2006-08-12 01:31:08 · 13 answers · asked by CactusJACK 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
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2006-08-17 22:42:19 · answer #1 · answered by rod 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thank you. I'm tired of hearing about these people who claim they're "1/16th" (there was a girl here who actually did say that) or simply say my "great-grandmother is part cherokee" why is it always cherokee? Forget the tribal enrollment, many natives here believe that someone enrolled in a tribe is on the same footing as the full natives. No, because many tribes accept those who have about 6% NA ancestry which is nothing. That is utterly ridiculous, would we say that a black person who is 6% white ancestry is 'white'? No so why do we treat this issue differently? I don't care if a white person has tribe enrollment card, they are not native american. Even if they "feel" 100% native american and love the culture. I love Italian culture and know some Italian but it doesn't make me Italian. I agree with you. It should be AT LEAST 25% after that then it does not matter. Usually, a person only displays the traits of a race when they have above 20% so it seems dumb for a lily white person with auburn hair and colored eyes to say they're 6% or 1/8 Native American. For someone to be considered native american they would have to have some features of that race. I don't know why this is even a question. How can someone be native american if they don't have any of the features? It doesn't make sense to me.
2016-03-26 22:54:35 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
While there are some restriction fragment polymorphisms that correlate with being Native American, I'd be suspicious of anyone offering to do such a test with high accuracy today. In about three or four years, when several human diversity projects will be complete, then we'll have a much better sense of what to test for to do this with confidence.
2006-08-19 10:18:47 · answer #3 · answered by Lorelei 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes - I recently saw a PBS special on this topic, testing several famous African-Americans (Opra, Whoopi, Chris Tucker, Quincy Jones) to determine lineage from genetics. Opra tested as about 10 percent Native American. This show aired within the last two weeks.
2006-08-15 12:00:14 · answer #4 · answered by justhavingfun 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sure. Scientists do this quite a bit. For example, some too DNA samples from Scotsman to find the nearest relative they could find to some poor thousand-year-old dead sap found well-preserved in bogs. They also sampled Mongolians to see who are the descendents of Ghengis Khan. (Turns out a LOT of them are. Khan had loads of fun.)
2006-08-18 09:13:04 · answer #5 · answered by A professor (thus usually wrong) 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes this is absolutely possible.
Though, without some idea of which native americans to screen against you may have a tough time of it.
Also some of the native american genetics match up closely with east asian genetics.
2006-08-19 12:40:27 · answer #6 · answered by special-chemical-x 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can determine if you have native american heritage but i don't think we can determine what proportion of our ancestors where native American, not precisely anyway.
2006-08-17 01:16:10 · answer #7 · answered by uselessadvice 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think its possible actually....there was this one woman i heard about on the news that had a test done and she found out she was part chinese so yea i think its pretty possible there is a test they can do to determine what race you are.
2006-08-12 01:37:56 · answer #8 · answered by to whom it may confide 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No DNA could only confirm your parentage.
2006-08-12 01:49:46 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I saw the same PBS show "justhavingfun" saw. Believe that answer.
2006-08-16 18:22:15 · answer #10 · answered by WhiteLilac1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋