DNA TESTS FIND LIVING RELATIVES BUT MESS UP ON NATIONALITY
DNA tests have found some living relatives for me. But did they get my nationality right? Ancestry, 23andMe and MyHeritage all say I have zero Native American. Mom said I’m one-eighth Cherokee. Should I believe them or Mom? I’m thinking: “Dear departed great-grandfather, I wish I could talk to you and your tribe. Are you my step-great-grandfather or a full-blooded Indian relative?” A blogger at ReviewGeek says he knows for a fact he’s eight percent Romanian, thanks to his great-grandfather. But his DNA results show no Romanian. Why? The Romanian samples at 23andMe aren’t large enough, he says. Maybe that’s why my results show no Indian. There are over 12 million users at 23andMe. Ancestry.com has over 15 million. MyHeritage […]
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