MA Newspaper Calls on Sen. Elizabeth Warren to Prove Her Heritage (Brown, wisdom)
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Why is this so important? People back in the day ( before DNA) heard these things from family members. Nobody had proof. It was believed because your family told you that. We believed a lot of things that our parents told us, why would we question?
As a Massachusetts paper says, the spit test could prove her claim once and for all. It would demonstrate a level of truthfulness and integrity not often seen in politicians. It could rid her of her Achilles heel. But she refuses to do so, saying she knows who she is and no one will take away the family stories she was told. Well, no one CAN take away the stories she was told---but as a former Harvard professor, doesn't she have the intellectual curiosity to want to know the truth? Those DNA testing firms are making lots of money from people who want to know their heritage---why is she so resistant?
I laugh at Rachel Dolezal, the white woman who "knows" that she is really black, even though she was born to two white parents and had to change her hair and skin color to appear black. Even though I am moderately liberal, how can I not laugh at Elizabeth Warren who "knows" she is Native American (albeit 1/16th at the most) but is afraid to test it?
You all realize that Warren almost 100% took the DNA test anonymously via a secret third party and knows what the result is already... The reason she doesn't want to publicly is because she already knows the result is and it doesn't help her politically... What I am confused is, why she continues to lie about her Native American heritage, she has none, she doesn't even know the culture... Much less any recipe...
You people need advice from the Genealogy Forum who have done their DNA. Genetics 101. Elizabeth Warren is Female meaning that she only has XX Chromosomes. Unless she had female ancestors who were Natives, her DNA would not show Native Ancestors. Women do not get their Father's Y chromosome DNA; only their X Female Ancestors. Can she still have Native Ancestors? Of course, but it would not show up in a woman's DNA from a male line.
My daughter had her DNA done. Her Maternal Great-Grandpa was British. Her chart showed 0% British. Her Paternal Great-Grandpa was German. Again, 0% German. Her DNA was a who's who of every female ancestor she had.
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