re: 'Pretendian' Berkeley Professor Caught Faking Native Ancestry

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How about a simple DNA test?

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DNA test don’t work for everyone. Oldmanbeasley’s came back inconclusive. Although the Beasley’s have always been an ambiguous people.

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family histories that are oral traditions

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DNA

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in my mom

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Yes, we are well aware of your mom’s oral traditions and the DNA deposited there….

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O% in my DNA though

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Seriously and on topic, if I recall correctly, North American native tribes haven’t given permission to places like 23andMe to compare tests to their DNA or something like that. So, all hits as being “Native American” on those things are based off of comparisons to Central or South American native DNA. I’m sure that’s accurate enough, but something worth thinking about.

Maybe that’s changed since I’ve heard that, though.


Also, it’s kind of funny…perhaps there could be potential cultural tradition there (i.e., an ancestor adopted into the culture) However, this reaction means that the most important thing about you is your genotype/phenotype, despite the same folks saying that doesn’t matter in other cases. Mental gymnastics and hypocrisy on display.