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Trump criticizes Elizabeth Warren over DNA test showing some native ancestry - The Boston Globe

posted onOctober 17, 2018
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Article snippet: President Donald Trump criticized Senator Elizabeth Warren Tuesday morning in a series of tweets over DNA test results that showed “strong evidence’’ she had a Native American in her family tree dating back 6 to 10 generations. Trump, again using the slur “Pocahontas” to describe the Massachusetts Democrat, called the test “bogus” and said that it showed she may be 1/1,024 Native American. The generational range based on the ancestor that the DNA report identified suggests Warren is between 1/64th and 1/1,024th Native American. According to Warren’s family lore, her great-great-great-grandmother, O.C. Sarah Smith, was at least partially Native American. If she were fully Native American, that would make Warren up to 1/32nd native. The Boston Globe reported on the results of the DNA test on Monday. 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. Trump also cited a statement issued by the Cherokee Nation, which said Monday afternoon that “a DNA test is useless to determine tribal citizenship.” Warren is not enrolled in any tribes, and told a Native American group as much during a February speech. “I understand that tribal membership is determined by tribes — and only by tribes,” she said at the time. Trump also accused Warren of using her claims to Native Am... Link to the full article to read more

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