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Farmer-Rick

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8. There are so many other possible explanations for why that corporation
Fri Aug 9, 2019, 05:32 PM
Aug 2019

Did not find their version of what they consider American Indian DNA in your sister's blood test that I would not trust it. If you have pictures (as my family does) or other evidence of American Indian ancestry, I would trust that over a DNA test.

Better be careful with revelations like that DFW Aug 2019 #1
Lmao Lunabell Aug 2019 #2
I, on the other hand, can boast 2 distinguished grandfathers DFW Aug 2019 #10
Interesting! A similar story about our family says that the original ancestor Nay Aug 2019 #15
Jesus, we have the same story in our family. Codeine Aug 2019 #18
Really! I wonder what book it IS from! The larger story is that my grandfather Nay Aug 2019 #20
WE supposedely have an Indian ancestor on moms side. My dad ALL Germans. (probably the BAD guys) trueblue2007 Aug 2019 #23
I think around the 1960s every family Codeine Aug 2019 #24
Ha, we have one from northern Ireland who was a rum-runner. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2019 #25
Sounds like a good reason to be neither Catholic nor Protestant! But hardly disreputable. DFW Aug 2019 #30
As George Carlin observed SCantiGOP Aug 2019 #3
As Bill Murray observed..... DFW Aug 2019 #11
Lol...+1!!! Docreed2003 Aug 2019 #12
Carlin also said that Canada SCantiGOP Aug 2019 #14
It was the same with my family. Supposedly 8 generations ago Arkansas Granny Aug 2019 #4
While it's possible that it's a family myth, it's also possible that it isn't... WePurrsevere Aug 2019 #7
Best explanation I've seen of this phenomenon yet. n/t PandoraAwakened Aug 2019 #9
Thank you for sharing this! n/t Niagara Aug 2019 #22
Thanks d_r Aug 2019 #29
Probabilities from the International Society of Genetic Genealogy... Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2019 #19
FWIW, it's possible to have NA ancestors and not have it show up. WePurrsevere Aug 2019 #5
Well damn. lark Aug 2019 #6
YYMV, Of Course RobinA Aug 2019 #31
There are so many other possible explanations for why that corporation Farmer-Rick Aug 2019 #8
I've researched family stories. I've proved one wrong while another has been applegrove Aug 2019 #13
I had a similar result but given the odd NA DNA issues nolabear Aug 2019 #16
What I want to know is - why does everyone claim Cherokee ancestry, wny not some other tribe like Kashkakat v.2.0 Aug 2019 #17
... Kali Aug 2019 #21
That's what I thought too Merlot Aug 2019 #27
That's crucial. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2019 #28
I Always Wondered This RobinA Aug 2019 #32
EXACT SAME THING Brainstormy Aug 2019 #26
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