How do I prove I am an Indain by DNA tests?

Question

My grandmother was Indain but never did claim it.

Answer 1

Blood type is not going to prove much of anything, since most populations have a mix of blood types. Some blood types are more common or rare in certain populations. In Asian populations, rH negative blood is about six times more rare than it is in the US, for instance.

The DNA tests used by the National Geographic Genographic Project will look at mitochondrial DNA for females, and will test either the Y-chromosone or mitochondrial DNA for males. In other words, you can test for the maternal ancestry of your mother's mother. Guys can also test for the paternal ancestry of their father's father, but not for the ancestry of your father's mother. If your father tests his own mitochondrial DNA, or if his sister or sister's daughter did, you could find out about the ancestry of your father's mother. Perhaps if you offered to pay, they will provide the cells!

You pay about USD100 to order a testing kit. They send you a couple of cheek swabs--which are like a cross between a Q-tip and a toothbrush. You scrape some cells off the inside of your cheek, put the top of the swabs in vials, mark them with your code and send them in.

A website tells you where your DNA sample is in the testing process when you enter your code. About two months after you send the swabs in, the website will tell you what haplotype was found in your DNA, and what they know about where your ancestors were 30 or 40 thousand years ago.

There are a few Native American haplotypes, and I wondered if my 18th century Georgia colony ancestors would turn out to have one of those. My results combined with my known genealogy suggest that my maternal ancestry came out of Africa through Central Europe and Scandinavia, invaded the British Isles as Vikings, and crossed the Atlantic as colonists.

I happened to find this out the day before I took a ferry from Britain to the smaller island where my Viking/Scottish ancestors on my father's side lived 500 years ago. In between my maternal and paternal lines are a lot of French and Germans, even a woman who may have been Powhatan. But with my surname on one side and my DNA showing a similar heritage on the other, I have a pretty strong sense of ancestral identity now.

Answer 2

You have to get a DNA. I read somewhere that most Indians have type o blood. Give a pint of blood and they will tell you your type. If your A you have more European blood. B probably from Egypt or Africa.
If it is type 0 then it would pay you to get a DNA

Answer 3

To prove you are of Native blood there is a very specific kind of blood test to find that out. It's not something you can do at a blood bank. It is an expensive test, but one that would be worth your while, if you are in fact Native. http://www.genetree.com/ancestral/nativeAmerican.php There is one site that you can research it.

I hope this helps you. Best Wishes!

Answer 4

I've never heard of an Indain.

Is it anything like an Indian?