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In reply to the discussion: Here's the deal with Elizabeth Warren's Native American heritage [View all]icymist
(15,888 posts)22. This is the part that's being debated.
Correction: Because of a reporting error, a story in the May 1 Metro section and the accompanying headline incorrectly described the 1894 document that was purported to list Elizabeth Warrens great-great-great grandmother as a Cherokee. The document, alluded to in a family newsletter found by the New England Historic Genealogical Society, was an application for a marriage license, not the license itself. Neither the society nor the Globe has seen the primary document, whose existence has not been proven.
http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2012/05/14/for-record/20uQnW6yCV3uOL2bRDfseK/story.html?camp=pm
I've been a member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society for many years and find them quite credible. Just because they couldn't find the license itself doesn't nullify what's on the application. Back in 1894 there were some very strict rules and laws about how much Native American one could have in them to be declared 'white' so I don't believe anyone would be lying on a marriage application if they claimed Cherokee.
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Since, as you correctly say, someone could have a NA ancestor but no DNA from that person
pnwmom
Nov 2017
#24
I've taken the test and it's very unreliable for amounts under 6%. It was fun to see that the
pnwmom
Nov 2017
#39
The poster is right. Just as two siblings can inherit very different mixing of genes --
pnwmom
Nov 2017
#40
Climate change will wipe us all out soon and this is what THEY want to talk about
Eliot Rosewater
Nov 2017
#5
Suuuure. Just like Obama's citizenship was "put to rest" by the release of his birth certificate
Hekate
Nov 2017
#15
Don't give in to the ratfcking. It never, ever stops, and nothing will satisfy the haters
Hekate
Nov 2017
#17