Warren releases results of DNA test

Warren releases results of DNA test. So, according to this test, which ‘was designed “for maximal accuracy,”Fauxcahontas is between 1/32 and 1/1,024 American Indian. Or is she part Mexican, or Peruvian or Colombian? In any event we don’t believe that’s even close enough to get Indian casino money.

To make up for the dearth of Native American DNA, Bustamante used samples from Mexico, Peru, and Colombia to stand in for Native American. That’s because scientists believe that the groups Americans refer to as Native American came to this land via the Bering Strait about 12,000 years ago and settled in what’s now America but also migrated further south. His report explained that the use of reference populations whose genetic material has been fully sequenced was designed “for maximal accuracy.”

Correction: Due to a math error, a story about Elizabeth Warren misstated the ancestry percentage of a potential 10th generation relative. It should be 1/1,024.