get Ward Churchill to campaign for her in 2020.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"