re: 'Pretendian' Berkeley Professor Caught Faking Native Ancestry

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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.

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I don't think that is right but maybe it has changed. If the genetic markers are in the public domain already, and I think a lot of them are, I don't think they could deny the use of that information anyway.

From 23&me's website.

https://customercare.23andme.com/hc/en-us/articles/202906870-Can-23andMe-Identify-Indigenous-American-Ancestry-

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In addition, you may receive a likely or highly likely match to one or more of 8 the genetic groups identified in our analyses within North America. These genetic groups are:

Alaska
Columbia River Basin
Great Basin & Lower Colorado Basin
Great Lakes and Canada
Northeast
Plains
South Central
Southwest

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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.

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It's really only ever been a point of interest for our family, not anything else. Just something my mom remembered being passed down to her. I think it would have been 4 generations before my mom, maybe 5. Those genetic markers are easily lost in that many combinations and dilutions. I think 4 generations 6.25 % of that generation's DNA, 5 half of that. We lost my mom in August (I really wanted to give you crap about your first statemen but I knew you were just doing the OT smartass thing), so I am glad she did the DNA thing when she did.