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LAS14

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8. I don't think Warren's DNA test says one thing or another...
Mon Oct 15, 2018, 12:55 PM
Oct 2018

... about Indigenous People. She was demonstrating that a story told in her family was based on fact. That's all.

It means she has an ancestor who was Native American Takket Oct 2018 #1
Exactly matt819 Oct 2018 #7
Her percentage is less than the average American. former9thward Oct 2018 #26
not the point at all. I could care less if any tribal council makes claims on who can be beachbum bob Oct 2018 #2
No - the customs vary from group to group, tribe to tribe elfin Oct 2018 #3
Have you confirmed that percentages don't count in the tribe her grandmother belonged to? Ms. Toad Oct 2018 #5
I don't know at all if genetic data is specific as to nation via female elfin Oct 2018 #6
You seemed to be saying percentage matters - Ms. Toad Oct 2018 #10
I agree - it varies. Perhaps I wasn't clear elfin Oct 2018 #11
Not sure what the point of this exercise is... Thomas Hurt Oct 2018 #4
I don't think Warren's DNA test says one thing or another... LAS14 Oct 2018 #8
Millions of us have Native American ancestry rusty fender Oct 2018 #9
DNA tells us where our ancestors were from. Caliman73 Oct 2018 #12
"Trump needs to shut the hell up because unlike his lying ass, Warren's stories may have some WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2018 #13
I have always been interested in the "Roanoke Colony" that was left behind by... kentuck Oct 2018 #14
The latest from Dr. TallBear: WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2018 #18
Kim TallBear doesn't own all native american rusty fender Oct 2018 #28
What absolute bullshit. NanceGreggs Oct 2018 #33
Warren didn't make this an issue. Trump did. She fought back. Good for her. yardwork Oct 2018 #15
The problem is, due to the nature of the claim, resolving it becomes an issue that affects a lot WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2018 #16
I think you're making too much of this. yardwork Oct 2018 #17
To what end? Is he convinced? Will he drop it? Will his supporters believe her? WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2018 #19
Warren stood up to the bully. Period. yardwork Oct 2018 #23
WTF! rusty fender Oct 2018 #29
I honestly don't understand how it affects other people. Crunchy Frog Oct 2018 #20
I defer to Dr. Kim TallBear, who specializes in racial politics in science. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2018 #21
I'll defer to actual genetic scientists. Crunchy Frog Oct 2018 #22
She says two things one which I agree with and one which I don't dsc Oct 2018 #24
She specifically said she did not claim to be a member of any tribe renate Oct 2018 #25
I have a grandfather who is 100% Cherokee lapfog_1 Oct 2018 #27
Warren is a white person. nt LexVegas Oct 2018 #30
I will never take one of those tests willingly. violetpastille Oct 2018 #31
Who said Democrats ... NanceGreggs Oct 2018 #32
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