An apology to Elizabeth Warren

She did the equivalent of this

"A. No you are probably not"

The percentage of Native American the DNA turned up is basically statistically insignificant.....and also unknowable if its from S. American or Central American ancestry anyway.

"And B thru Z, nobody gives a shit."

American Indians have long held a very very strong opinion that genetic descent is not the main part of their identity: being active in the tribe/res/etc is. Growing up as a white girl, to white parents, with zero connection at all any of that makes you a white person. Finding out you have a small tiny bit of native genetics doesn't change that. It's like claiming to be black, descendant of slaves and a minority....when your last black ancestor was 150+ years ago.

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