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My grandfather always said one of his grandmothers was NA, but no one ever had any proof. In doing research, I could never come up with anything on this particular grandmother. Nothing. I also connected with a cousin who had heard the same thing about this relative and also had no info. So I suppose it's possible that she was in fact NA. Short of having testing done, I have no way to actually know if I am or not. But living in Oklahoma, I would never claim to be part NA unless I actually had proof. I feel it would be disrespectful to all of those here that are.
It's also important to mention, that until the past 20 or 30 years ago or so it wasn't considered fashionable or favorable to ever admit you had native, indigenous blood, many if they knew, would hide it, and not let future generations even know about it. So, it's entirely possible that many white Americans have indigenous blood and do not necessarily realize it. On the other hand, many black Americans will boast about having indigenous blood, sometimes regardless of whether they actually have it or not, and they look no different than any other black person.
Re: Post questioning why mixed-race results so often show white ancestor(s) to be Irish: Irish represented large percentage
of indentured servants in early America, as they fled worse conditions, including mass starvation, than most other Europeans.Their social status was close to black persons (low!), whether free or slave, and this is typically a source of much inter-racial coupling.
I'd be willing to guess about 20%, or even 30% of Europeans in the United States, have some Native American blood, especially if their families have been in the country since Christopher Columbus arrived.
Many claim to have Native-American ancestry but don't have it. According to a study done by Goncalves et al, reported that Sub-Saharan and Amerindian mtDna lineages at a frequency of 3.1%(respectively 0.90% and 2.2%) in white North Americans of European descent.
I've always cited the term Native American as a bit of the Oxymoron- if you're born in a specific place you are native. Seems like labeling them American Americans.
Inn willing to place a wager the percentage stands greater then
many would like to know or admit.
I'd be willing to guess about 20%, or even 30% of Europeans in the United States, have some Native American blood, especially if their families have been in the country since Christopher Columbus arrived.
I believe that the real number is much lower. In addition more White Americans are likely to admit Native American ancestry than Sub Saharan ancestry.
I am pretty sure ALOT more white Americans have african blood and being a much higher percentage than native american. It is not hard to put two and two together. Blacks and Whites have been around each other for hundreds of years. Native Americans were almost completely whipped off. The ones that survived were pushed into "reservations" or "assimilated". alot of Native Americans in these two categories are also mixed. Just because it is said your great grandfather looked indian doesn't mean he is 100% indian.
Take a saliva test with eiher 23 and me or Ancestry, i promise you the results are going to be more factual than the stories you were told by your grandparents. Its only 99 dollars.
I am pretty sure ALOT more white Americans have african blood and being a much higher percentage than native american. It is not hard to put two and two together. Blacks and Whites have been around each other for hundreds of years. Native Americans were almost completely whipped off. The ones that survived were pushed into "reservations" or "assimilated". alot of Native Americans in these two categories are also mixed. Just because it is said your great grandfather looked indian doesn't mean he is 100% indian.
Take a saliva test with eiher 23 and me or Ancestry, i promise you the results are going to be more factual than the stories you were told by your grandparents. Its only 99 dollars.
"Researchers at 23andMe looked at the genetic ancestry of about 78,000 customers likely to consider themselves as entirely of European ancestry and found that somewhere between 3 percent and 4 percent of those people have “hidden” African ancestry.
The percent of African ancestry is relatively low with the majority of individuals having just 0.5 percent to 0.75 percent — which suggests that those people have an African ancestor who lived about six generations, or about 200 years, ago."
This number excludes those with African ancestry over 5% on the assumption that those people probably know about a recent African American ancestor. It also may not be representative of the entire US population, since it was taken from people who decided to buy the test.
However, I am having a hard time finding a number for white Americans with Native American DNA. Cornell did a small study using students and found about 4 to 5% had native DNA.
Small numbers in this and other studies make it difficult to generalize the results to the entire population. Also, there has been resistance to DNA testing from some who know they have NA blood.
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