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laserhaas

(7,805 posts) Sun Mar 11, 2018, 02:33 PM Mar 2018

Warren on taking DNA test to prove Native American heritage: 'I know who I am' [View all]

Source: The HILL

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) in an interview broadcast Sunday said she knows who she is after being pressed about her claims of Native American heritage.

She was questioned during an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press" about an editorial in a Massachusetts newspaper, "Warren must resolve debate on heritage," which said a DNA test would "permanently resolve the issue."

"Look, I do know. I know who I am. And never used it for anything. Never got any benefit from it anywhere," Warren said.

"But what I did a couple of weeks ago is I went to talk to the leaders of the native tribes across the country," she added.

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Warren on taking DNA test to prove Native American heritage: 'I know who I am' [View all] laserhaas Mar 2018 OP

Oh wait, the Repos dont believe in science.... TranssexualKaren Mar 2018 #1

Pointless to argue with those damnation bent on finding fault laserhaas Mar 2018 #2

This kind of shit is just distraction. It's not policy, it's not corruption, it's not visionary. Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2018 #3

Distraction, distraction, distraction. old guy Mar 2018 #7

that's why it was on Meet The Repugs Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2018 #27

Just like Obama's short form BC was never enough, DNA test results wouldn't be enough wishstar Mar 2018 #4

It's possible that DNA testing may not show N.A. ancestry, even though she does have ancestors. Eyeball_Kid Mar 2018 #5

So true Miigwech Mar 2018 #8

Mine showed me as 3% NA, 3% Sephardic Jewish catrose Mar 2018 #14

I'd bet mine is confusing. ChazInAz Mar 2018 #19

A lot of families that pride themselves on this background Hortensis Mar 2018 #22

The 1st sentence is true but it's not necessarily "highly unlikely"... WePurrsevere Mar 2018 #16

Donald Falsely Claimed His Family Was Swedish keithbvadu2 Mar 2018 #6

This is such an offensive, violating question Whoever asked it should be fired. stuffmatters Mar 2018 #9

I thought I knew myself as well. elocs Mar 2018 #10

I was told I had NA ancestry Codeine Mar 2018 #24

We never had a family story, but genealogy stops... moriah Mar 2018 #25

Where are trumps tax returns ? JI7 Mar 2018 #11

Stupid, Stupid, STUPID!!! Don't duck the question, Elizabeth. What you SHOULD do is... TrollBuster9090 Mar 2018 #12

Maybe she should have an I next to her name Plucketeer Mar 2018 #13

And then say, "That's it. I'm done." CTyankee Mar 2018 #15

She's smart enough to know that a person can have an Indian ancestor in their family tree pnwmom Mar 2018 #17

Logic tells me that she humbled_opinion Mar 2018 #18

That seems logical Yupster Mar 2018 #20

I'll bet she would take a DNA test, if the Tramp would take a polygraph. olddad56 Mar 2018 #21

'I know who I am'. A white woman? LexVegas Mar 2018 #23

Posts like this are not helping. maxsolomon Mar 2018 #26

I'm quite certain you find that irrelevance clever. LanternWaste Mar 2018 #28