I’ve always told myself there would only be ONE way Elizabeth Warren would release a DNA test, and that would be if she’s running in 2020.
Well…uh…she released one. She’s hoping to put the Fauxcahontas rumors to rest.
It doesn’t.
WASHINGTON — Senator Elizabeth Warren has released a DNA test that provides “strong evidence’’ she had a Native American in her family tree dating back 6 to 10 generations, an unprecedented move by one of the top possible contenders for the 2020 Democratic nomination for president.
There’s “strong evidence.” Oh. So nothing definitive. That’s cool.
The analysis of Warren’s DNA was done by Carlos D. Bustamante, a Stanford University professor and expert in the field who won a 2010 MacArthur fellowship, also known as a genius grant, for his work on tracking population migration via DNA analysis.
Wait wait. It gets more hilarious.
He concluded that “the vast majority” of Warren’s ancestry is European, but he added that “the results strongly support the existence of an unadmixed Native American ancestor.”
Her history is mostly European, but she could maybe possibly have one Native American ancestor. Maybe.
Listen. One of my great great great grandmothers was an Abenaki Indian. I’ve seen a picture of her and was like DANG. There’s no question. How absurd would it be for me to go around claiming minority status? I would NEVER do that, yet that’s exactly what Warren has done her entire life. And unlike Warren, I can actually IDENTIFY the source of any Native American blood I possess.
Bustamante calculated that Warren’s pure Native American ancestor appears in her family tree “in the range of 6-10 generations ago.” That timing fits Warren’s family lore, passed down during her Oklahoma upbringing, that her great-great-great-grandmother, O.C. Sarah Smith, was at least partially Native American.
Just so you know, Smith was identified as white in historical documents. But MUH INDIAN HERITAGE!
The inherent imprecision of the six-page DNA analysis could provide fodder for Warren’s critics. If her great-great-great-grandmother was Native American, that puts her at 1/32nd American Indian. But the report includes the possibility that she’s just 1/512th Native American if the ancestor is 10 generations back.
So there you have it. She’s maybe possibly 1/512th Native American. WOW SHE PROVED US ALL WRONG!
6-10 generations ago does not meet the requirements for qualifying as a Native American. She’s still a liar. https://t.co/kKxtjnuvhm via @BostonGlobe
— The Morning Spew (@TheMorningSpew) October 15, 2018
Is discovering she is 1/512th Native American the narrative victory Elizabeth Warren thinks it is?
— Ben (@BenHowe) October 15, 2018
John is .2% Native American. I highly doubt he could get preferential racial treatment from Harvard.
— Bruce The Gay 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 (@BruceTheGay) October 15, 2018
This is my Mamaw, Elizabeth Warren…She was full blood Cherokee. You think a DNA test showing you’re as little as 1/512th gives you special privilege? Sweetheart, I know a thing or two about being Native American. I lived it. YOU, ma’am, are no Native American.
How dare you? pic.twitter.com/yGQtNjGy2Z
— Breck Worsham 🇺🇸 (@RebekahWorsham) October 15, 2018
There is no tribe that accepts that low a percentage. Typically 1/8 to 1/16th is the cutoff.
— PapaSwamp (@PapaSwamp) October 15, 2018
Senator Elizabeth “Pocohontas” Warren DNA test indicates that one of her 1064 ancestors from 10 generations ago “may” have been native American making her 1/1064 native American. BTW, white American average genetic makeup is 0.18% (1/600) Native American. https://t.co/LMqVFSgV2Q
— Eddie Donovan, Ph.D. (@EddieDonovan) October 15, 2018
Elizabeth Warren’s test fails to meet the standard required for claiming Native American tribal ancestry. pic.twitter.com/XnRKT5tCNv
— Hunter Mayberry (@ProfesserBird) October 15, 2018
In conclusion, I’m still more Indian that Elizabeth Warren.
h/t The Boston Globe
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