AncestryDNA | Why Is My Native American Ancestry Not Showing Up? | Ancestry

[@WendyWinchester]

When I got my DNA results back from you guys I was crushed because I was always very proud of my Nipmuc heritage and there was none of it on the results. I felt like a part of my identity had been ripped away. Now I know that's not necessarily true. Thank you so much for this video.

[@user-qz7gv3qv5i]

My grandpa was half france, my DNA says 9%, one of my cousin say 14%, my other cousin say 0%

[@SlimSlugga713]

Why not be proud of who you really are than ?? 😆😆

[@sherisworld8552]

dna tests like this arent an exact science. Also, Natives came over here from the other side. Most importantly, you are compared to others who have taken the test. As more natives take the test the more accurate it will become.

[@katiejon17]

My mother’s lineage has always been passed down by verbal history. Names, and specific locations. My ancestry didn’t mention any native (it was a different company), yet most of my relatives on my mother’s side are still in this specific area... and my great grandmother, grandmother, maternal aunt, mother, and myself are all dark. These tests aren’t getting it all right.

[@dragonroise]

Everyone likes to claim being Cherokee.. Forgetting there are several other tribes.

[@bingramtube]

So true, all my 'okie' Ancestors claim Cherokee. A point brought up to me in 1965 by my 100% Pomo friend "Ducky"

[@msaijay1153]

+Bobby Ingram what tribe should people from Oklahoma think they descend from?

[@shikaem8971]

lol true...the Cherokee werent even a large tribe to start with so how did all these people come from from this small tribe. Ancestry DNA showed me as 33% Native American(Mexica). My great grandmother on my moms side was full blood raramuri or muki ( female.) They are still around. Sadly probably one of the last generations of full blood Raramuri.

[@borimirtheboring]

Look up comedian Charlie Hill talking about Generikees

[@shikaem8971]

Bianca Toni My Great Grandmother was Raramuri and I was fortunate enough to have her around 16 years of my life.

[@YoungLegend07]

I took a ancestry DNA test. It came out to 76% Native American. My parents were both born in Mexico.

[@merciegonzalez2310]

YoungLegend07 because we’re Aztec and Aztecs are Native American

[@amalia1_]

mercie Gonzalez we’re descendants of Aztecs , not actual Aztecs

[@darcandelaria]

What part of Mexico? I got 41% I'm Mexican also.

[@squanto7795]

Oaxaca?

[@larrya5897]

Depends where because not all Mexicans are aztecs

[@CUTEASZNIKA]

As a black American, we were also told that our great great grandmother was full blooded Native American. My sister did the dna test and she came back with 3% Native American ancestry. I don’t think there’s anything with acknowledging it or being proud of it because, it’s a part of us. However, we are even more excited about our majority african ancestry that we’ve always identified with.

[@Datacorrupter234]

white/native here and proud!

[@user-jt1jv8vl9r]

I don’t think it matters what make up you are you should be proud of your ancestors whose struggles have allowed you to be alive today.

[@cshel5580]

Have you ever wondered if native americans are researching if they african ancestors ? lol 😂

[@robertchavis490]

im happy that you ID with your Black family ancestral ties as you should,

[@johnnyfountano5498]

If your sister was 3% and the test did not evaluate the 23rd chrome your sister could really be 8%. That would make your mother 16 to 20%. Your grandmother 32 to 40% and your great grandmother 70 to 90% Native American which is considered full blood. So your parents and grandparent was not lying when they said a great grandparent was of Native American heritage.

[@deedeewinfrey3181]

If I had a nickel for every time someone told me they were part Cherokee....I would be rich.

[@mr.coffee5220]

Nah dude, you be wealthy.

[@thomasgomez7516]

or have a shitload of nickels

[@melaninqueen2413]

Me too, but really... I have Native ancestry. So that one nickel you won't see! Lol

[@stikupartist3698]

And they're always the palest John Smiths you ever seen claiming to be related to tanto.

[@siksika4603]

@@stikupartist3698 Or someone who is clearly African.

[@nancyfisher2128]

Thank you so much for explaining this situation with Native American DNA. A funny and perplexing situation I have run across in researching my husbands's DNA and genealogy is this: My first husband, whom I married in 1967, in NY, was obviously Caucasian (white skin, redish hair, blue eyes). He has three children by a previous marriage. Two of his children were fair, but the third had much darker coloring, black hair, and brown eyes. My husband had a picture of his Greatgrandmother which had been passed down through his family which showed an American Indian woman, which explained the different coloring that showed up in his son. Husband died in 1994. I didn't even date for 23 years, during which time I moved to SC.. In 2017 I found myself drawn to another man. He was an African-American who also claimed that his Grandmother was Native American. He was lighter skin than his other relatives and had even been given the nick name "Red" in his college years. He also had a photo of his Grandmother.....THE EXACT SAME PHOTO THAT HUSBAND #1 HAD!!!

[@glendamcdaniel7287]

Wow, what are the odds of that happening. Such a small world.

[@giovannistrong75]

WOW, THAT'S SURPRISELY RARE THAT THIS WOULD HAPPEN AGAIN. THEY WERE RELATIVES AND DIDN'T EVEN KNOW AT ALL. I'M ADOPTED AND I DID THIS TEST TO FIND OUT ABOUT MY HISTORY ON BOTH SIDES OF MY FAMILY. MOTHER AND FATHER'S SIDE. I'M EXCITED TO FIND OUT. I ALSO GOT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT HEALTH TRAITS.

[@shawnahall7246]

That is just out of this world crazy

[@jesus.christis.lord.foreve899]

Comments like yours This one is a big reason I like to read the comments : )

[@gangstergrannn6987]

You can have blond hair,etc and still be a native,some of my cousins are

[@vincentklima6534]

I’m half Mexican and when I took the ancestry dna test it said I was 17% Native American with a lot of French and spanish ancestry which makes sense I wasn’t surprised at all

[@ettinakitten5047]

Yeah, Mexicans are most often Native/Spanish mixed, sometimes with African or other European as well.

[@aliciaarroyo6]

Sounds a lot like mine. I was around 20% native with French and Spanish.

[@Lukedalegendz]

@@ettinakitten5047 mixed more like force mix

[@crowhouse4778]

I really liked how you articulated everything. Clear, not condescending.

[@stikupartist3698]

I'm 41% European, 41% African and 18% indigenous Puerto rican. 18 different ethnicities in all. 🇵🇷 🇵🇷 🇵🇷 🇵🇷 🇵🇷

[@user-jt1jv8vl9r]

Wow, that’s amazing and (for me anyway) fascinating. 🙂

[@vociferonheraldofthewinter2284]

A few months ago I wrote to a lady here on YT about the misunderstandings that can happen when discussing family lore. I specifically used an example in my own family where we thought that we were Dutch. Turns out that we are Pennsylvania Dutch - IE: German. Well, I just got my own DNA test back yesterday and found another funny. My great grandmother was told to be Irish-Indian. Turns out that she was Indian. Just not 'Native American' Indian. Yeah. Her ancestry was from India. (A little bit of research into the East India Trading Company and how many Indian brides were actually brought back to England, and it makes sense.) We've got to realize that we're playing a giant game of 'telephone' that spans hundreds of years. Throw in speculation, unregistered adoptions, the occasional cuckold or rape and nobody really knows who their ancestors were.

[@AncestryUS]

What a crazy discovery, Pepper. Thanks for sharing. (Crista)

[@Find_Amelia_Island]

think of the dna from each of your grands like a window with four panes in it. Each grand gives you one of their four panes which is 25% of their old window, and is 25% of your new window. These 4 panes, each from a different window, now make your own unique window. You do not get the 3 leftover panes of a grand's window, you only get one pane of it. The rest of their window might go to some other relative or to noone, including you.

[@kellog1242]

+Samuel Poe it doesnt work like that. you get half of random dna from your parents each and it recombines together in yours. so the distribution can be random in mixed people

[@tritosac]

I recently took an ancestry DNA test that revealed I am 19% native american. My dad always told me my grandfather was Yaqui from Mexico. If I am not a full 25% native american is it still possible that my grandfather was 100% native american? Thanks for the video.

[@AncestryUS]

It is possible, yes.

[@cherylrdyer]

I actually used Ancestry DNA to check mine. My Grandfather told me his mother was full blooded Cherokee. No one ever talked about it, which was normal in those days. Names were changed. The only reason he told me was because I was talking about native blood on my mother's side. He was my paternal grandfather. It seemed to me that I should have have more than showed up and needless to say I was a bit stunned that I only had two blood lines which was European and only 8% Indigenous American. I'm sure there's more but this video does explain a lot.

[@ellasterling6636]

I took the Ancestry test and my results were 94% European and 6% Indigenous American. I was not expecting to have any Indigenous American and would never claim to be Native.

[@analara9872]

Elizabeth Warren did lmao

[@toddmaek5436]

If you are 6percent then you are.

[@Anna-Rose-]

@@toddmaek5436, DNA tests cannot determine Native American ancestors because they don't give their DNA to public databases. No tribe accepts DNA, it's by documentation only. Very rarely do they use DNA and it's only to determine parentage.

[@stikupartist3698]

There are white people who claim to be with just 1%.

[@fishinwidow35]

@@Anna-Rose- That is for tribal membership purposes. It doesn't change your ancestry.

[@j.j.225]

My father’s grandmother was supposedly “Native American”, and looking at the one picture of her we have, we definitely believed that to be true. Turns out, according to our DNA, she was partially black. I see where the confusion exists. But my mom’s DNA actually had Native American in it, and yet we thought she had none. So you never really know, lol.

[@stephanieleigh62]

Then I was studying Mexico and alot of them found Native American, Spain, African and even Chinese. So its very interesting.

[@jadanrian4203]

The white side of my family always thought one of their people was native, when i got ancestry I found out it was a Portuguese woman with high cheek bones💀I think a lot of the white people got confused like this

[@jahbrodie0357]

Yo J.J how's it going..so look..u do understand that they call that Asian race of people that crossed the Barron str8 and migrated to North America , American Indians correct, but they fail to mention that the copper colored races were already here before that migration...2nd if u look at all the pics created after the European Renaissance, all AI become Spanish looking or Spanish Asian mixed...find pics before that era and there u will find the truth.. even literature written describes the people of this land just like the bible describes Jesus and the descriptions definitely doesn't match that of European educating that we've all been taught!!

[@AmandaFromWisconsin]

@@jahbrodie0357 *Bering Strait

[@tantig5923]

Exacto!!🇯🇲🇧🇿

[@jinh817]

Most people asking this question are Anglos with white skin, blonde hair, blue eyes and own a dream catcher.

[@barbaro267]

Yes, people who look the same as everyone around them might want to think that a part of them is unique. How is that weird to you?

[@fitnessfocused]

😅

[@nenaj1]

Black Americans too lol

[@roimatamassold4730]

Lol

[@RapOvrDos]

JD no such thing as a black person black is an adjective not a noun

[@tyrannosaurus62]

I’ve been told my whole life that “we’re spainish” growing up. Strangers would assume I was a Native American because of my long straight jet black hair and my large nose. I took a DNA test and it states that I’m 48% . I would just like to know more of my ancestors

[@AncestryUS]

Have you started a family tree on Ancestry? If not, here are some tips: kzbin.info/www/bejne/poaopaWVl5tmeaM

[@orionjaguar]

Most white Americans just do not have any Native American ancestry. The vast majority of families have not been here long enough for the ancestor to be so far back as to be undetectable. Second, it's unlikely that it would be a male ancestor, because it was most often white men and Native women, as it was considered a fate worse than death for a white woman to be with a Native man back in the day. In the South and East Coast, these blood myths exist to cover up the fact that the ancestor was actually black.

[@barrioazteca9232]

It's even worse with African Americans they almost all say they have Native ancestry but it's actually European. I always get a good laugh from white and black Americans when they tell me(a real native) that they are as well and when asked what tribe 9 times out of 10 they say Cherokee lol

[@eveningdim7167]

Barrio Azteca It's sad, really.

[@nunyabiznez6381]

Except that most of the people who are not registered members of a tribe but do have some native American blood are primarily African Americans. This is because in many states, surviving indigenous populations not part of the reservation system were often partially integrated with African American populations. Intermarriage was common. But Caucasian populations did not commonly intermarry with either until the late twentieth century.

[@DavidSaintloth]

I was quite surprised that the OP was actually leaving the possibility that some whites have native that fell below the sample resolution...her own chart shows that at 7 generations back percentage is 1.5% to get down to zero one needs to be at 9 generations. The number of Europeans who have ancestry in the America's that goes back that far are a small population of New Englanders. So if you are European and you claim native ancestry but you know your ancestors don't go back 9 generations or come from New England than they can't have been native at all. "In the South and East Coast, these blood myths exist to cover up the fact that the ancestor was actually black." This is actually quite confirmed by a recent study by 23 and Me where they revealed that the majority of those who self report as European (white) have MORE African admixture than Native admixture. (Kind of ironic and confirms your conclusion.) African Americans mean while have more European admixture than Native (expected). But African Americans on average tend to have MORE Native than European Americans have Native. The paper is fascinating and based on thousands of 23 and Me users...it's a big one with a solid methodology: drive.google.com/file/d/0B9N6z_bRVUMmZGRhZVlhMjJDQzg/view?usp=sharing

[@realsarang]

Barrio Azteca well i am part Cherokee i spoke with my father his father and his mother. they were Cherokee indians and my family is from ga where that tribe reside. native americans did mate with African slaves at the time not all native indians had slaves but they did mate with some so yea some black folks lie bit at least it's more possible than these white folks ... ironic how they stole my ppl land and now wanna be part native Indian

[@mutsontribe]

Interesting on how we receive our own unique DNA mix. There is a possibility that one sibling may have Native American DNA and the other sibling in the same family may not.

[@tantig5923]

Yessss!!! Omygosh yes!

[@tantibusdraws6165]

Through ancestry, I found out that I am 4% Native American. I never really believed any of the stories that my family told to me while growing up. Now that I found out that I do have Native American ancestors, I could really care less. Also, as stated in the video, just because you have similar physical features, doesn’t mean you have recent Native American ancestry. Most of my family has caramel colored skin, sharp facial features, dark straight hair and can potentially pass as Natives, but we are just a thorough mix of African black and white Europeans. Also, I have talked to a few actual Natives in the past about people claiming tribal ancestry, many really don’t seem to like it.

[@blaquespan5316]

Tantibus Draws actually that's partially true the rest of the truth is the Aboriginal people that you call Native Americans that look like me there were darker Coppertone would not allowed to register on the Dawes rolls and claim their proper ancestry... we were only allowed to check black therefore when I will try this get made even one another they came out looking a particular Geno typical way because the dark members of the tribes were not allowed to claim their ancestry

[@tamraparrish3526]

My grandmother is 3/4 Native American and was born on an Indian reservation in New Mexico. She has a reservation number instead of a birth certificate. My grandfather on that same side is also 1/2 Native American and 1/2 German. We have genealogy going back generations and my 23andMe showed nothing. They said it was because there aren’t enough people with that dna getting the test done.

[@joeramirez7879]

Nope doesn't sound right

[@joeramirez7879]

Maybe need to check too see if someone was adopted

[@astranger6737]

That doesn’t sound right, as the other guy said, must be an adoption

[@person_1791]

Having a 3/4 grandmother and not a single bit showing up on the test means that someone is lying or hiding something

[@tamraparrish3526]

No one was adopted. I’ve seen the reservation number, and I’ve talked to organizations within the Native American community. The family tree is accurate. My grandfather on my father’s side was adopted but already knew that.

[@kimberlyeverton-brown2885]

Thank you so much for explaining this!! My Step-sisters mother was born on the Winnebago Reservation in Northeastern Nebraska, and she was always told tales that her Grandparents performed as stunt riders in Wild West Shows. After having Melanie's DNA processed, she shows no Native American, ZILCH! However people that she matches with on Ancestry do have Native American ancestry. Explaining how "The Cards are Shuffled" made a lot of sense! Time to get her brother tested!

[@jackiesanders8814]

I showed no Native American in any standard autosomal test,and we sure had a persistent "Cherokee" story , which most of us dismissed as family folklore.After uploading our DNA for more deep Ancestry testing,we found it.Then Ancestry DNA truthlines helped us find our distant Native ancestor! :) Don't give up,and thank you Ancestry!

[@Tsalagi978]

Same. I kept getting West Asian at around 4% 1.8% Spanish and less than 1% Native American and West African. I have relatives in CNO and the Qualla Band of the Cherokee Nation. I found my mixed blood ancestor who was born at the Moravian Mission in Spring Place. She married a white man and was allowed to stay. Her grandmother was full blood. Her Father was Edward Adair.

[@selfab6562]

@@Tsalagi978 you ppl are weird you are not native just bc you have a small percentage just like no one would claim to be whte or black from 5% blood

[@selfab6562]

That doesn’t make you native. You’re just a European with a native ancestor from 100s of years ago pls grow up

[@jeffreygranger6913]

DNA trumps "stories"every day.Somebody lied somewhere.

[@GMack333]

Im %100 human

[@hectorpascal]

The ROOT-WORDS are HUM & HUMAN which come from the Latin humus, meaning EARTH & GROUND, and the Latin humanus which means MAN

[@hectorpascal]

"Im %100 human" Yep, that's all that REALLY counts.

[@ytyoked3946]

Cool

[@Tata-iu3fy]

andrew craig do you know Bob?

[@brentrichards1200]

@co122189 You know white people aren't actually the color white, right? Plus, good karma? That doesn't exist.

[@MrsShocoTaco]

My siblings and I were always told our paternal grandmother was 100% Muskogee ,and she looked the part. I got my dna results last week. We're IRISH !!! Straight out of Belfast!!😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@ade910]

Trust me, she didn't look the part. Having black hair is quite common in Europe.

[@rachelmiller9280]

LOL...you're too funny!

[@MrsShocoTaco]

@@ade910 When I say she looked the part, I mean straight out of the history books, not just black hair.

[@starlamoon286]

Nothing wrong with that lol DNA don't lie!

[@MrsShocoTaco]

@@starlamoon286 My siblings refuse to believe it even after one of them also took the test and came out Irish lol some ppl

[@judydover7240]

My brother tested with Ancestry and did not show any Native American Ancestry. One thing you did not mention (which I believe is because Ancestry does not offer Y-DNA testing) is Y-DNA testing. My brother tested his Y-DNA at FTDNA (Family Tree DNA) and his Y-Haplotype is Q-M3, a male Native American Haplogroup. We had no idea that we had Native American ancestry in our ancestral surnamed line until we got the Y-DNA results.

[@dathomierabbit5721]

Judy Dover wow coooool congratulations on being 1% Native American enjoy bragging about that and pissing people and if you don't say how Native American you are you still are going piss people off by claiming your Native American while you look white ass fuck

[@ke6264]

So in my family everybody thought my great great grandmother on my moms side was Native American she had straight long black hair and olive skin, turns out she’s actually Portuguese! And we found this out because one of our family members found some old letters that she wrote a long long time ago and she talked about being Portuguese and how she was very proud to be a Portuguese woman we were completely blown away. Not to mention this totally explains why I had 7% Iberian peninsula in my ancestry results.

[@CristaCowan]

Well, there ya go. 😉

[@garyhighley9022]

That's interesting. I actually have 7 percent Iberian on my Ancestry results too. I wonder if I may have some unknown Portuguese ancestors.

[@FlavioFonseca-sq8cn]

*In Angola, West-Southern Africa, we have plenty of Native American cases of Native American DNA Ancestry (Genetic Marks) since 1530….,,(since XVI century, from North, Central and South Américas….!!!*

[@AncestryUS]

Hi there, thanks for stopping by. Unfortunately, current genetic ethnicity research is unable to distinguish Indigenous American tribal affiliation based on the research and technology currently available. Indigenous American tribes are very similar genetically and while there have been a number of advances in genetic ethnicity research in the last several years, research has not developed to a point where tribal affiliation can be credibly determined. However, we are continuing our research and plan to continue updating our genetic ethnicities as the science evolves.

[@blakegillpuente3904]

Lol. The people working at 23andMe and Ancestry are just way too nice to say what's really going on: the overwhelming majority of people who claim to have distant Native American ancestry actually, genetically, do not have any indigenous DNA in their genome, and that is often due to "$5 Indians" and/or the novelty of claiming your great-great-great grandmother was BFFs with Pocahontas. This is also true for those in my state of Oklahoma who claim to be 1/164th Tribe X. It's so wild to me that super, translucent white people will call themselves Native despite not being connected to tribal customs apart from that little card and despite being paper white with blonde hair and baby blue eyes. LOL. As the child of a Mexican-American man and a very white caucasian woman, almost 30% of my DNA is of Native American; and pretty much all my NA-DNA is traced to Mexico (likely descendents of the Aztec, Maya, or other indigenous Mexicans). Lol. But, like all gueritos, my mother SWEARS her great grandmother was full or at least half Chickasaw. No, sis. I don't think so. 😂 I don't have patience for any more baby powder-complected people thinking being 1/472nd Native American makes them a person of color or changes the fact that their genome is 98+% European.

[@blaquespan5316]

Blake Gill Puente I really like what you had to say and I concur a lot of people like to forget that the copper color Aboriginal of this land that were more so my complexion we're not allowed to claim their tribal rights they were only allowed to sign black which has no constitutional value and means nothing in law and traces back to know Nation/ nationality at all... so that left my other lighter tone Aboriginal people to only mate with themselves and the Europeans who are forcing their way into the tribes and force marrying and raping their way into the tribes as a way to legitimize the fraud they committed by signing the Dawes rolls in the first place.... which is why there are almost no dark-complected aborigine then/now... great-grandmother n grand mother are full blood in Muskogee my father father what's Blackfoot and Muskogee due to the Trail of Tears a lot of tribes started breeding with one another yet on the birth certificate there listed as negro and on mine I'm listed as black again no nationality whatsoever... it is sad to have your heritage stolen and then to see people like her claim it... 😢

[@rosexx241]

Ikr it’s completely absurd. I knew a white girl who looked like Barbie. Super straight golden blonde hair, baby blue eyes and pale skin that burned red. She claimed her grandmother was full blood native... I don’t understand why they do this. Guess they think it makes them more interesting.

[@missyyouknow6002]

You cannot go by the color of skin. Look at me. I'm very white and redheaded. My grandmother was Cherokee. ( my mothers mother) I got none of the resemblance. My cousins and other family members do. P.s I do not identify as indian although it matter of factly shines through per my DNA.

[@NurseMo42]

Omg yesss I just wrote a response on this same thing then I just saw yours!!! Exactly 😂 $5 dollar Indian. Dawes act. Choctaw DNA in me . I will be taking my test soon

[@angtxsun4460]

My family story includes Native American ancestry. Our grandfather’s grandfather was supposedly half Native American and a law officer on a reservation in Oklahoma, the son of another law officer and a Native American woman. That is what our family story says. Historical records do link his family back and his unique name is that of a sheriff in Oklahoma territory. We cannot find his name on any records older than those. None of my generation has Native American showing up in our DNA, I wish we had been able to test my grandfather. Thank you for this information! Very helpful

[@AncestryUS]

Hi there, thanks for stopping by. We know researching Native American ancestors can be tricky, we have an article on our support site with some research tips that may be of some help. support.ancestry.com/s/article/Researching-Native-American-Ancestors?language=en_US. Best of luck with your research!

[@Datacorrupter234]

You might be 1/256 or 1/512th.. or 1/1,024th..i think that is where it starts to not be detected who knows though it might also just be lies

[@marieknight9385]

Thank you, I can't even remember how many times someone told me about their native relative without me ever asking.

[@ElvisIsASexyBoy]

This makes sense.I had always heard that we had Native American heritage but didn't know for sure.I decided to start looking into our family tree to see if i could find anything that would lead to this Native American tale.I subscribed to Ancestry and found that it was true.I found my Grt Grandparents on the Indian Dawes Rolls(they lived in Oklahoma) and the application applying for free land in Oklahoma also on a 1900 oklahoma indian territory cencus listing them as Chickasaw.The Rolls listed her as 1/32 Chickasaw and my Grandfather as Chickasaw by marriage.Going up my tree i found where the Native American came from.MY Grt Grandmother's ( on dawes rolls) 3rd grt Grandmother was full blooded Chickasaw her name was Ishtanaha from Miss,she married a Irish man. My sister had a DNA test done through Ancestry and this is the results..(remember the full blood chickasaw is six generations up the tree and this line never married back into the Native American. Native American-1% Europe -98% Great Britain-56% Ireland-17% Scandinavia-10% Europe West-9% Iberian Peninsul-2% Finland/Northwest Russia-2% Europe East-1%.I think i left some % of something out but this is a good example of what this video is saying.We have since then proved our chickasaw heritage and become Chickasaw tribal members.Thanks Ancestry for helping me prove my native american heritage,without you it would have been alot harder.Names were provided,cousins were found and pictures exchanged.I even found my Native American ancestors that were removed from Miss to Oklahoma.Thanks again Ancestry!!!!

[@PeasantWithaPitchfork]

Everybody can't be Cherokee, but every one claims to be! SMH

[@kiarafigueroa56]

100% accurate.

[@credinzel6996]

Christine M Lester 1/16 Cherokee, while I'm here looking at them like "Ametur".

[@seantowns2119]

Yes lots of people truely have Cherokee Ancestry.

[@RapOvrDos]

James E. Ogilvy Barbra Bush is a $5 Indian and if you believe her you might be a $5 Indian also get an unabridged dictionary or go read the thief Columbus’ journal the discerption gave wasn’t pale skin or light skin it was copper so that makes Bush a lie

[@emmanuelwilliams6004]

RapO vrDos You are 💯 bro they love to steal other people history and claim it for there own .....

[@mlr4524]

FYI, if you're researching French Canadian North American First Nations backgrounds, the Canadian archives are good about identifying some people in the historical family tree records as Metis, which at least offers a non-genetic clue. As this video shows, a NA ancestor 6 generations back will only show up as 1.5% NA for the subject (person being tested). For French Canadian history, FN connections may go back 10-15 generations and will not show up in DNA tests.

[@johnc95249]

This is a great Podcast. I have a small portion of Native American DNA. I’ve gone through a large portion of my DNA matches and searched for others with Native American Ancestry. This has help me identify my ancestral line that the Native American Ancestry is associated with as 99.99 % of those with Native American Ancestry also descend from this line. Thank you for the Podcast!

[@CristaCowan]

You are very welcome.

[@ChuckieCOT]

Great explanation, I came out with 18% Native American, was very happy to see I still have my native blood in me much stronger than I thought👍🏽

[@rakka2533]

I'm half English half American, born and raised in England. I grew up being told that my mum has Native American ancestry, even specifying that it was Blackfeet. Whilst she could never specify how far back our Native American ancestor was, I never doubted the family story simply because she, and especially my grandma, looked Native American. When I was a child I didn't even know what Native American features were (being an English kid) but I knew my mum's side of the family didn't look white. I look as white as can be, but when my brother was born he had even darker skin than my mum. As a young adult now with plenty of access to the internet, my conviction that there was Native ancestry was strengthened when I saw what mixed Native people look like. I'd never seen so many people that looked like my mum and brother before. Added with the fact that my mum had been presumed Native by people she'd met, I assumed that my belief was valid. Because I was curious about my ancestry in general, I did an Ancestry test a few years back and there was 0% Native. I wasn't too surprised, because I haven't inherited any traits that would indicate ancestry anything other than European. But then my mum did an ancestry test and what she'd get? 0% Native. Not only that, but she got 100% Northern European. Though, in Ancestry's most recent update, both our results changed. My mum had 2% Southern Italian and myself has 1%. This is the best explanation for my mum's and brother's appearance, and this video has made me believe it more so when it was said that Mediterranean appearances often can get mixed up with Native American. Funnily enough, my mum and my grandma still look more Native than Southern Italian, but race is just a collection of features and ultimately anyone can end up looking like another race with the right mix. (I can definitely see the Southern Italian in my brother now though.) I'm still curious about where the Blackfeet rumour came from, but it could be as simple as one generation assuming they have Native Ancestry because of their appearance and guessing at any old tribe closest to their area and passing it off as fact. Anyway, I just find it fascinating how often this apparently happens. I didn't even search for this video, it was in my reccomedations, and I'm glad to know it isn't just my family that have been claiming heritage unfounded 😅 😂

[@patriciajrs46]

Great example. Thanks for sharing your story. It's interesting.

[@thegreatalyssa]

My dad took one of these tests many years ago and it was obvious it was not accurate. I'm a quadruplet and even with us quads it shows some differences. I grew up multi-cultural, including an enrolled member. I have at least one ancestor from 4/5 Civilized Tribes, mostly Choctaw and Chickasaw. I know my lineage to the Creek and Cherokee (Ridge for the Cherokee). We grew up with intelligent and degreed people in the family who spoke many languages by way of their heritage as well as being learned through polyglotism. I grew up speaking Choctaw, Chickasaw (and 2 dead Indigenous languages) but only know some words in Cherokee and Creek. We were taught many European languages including French, Italian, Spanish, German, English, Romanian and more. Even though my nephews, nieces, great nephews and nieces are of less "Indian" blood, they are enrolled as citizens and being brought up as "Indian". They are speaking Choctaw fluently and Chickasaw pretty well. They are also brought up speaking Spanish, English, and some Italian and French. DNA tests don't show these things I'm talking about. We also have the 4 roots teeth and much more to our ancestry.

[@patriciajrs46]

What does your phrase mean? Please I'm confused. The phrase 4 roots teeth? Thanks.

[@thegreatalyssa]

Teeth have roots. It is taught that molars have two or three roots. But we have four roots because of the Indigenous American ancestry. Look up something like how many roots do teeth have?@@patriciajrs46

[@patriciajrs46]

@@chairmanofthebored8684 Wow!

[@TheQwuilleran]

Your simplified analogies explain genetic inheritance well, thank you.

[@Thomas_Oklahoma]

If anyone knows or thinks they have blood of a certain Tribe and want to enroll into that tribe, you can contact that Tribe, the regional BIA offices or departments that track the dawes rolls to find Native family or ancestors, they have extensive records of Native families going back nearly 200 years. Keep in mind that you will also need your non-native family records too because Tribes need most of your family tree to determine blood quantum, if you can't provide a detailed family tree of your non-native side, these Tribes will consider your records incomplete. Most Tribes require 1/4 blood quantum, some have a more strict blood quantum limits. Some Tribes have a very generous qualifications to be a citizen such as the Five Civilized Tribes (Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek & Seminole) that only requires at least one or a few family members on your family tree to be on the Dawes Rolls.

[@ruthblood780]

Since my mother always said her great grandmother was full blooded Canadian Indian, j never understood why it didn't show up on my DNA. Thank you for explaining this!.

[@lisabaltzer3163]

This explains why even though my sister and I are both 25% Asian but I look part Asian and she doesn't.

[@londonm3161]

my little brother and I are both 15-20% native but that poor boy got ALL the irish genes ahsdljasdhfkagsf he goes outside for ten minutes and gets a nburn while i've never burned in my life. my bf is also 25% asian (filipino specifically) and his little brother, who is 100% white, looks more asian than he does to the average person

[@amynazza]

My sister in law is Peruvian, her grandmother was full-blooded Quechuan and didn't speak Spanish. Her mother spoke both languages. My sister in law's ancestry results show something like 60% Native American! So the 'native American' really applies to all Americas of the western hemisphere. Not just the indian tribes of the USA boundaries.

[@noniemac]

I have family records that include my great grandfather was half Cherokee. This record is an interview for membership in the Dawes Rolls. My grandfather, George Washington Hicks, claims his father is white and his mother was full blood Cherokee. Your explaination made more sense than anything I have read. I do not show any American Indian in my DNA, however my sister shows 2% of Indian blood. As a family, we always listened to the stories of our Native blood. And now I have records to back it up. Thank you.

[@noniemac]

Alpha Omega I know right? So maybe my family’s records are wrong.

[@jacklynnmjackson2383]

So your GrGrand that was one half Cherokee, what was his other half. Why do ppl rely on 1parent. It's ridiculous.

[@karenwaddell9396]

Went to the archives but could not find interview records. My gmother interviewed and the story goes she was too distant. I’d like to see the interview records. How?

[@KamalasNotLikeUs]

Why not just be proud of being white European?

[@selfab6562]

Maybe bc Dawes rolls was made by whte ppl to lie about their race and be labeled native for land… you’re whte and so is your sister f that 2% blood pls

[@Seabacon346]

The deck of cards was a good analogy. Thanks

[@cfG21]

Chante Bacon most native americans ,real ones, roll their eyes at people like her claiming native american.. in actuality the myth of being native american actually meant black african american this myth came about to cover up the fact that they are actually african american descent.

[@Seabacon346]

cfG21 Yeah. I'm not Native American and I roll my eyes at that too.

[@jcbentleyalley154]

cfG21 yep

[@chomama1628]

Genetics are very complicated. Even siblings can have different dna profiles.

[@jeffmorse645]

Ancestry DNA says I'm 1% Native American. It says I'm 98% European and 83% is Great Britain. That's my heritage and that's my culture - not the measly 1% NA. I think its ridiculous to try to claim these tiny fragments as something important to your makeup. When I walk down the street people see a blue eyed, fair haired white guy. My surname is English. That's what I am and I'm perfectly happy with that. Oh, and I do have a sister who thinks she's a Cherokee princess or something with all the Native American art and knick knacks all over her house. Whatever.

[@JuiceJ443]

There was a native American she did a video on that last name was English. Maybe you are related

[@jaqueswilliams5192]

Your last name doesn’t define your ethnicity. That’s just your dads dads ethnicity

[@darrylb9872]

I embrace all parts of my DNA and don't see anything wrong with that. Your 1% NA came from an ancestor of yours.

[@JimmyOgilvie52]

Sounds familiar. lol

[@deborahyoung1873]

@@darrylb9872 it still doesn't mean they are Native American.

[@michelemandrioli4720]

We had a family story about my French-Canadian grandfather's grandmother having had some Native American ancestry. We found the person in the 1600s in her tree. I and one of my brothers each got

[@dathomierabbit5721]

Michele Mandrioli maybe but it isn't like it matters you're probably just going to piss some of the more stuck up or normal natives by claiming that you're less than 1%

[@skiihigh12real]

Dat homie Rabbit whatch your mouth

[@sergiocaicedo4437]

What happen is you aint

[@beslanintruder2077]

@@sergiocaicedo4437 go back South of Rio Grande with that. Aztlan was never North of the border..

[@ruthwright6247]

Thank you so much....I found this video to be quite helpful. My Native American DNA did show up in my AncestryDNA results but not in my Uncle and my Sister. This video helps me understand so much more than I did before. Thank you !

[@paulridenour1086]

Ancestry does not test all of your DNA. GEDmatch does. You should upload your DNA to GEDmatch. We know my wife is Cherokee. Ancestry has her at 2% Native American (NA). GEDmatch has her at 3.42%. Ancestry said I have 0% NA. GEDmatch said I have 1.15% NA. Use GEDmatch.

[@ruthwright6247]

@@paulridenour1086 yes I went to Gedmatch. Thank you

[@warflowersociety]

Or, vs. DNA, obtain vital records, find your ancestor on the Dawes and apply (or not) to your tribe. DNA results do not allow membership (blue card and CDIB). Keep in mind also, some tribes adopted into the tribe, those were not Native American. Tradition, once adopted, you were blood. However, government does require vital records. My ancestors are on the Dawes, walked the Trail of Tears, and their blood degree shows on their records. Yes, some maybe on the Dawes that aren't, but degree would be stated. Also note, we adopted from other tribes.

[@michelleholt2007]

I’ve always wondered what I could do as far as having a way to apply for a tribe. I have found my great great grandmother and great great great grandparents on the Dawes Roll. They came to Tennessee via Trail of Tears from South Dakota.

[@amberbante9530]

My grandmother told me that my great grandpa ( her dad) was Cherokee and Sioux, but her birth certificate said he was "Caucasian" . I asked my Native American art history professor about this as she was Navajo and said she wouldn't mind if anyone needed help proving Native American ancestry. The professor said that since my grandma was born in 1931 in the South that interracial marriage was illegal, so my great grandmother had possibly lied on the birth certificate as both her and my great grandfather would have been arrested because of the Jim Crow laws of the time.

[@DarnellHendeason-dk3uw]

Amber Bante : a lot of ppl who claim Native, were black.

[@amberbante9530]

However, what a lot of people don't understand is the anti-interracial marriage laws also covered all races, so marriages between any race were risky.

[@DarnellHendeason-dk3uw]

Amber Bante : laws aren't applied equally, if you were black, it was an almost guaranteed death sentence.

[@amberbante9530]

I want to get an ancestry DNA test anyway as I've found out some interesting things about both sides of the family.

[@maryantonovich3585]

Census durant roll of 1906 lists my great grandmother as wht. It was a roll for native americans only and all others had an "I" next to their names. They wrote white because she said she was white. Some didn't want that "shameful" association and just wanted to assimilate. Yet her granddaughter, my mother, was shipped off to an Indian school every year eighty miles from her home.

[@firstpower100]

Very informative and helpful info. I must also add that DNA ancestry results that do show significant Native American ancestry percentages do not necessary mean that a person is descended from a US American Indian nation. A possibly exists that the person could be descended from a Canadian First Nations aborigine or a latino/hispanic ancestor who was of predominately Indigenous American heritage from Mexico or elsewhere in Latin America. For example, I am half African American and half Venezuelan and my DNA results showed 16% Native American ancestry. I know for certain that I inherited none of it from my African American side. One must do independent family genealogy research in conjunction with DNA ancestry in order to fully verify true American Indian heritage since AncestryDNA currently cannot distinguish between Native Americans in the US and indigenous people in Latin American countries as well as Canadian First Nations.

[@gaebren9021]

What about the Sami people of northern Finland, Norway and Sweden? Would they have the Native American Ancestry DNA. I think they are somewhat related. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_history

[@amynazza]

True. My sister in law is Peruvian, her grandmother was full-blooded Quechuan and didn't speak Spanish. Her mother spoke both languages. My sister in law's ancestry results show something like 60% Native American! So the 'native' really applies to the Americas of the western hemisphere.

[@robertstigers311]

Thank you for explaining this, I have been wondering about the portions of inheritance. My dad had eight siblings, and we have been trying to wrap our minds around several of my aunt's results. You explained it well

[@hiddenname9809]

I am Asian. It's amazing how many white people I know claim to have Native American ancestry even though you cannot see a trace on them or their family members. I mean, everyone in their family are pale-skinned, blue eyes, blonde hair. Even facial features, not a single feature that would give away as Native American.

[@Seereene1]

+Laarni Shaner I think back in the day claiming/telling a child they had native American ancestry was a convenient way of disguising they had a black (for white people) or white (for black people) ancestor. Black women's bodies were not their own. They could not legally be raped and had no recourse against unwanted sexual advances. It's easier to tell a child/grandchild there's a Cherokee grandmother than grandma or great grandma was raped by her owner or random white man. And there's many a white family hiding a black great, great, great grandparent for social reasons in a racist society.

[@berzerker1100]

Laarni Shaner

[@yussef961]

i m asian too lol my parents are from lebanon but i don't look arab or asian i look european whereas my familly is av ery old lebanese one and my dna proves it too

[@robertfirthiv9623]

Seereene1 Oh shush it

[@carlcushmanhybels8159]

Sereene1 -- you tell the truth.

[@erikap.855]

I'm Mexican and according Ancestry DNA I'm 65%Native, 25% European, 6% African, 2% Asian South, and 2% Asia West.

[@bernieorbust6104]

Erika Patters sounds abour right, thats a very typical result for central muricans

[@ChiChiGlamShop]

I'm gonna get my Afro-Mexican husband tested. I may get it for him for Father's Day. I can't wait to see his results.

[@bulbasaur1232]

are you from south mexico?

[@Harleylovinchelley1]

For someone who came from Mexico that sounds about right. The native would be whichever tribe inhabited your part of Mexico, the Euro would be the Spanish influence and the rest would be from the Spanish ancestor due to all the migration. I am euro with about 2% west African but you wouldn't guess it to look at me in the winter. I tan easier than most paleface people and retain my tan even into the fall.

[@Harleylovinchelley1]

@@ChiChiGlamShop HEY, why are you keeping us in suspense. Tell us what you found.

[@Hualapai702]

I have lots of Native American in me. My dad side Paternal grandpa: Jicarilla & Chiricahua APACHE (NEW MEXICO & COLORADO) Paternal grandma: NAVAJO & HOPI. (ARIZONA) Maternal grandpa: O’ODHAM & HUICHOL (SONORA DESERT) Maternal grandmother: AFRICAN & EUROPEAN born in (Nayarit Mexico)

[@fayeguinn6430]

I was told I had a great grandmother who was Native American but through research I found out she was a step great grandmother which explained why I could not find any family on the Dawes Rolls. Her last name was Rattling Gourd which was cool.

[@realtalk6073]

A lot of 5$ Indians were on the Dawes Rolls

[@fgeiger41]

How they miss that part? You beat me to it. 😂😂😂

[@oppboyputt]

Not gonna lie that's my ancestors were $5 Indian who had mulatto children who said they were Indians

[@olg06]

I know how disgraceful 😒

[@lorriemiller6750]

@@oppboyputt Actually the term mulatto originally meant mixed White European and Native American long before it changed by definition to be mixed African and white it can also include actual Native American which in usually referred to as Metis or a combination of all is called Melungeon. Even the Dawes and tribal rolls will say for those of mixed descent will state the ancestry as Native. And white such as French or English or if their ancestor is black it will say black and Native.

[@Streamwalker1000]

You are a great teacher ! You did a nice job explaining the DNA apportionment. This is interesting to me, because I have no idea who my Biological Mother was. My Biological father was drifter and had about 3 children....all out of wedlock. I was adopted and later found my Biological Father...(Frank Griffin). He was about 2/3 Irish, but he refused to tell me who my Mother was. My DNA panel showed 30% Irish, 26% Scandinavian, 25% British. The rest included a mixture of Eastern European, including a "Trace" of Middle Eastern. I'm tall thin, with Blue eyes and when I was young, I had thick Blond Hair. So, my assumption is that whoever my Mother was, she was Scandinavian with Eastern European Genes. We have no idea where the trace Middle Eastern DNA came from. Thank you, for your GREAT presentation. (Richard H. Pratt, Ph.D., Ltd. )

[@AncestryUS]

Thank you, Richard. Using your AncestryDNA Match list, you should be able to figure out the identity of your biological mother. When you look at that list, how many 3rd cousin (or closer) matches do you have?

[@Streamwalker1000]

Hmmm...I don't seem to have those. Ancestry DNA match list ? All I have is the pi chart with the %tage distribution of the nationalities. How do I get that information....I presume it's on file somewhere at Ancestry ?

[@Tgore2]

why are ppl so hell bent on being native american

[@credinzel6996]

Ginger Snapped Hey, being white is cool. Also, where I go, it's mostly the blacks..for some reason...strange.

[@cincybest]

Credin Animations FIRST BECAUSE NATIVE AMERICANS ARE AWESOME SECOND THEY'RE SEEN AS EXOTIC THIRD MOST PEOPLE ESPECIALLY BLACKS DON'T WANT TO ADMIT AND HAVE A HARD TIME DEALING WITH THEIR EUROPEAN ANCESTRY.

[@barbaro267]

It's cool to think that a part of you isn't Caucasian, or whatever race you are.

[@sirengirl7473]

I don’t get the blacks part also

[@pattydinero6292]

easy - because we are in America, and it gives us a deeper connection to our country. Being a country of immigrants, it means something to the soul. In my case, i'm 4% Native American, 2% East Asian. So 6% is a lot when you don't have a direct relative (this could mean my great-great grandparent was full-blooded; or, in my case, have two great-great's who were 50% [one of mine is confirmed]).

[@jokerfacebitch]

Helpful! I'm an amateur enthusiast who helps his friends get started with their research and getting tested. I don't have any N.A. ancestry by story or by DNA results but some of my friends I've helped either had apocryphal stories of that being in their background or when their tests came back it was a significantly lower percentage than what their stories would have suggested. This helps me figure out the right questions to ask when I'm helping somebody and gave me a record trove to check out I didn't know about. Most of my personal research has been so eurocentric I feel like I'm back to square one learning how to do research with these populations. But now I have a better place to start. Thanks!

[@a.d.6637]

I have tried to explain this to my family. We have records of an Algonquin ancestor on my mother's side and an Iroquois on my father's side. That's only two people in my ancestry that were native and that was a loooooong time ago. The chances of that showing up if there hadn't been any other known native DNA that entered my genome is practically nonexistent. I mean all humans are related to each other if we go far enough back.

[@TheOwlHead]

That’s why there’s only one race and that’s why we can always prorate procreate with each other that’s scientifically proves we are one race with many tribes in ethnicities that being said you wouldn’t exist without each and everyone of your ancestors but your dad is from the Iroquois that’s crazy he was a cannibal

[@dianamartinez9659]

Well, I was told David Kirk was my father, but never knew him. According to my Grandmother, He was a service man who cared for my mother and when he returned from the war, was going to marry her. So on my birth certificate shows her married and my father David Kirk. The marriage never happened. This I found when I was in my 40's. So now both my Mom and Grandmother passed, Mom being an only child. I do remember, while growing up, my mother would always say, "You have relatives in Spain, You're Castilian". So my hope is through this testing I may find this to be true. Won't that be exciting! Can;t wait to find someone who may know him.

[@FireWolfRN]

Ancestry and DNA is still a relatively new and fascinating field. As time progresses and more people are tested I think it will become more accurate. Your explanation was truly easy to understand. Sadly there are so many of us in these last few generations that do not have accurate birth certificates, marriage and remarriage and so much else pulls us away from our roots.

[@fredjohnson7588]

I know for a fact that I have an ancestor who was 100% native American, it didn't show up in my done and that makes a lot of sense because it was my 8th great grandmother. She was an Indian chiefs daughter, they lived in the Hudson valley in New York state. I've traced my genealogy back to her husband who was my 7th great grandfather

[@Hevynly1]

Interesting! I was shocked to find out I had Native American ancestry... not because I took a DNA test, but luckily because I was able to go back that far in my tree, when the French first came to Canada. I found it so cool!

[@dathomierabbit5721]

Hevynly1 yeah whatever you're probably 5% at most if you have to go that far back

[@inventorylady53]

Love, Love this lady. She has a great approach at explaining what has become to many, a very confusing topic of genealogy research.

[@WhitJielle]

According to my grandmother we have many native ancestors just 4 or 5 tiers above me. I've always been curious because I love the spiritual and cultural practices that Native communities maintain. From what I understand, the one way for me to be able to visit these communities is to prove relation. I would love to spend time on a res and learn more about the TRUE history of these natives as well as be able to experience the scared energy that, hopefully, remains at these sights. Also, I think it would be useful in understanding my metaphysical self and spiritual abilities that run through our bloodline.

[@jr.solaris253]

Don't forget to also state the obvious. You have African traits.

[@TheGalooch]

I am of early French Canadian ancestry. The explorers and fur traders were my ancestors. In my family tree there are at least six 8th and 9th Native Great grandmothers documented. Native does not show up in my DNA but it does show up in the mirror!

[@TheShootist]

you're going to need to do a MTDNA test in any case. Y-dna won't show your 9th great grandmothers.

[@tantig5923]

I like that response!! I say that quite often to myself!! Who are you in the mirror? Some days I look Indigenous Some days I look Caribe Some days I look Africana Some days African American Some days I Look like Me lol🥰

[@kittimcconnell2633]

We had this story from both sides of my family. I got DNA testing for myself and my mother (father is 20 years deceased). 0.0% American Indian. I have .5% Sub-saharan African and my mother has a trace of Indian subcontinent. Since she is 78% British and Irish, I think her India connection is either an East Indies pirate or Roma. :)

[@paulridenour1086]

Ancestry does not test all of your DNA. GEDmatch does. You should upload your DNA to GEDmatch. We know my wife is Cherokee. Ancestry has her at 2% Native American (NA). GEDmatch has her at 3.42%. Ancestry said I have 0% NA. GEDmatch said I have 1.15% NA. Use GEDmatch!!!!

[@RocsGirl]

I seen identical twins results... They didn't get the same results and they wondered why. From then I understood the %ages. This is another great analogy.

[@yprowe]

As of January 2015, the U.S. Federal government recognized 566 tribes (now 567 with the Pamunkey in Virginia), not thousands. There are still a significant number of state-recognized tribes across the country, many of which are not in the western portions of the United States. The Powhatan Confederacy wasn't located in what is now known as Oklahoma.

[@AncestryUS]

+yprowe Well I certainly knew that. Sorry if I misspoke. :-) (Crista)

[@yprowe]

I wasn't speaking of the Patawomomeck. I used the Pamunkey because they are more familiar to me; also, they had recently received Federal recognition. No disrespect intended to the Patawomeck. Many Eastern Woodlands tribes did what they must to survive, such as disassociating themselves. It is one reason why it is difficult to find some of the documentation. Another of those reasons was the practice of arbitrary designation by officials. My ancestors who were living off the reservation were labeled based on the assumptions/wishes of others.

[@dmarie1184]

Thank you very much! I'm thinking in our case, they claimed Cherokee ancestry to hide the fact they had African ancestry. My results showed African ancestry and most of my dad's side came from Appalachia (TN and NC) so it's likely they tried to hide it especially given the time and place.

[@zummagonzalez5096]

I remember reading an article regarding what you are saying about 10 (or more) years ago. It spoke about how some AA's & mixed couples pretended that the AA partner was Native American because they felt it would be much easier accepted. They explain that this is the reason why so many AA's think that they are part Native American when they are not. Now some people took the pretending in a different direction because when they got here they were not aware that what they were pretending to be didn't have it good here either. I met a elderly woman about 15 years ago who told me she met her sailor husband in Puerto Rico. He was a southerner & felt that she would not be accepted down there so they decided to tell everyone that she is Italian. I also knew a dark skin Panamanian family and a dark skin Dominican Family who pretended to be African-American because when their families came here 60-70 years ago they felt they would be easier accepted if they were AA instead of Latinos.

[@PeasantWithaPitchfork]

dmarie1184 Melungeon! Google it

[@robbirobbiano4642]

MELUNGEON

[@babygirl5299]

Me Tooooooo 4 to 6% African Mali and Nigerian. Irish mom is 100% so I have 50% 29% scotch German Swedish welsh

[@babygirl5299]

My sister has 65% Irish. To my 50

[@q.t.gamingfamily]

Let me begin, I love your video. Your explanation was very clear. I tried to explain this to a loved one who dismissed it when I tried explaining it before I finished. I hope your video gets further than I did. I’m thinking that it’s as true as is nearly all (if not all) African Americans have some European ancestry. I don’t find it so unheard of because we’re a mixed country. If the mixing was back in 1600s-1800s it won’t necessarily show up. Another is there are many unrecognized tribes and many tribes who are extinct (for a lack of a better word) who we don’t have a definitive dna sample to compare. I only have 0.3% Native American DNA with 1.1% unassigned. Maybe one day we’ll find out to whom that 1.1% is attributed.

[@sly2kusa]

Wonderful...only reason I finally took the plunge and did Ancestry DNA was for this very reason (to finally prove once and for all, my Mom's family genealogy that supposedly has Native American in it).

[@OhDannyboy7]

And was your mom's family right?

[@sly2kusa]

D. Augustine Actually - yes they were, but it didn't show up in the Ancestry DNA because the percentage was so small (less than 1%) that it didn't register, but I found another place called GEDmatch.com. You upload your raw DNA file there, and they make it accessible in like 24 hours to look up against all sorts of ancient lineages, and I did find that I am 0.44% Native American (and a lot of other stuff). Pretty amazing stuff. Try it if you did Ancestry DNA.

[@annab2391]

You do not know how to use gedmatch properly. Anything under 1 percent on gedmatch is noise -insignificant. Your native American score of 0.44% is in fact 0%. The guys who made those tests said so. EVERYBODY will score some minute amount. For example, I came to America only 15 years ago - all my ancestors are Polish. They never even knew what a Native American was. I'm 100% European. And yet my "Native American" score is 0.89 - twice as high as yours, lol. Gee, I must be descended from a Cherokee princess, somehow taken captive by a Polish peasant. :-DDDD And if I tell that story to my kids, a few generations from now their descendants will swear that their GGGmother was half-blood Cherokee.

[@sly2kusa]

Monika Bielinski All valid, except for this simple fact...I'm not from Europe as you. I was born here in the United States, and yes my Great Grandmother was full Cherokee.

[@annab2391]

If your great grandmother was indeed full blood Cherokee, it would have shown up on ancestry and gedmatch. The connection you claim is simply too recent NOT to show up. 1/8 th native wouldn't get a big fat zero on Ancestry and gedmatch. Sorry.

[@TH-iv9qf]

Very intelligent, not many understand or accept the truth. I have NEVER understood DNA or science that well in the past, but I believe my brother has more native American than me. My two children who are both Cherokee and Creek look completely different. My son carrys more native ancestry/traits than my daughter but she STILL is Cherokee and Creek also. Both my mom and dad and their father's (my grandfather's) were Cherokee Indian. I married a Creek Indian. So my children have both, however they also have European ancestry, so do I. I passed down certain traits to all my children, but two of my children who are from two native tribes combined look completely different. Your explanation is backed by science but I always understood it from my soul. Thank you for the knowledge. Just wish people could accept the truth instead of lies. DNA doesn't lie!!!!

[@priscillac.9428]

Nice video! I did my DNA came out 49% Native American although I thought it would be less because of my father's side. There were the stories that get past down and I just had to know for sure..very exciting!

[@kaleahcollins4531]

Thank you for clearing this up because ppl debate me on how dna genetics really wrks. Though it wasn't inherited its still in the blood line

[@t-four446]

The story you should learn is the Dawes act and the 1900 census count. A certain group got to pay $5 to label them, and all their kids as Indian to take a certain peoples land. My grandmother, and great grandmother are from Jennings, Louisiana. Go down there to see what the original Indians are

[@SOP83]

I tested ~3% and my mom tested the same ~3% I wish my grandparents on my mom's side were still alive. This stuff is very interesting, every percent is a piece of who you are and should be cherished. I only wish I knew more about family further back than my great grandparents, but unfortunately nobody knows anything about them it seems. I'd love to see a picture of the native ancestor and know his/her name.

[@BobSmith-dk8nw]

OK ... Now, I do believe I understood the explanation but - that raises a question. On some of the things I've seen where people were posting their results - (from whatever DNA Testing Organization) - they had mention of Neanderthal DNA. If some Native American DNA is to far back to be detected - how is Neanderthal DNA NOT to far back to be detected? .

[@BobSmith-dk8nw]

@@chairmanofthebored8684 My ... aren't we clever ... .

[@karenhackbarth6423]

Thank you for this!!! This is why, when discussing my father's side of the family. I say my father's Native American ancestors. When people question this, I explain I'm heinz 57 (my color), red, white and blue 100% American. When asked for ethnicity on forms I write human being, red, white and blue.

[@JimmyOgilvie52]

Love it!! I've always said that I'm a "Heinz 57" too! Maybe we're related? LOL (I do have a 1st cousin who married a Hackbarth. lol)

[@jodyvalet7235]

I received my husband's Ancestry DNA results this week and it was a bit confusing. He had previously been tested by another company that said he was 8% Native American but, the Ancestry DNA results came back with 0%. I understand how DNA works. I called Ancestry last night and they referred me to this video and an article about Native American DNA. As I suspected it doesn't really apply to the issue concerning my husband's DNA. We know that he had Native American ancestry in his family history and the first test definitely confirmed that information. My question is why did it not show up on Ancestry's test? This isn't a question of "if" he has Native American DNA because we already know this from a previous test. Has anyone else had a difference in results from different testing companies? Thanks!

[@paulridenour1086]

Ancestry does not test all of your DNA. GEDmatch does. You should upload your DNA to GEDmatch. We know my wife is Cherokee. Ancestry has her at 2% Native American (NA). GEDmatch has her at 3.42%. Ancestry said I have 0% NA. GEDmatch said I have 1.15% NA. Use GEDmatch.

[@blackgothicrose89]

This is all funny to me, because my family has claims to native ancestry. I have always identified as just being white, but my father always spoke proudly of being a measly 1/32nd Cherokee. He took Ancestry's dna test and is in denial that there is no Native American in him. The odd thing is, while he is 95% European- no shock there, he's >1% African, 2% Asian (possibly South&Central), and 2% middle eastern with zero knowledge of how that came to be whilst claiming he knows all his ancestors back 6 generations. It's just become funny to me that finding out you're not 1/32 cherokee can throw you for a loop.

[@DirectorCM]

Just got my results back today, my father's mother was full blooded Comanche. My results showed that I am 30% Indigenous Americas-North. Suffice to say I was relieved to find out that my whole life was not built on lies lol

[@lauraobregon1686]

So does that mean she was full blooded? How does that math work 😅

[@bertocisneros4721]

"mines did" thirty-six percent Native American and it indicates straight to New Mexico which corresponds to my family history of our Pueblo ancestry (of course with a similar amount of Hispanic/Spaniard too)....that's from Ancestry

[@davidlyons6235]

My Great Grandfather was a sheepherder in a little territory called El Rancho de Taos. I haven't taken the test, but my son did and it showed 8% Native American(New Mexico) for him. I plan on getting the test done too.

[@jtenrec1]

My wife's family has proof of Shawnee and Cherokee grandmothers, but it did not show up in the dna test. In a sibling, it showed up.

[@ambriahughes2855]

Mhhhhmmm interesting it should’ve showed up in her as well is this her full blood sibling or half sibling ?

[@deer105]

I have a similar story. The ancestor is identified and we have photographs of her. She was my ancestor 5 generations back and was supposedly Cherokee living in the Ozark region of Arkansas. Neither my mother, myself or my daughter have DNA recognized as Native DNA.

[@GenealogyTV]

Love the graphics too... helps to really explain the concept clearly.

[@Kelli_D.]

This is why I wish others in my family would get the DNA test done. It's been said I (And my sister) have Blackfoot and Cherokee- One is from my mother's side, one is from my father's side but I forget which one goes to who. I've been researching our family tree for many years and have never came across a single name that even sounds Native American. According to my own DNA testing - when I click for the stats where the Native American Indian would be located every single area says "No connection". so I'm pretty confident we actually have NO Native American Indian in our bloodline at all.

[@elizabethanderson5163]

I was never told I had any Native but took the test and found out I did! I was quite surprised. I was able to trace my ancestor and she was of the Mi'kmaq tribe in Nova Scotia. I have some Native facial features and kids used to ask if I was Chinese as a kid lol. I don't look Chinese but my eyes do look a bit Asian or Inuit and my facial structure looks Nativeish. But I am mostly Norwegian, German, Dutch, French and Scottish.

[@405boy4]

See I noticed from watching a lot of black celebrities who did it they found like 0-3% Native American. When my results came back it didn't show any Native American in m despite me I knowing that my Great-Great Grandfather was half black/half Chickasaw Indian from Arkansas.BTW, I'm from Oklahoma and two of my five kids are mixed(Black/White/Choctaw and Chickasaw Indian). Well I only did my oldest daughter and I'm still waiting on her results to come back as her mother has stronger Native American lineage than I do. In fact She gets benefits for my kids and other helpful programs for school clothing and supplies, Tribal clothing and even a future ttwo-year college scholarship program for 4-year schools. But yea I can't wait til her results come back.

[@3OldSchool2Soul3]

nice video... i took my Ancestry DNA... I'm 54% Native American. I'm Very Happy About That

[@UJustDonotKnow]

nice try

[@ah-ss7he]

cool, which tribes? does it tell?

[@talletso633]

@@ah-ss7heIt lists countries & regions

[@cosettelaplante699]

My daughter's dad said he was 1/4 (his mom 1/2) Native American. His mom's test results indicate 41% Native American. My daughter's results indicate 20% Native American (Central and Southern New Mexico and Colorado). She looks similar to Q' Orianka Kilcher. Tbh, her peers always teased her about being Mexican. As far as specific tribe... there is a debate over whether they are Navajo or Apache.

[@PammyGrammy]

My G-G-G-Grandmother was supposedly Cherokee. My DNA test shows under 1% Native American. I guess that could be correct. I wish my mother was still alive to get tested.

[@GuardianoftheGoldenStool]

+SchweizMuscogee You are sort of correct in the sense about the crapshoot, seeing that upon conception each child receives a random 50 percent of each their parents dna, but you are a straight up liar about she could have more, and Ancestry DNA doesn’t have a reliable database to compare it to. Native Americans all have a quite similar genetic signature, although varying, but there are detectable imprints upon their genetic signature peoples testing for it can detect despite the variations. Therefore the small percentage she received is more than likely correct in an estimation range wise.

[@John-pu5kz]

Sorry about your mom😞

[@deviljho4260]

DNA tests are still highly inaccurate your supposedly believing in false information take everything with a side of salt.

[@nanaof1285]

Thank you for explaining how dna inheritance works. Imagine my surprise when I saw my DNA showing 62 percent native american. I always thought my father was half Yaqui Indian, when he actually was full blood. Love family history, good or bad, after all I am not perfect either. lol

[@AncestryUS]

We're glad to hear from you, JR. We're excited to hear that you've learned something helpful with your DNA results. It's wonderful to have some answers. Please let us know if you need any questions answered.

[@thewildonespersevere6506]

My dads side thought that my great great great paternal grandparents were Cherokee. As it turns out, my great papaw grew up believing these people were his grandparents, but in reality his biological grandparents had died before he was born. The Cherokee grandparents were essentially his "adopted" grandparents, and he died never knowing.

[@texashookdude9920]

great tutorial and thanks for the simple analogy at the beginning about receiving random DNA from both parents ... made this much clearer in my mind

[@TheFultonrick]

Or Grandma got down with someone else & just didn't tell grandpa.

[@elchirstiano]

I’m Mexican and my dna test came back that I’m 25% Native American, 4% African, and 71% European

[@AncestryUS]

That makes perfect sense.

[@elchirstiano]

Ancestry Honesty I’m also very impressed on how y’all could tell I was from south Texas based on my dna, I will definitely be recommending you guys

[@gingerreaddick8489]

Loved the video! At the historical library in Woodbine, Ga. it says I am a great, great, great, great, grand daughter of Osceola. I was shocked when my son got DNA tested and no Indian blood came up. This explains it. I did a little more research and found Osceola was 1/2 Scottish! Supposedly we were from his daughter that was kidnapped and sold as a slave to an explorer, who in turn married her had children with her and then left her for another woman. My cousin found this information in the library. So, this video really helps me see that some of this may be myth, even if it is in a library, and why he shows no Native American DNA. On a side note: I got my son a DNA test because his father is from New Zealand and was adopted. His father could not find his real parents because NZ has closed adoption. His dad did see his real mothers name on the birth certificate and was able to trace her name to a immigration manifesto from Russia. No fathers name was listed.

[@CristaCowan]

That is a fascinating history you've uncovered.

[@gimpygranny843]

Thank you for this explanation of the DNA. Now my parents were double second cousins. What then? I am not good at math hehe. I just sent off my DNA test through Ancestry 2 days ago! Can't wait to get the results!!