Using DNA Testing To Prove Native American Heritage
Genealogy Related Issues
While researching your ancestry, you come across a possible Native American in your family tree or perhaps there is a family story that one of your ancestors may have been Native American. Your interest piques as you realize that you could possibly be Native American and maybe have access to special programs including free housing, free education, sharing in casino revenues, etc.
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It finds a "First American" wave starting more than 15,000 years ago that first moved into North and then South America from Asia.
Migration halted by Ice Age glaciers resumed after that time from Siberia, with two surges: one that we know today as the Eskimo-Aleut population and the other a group that today represents the Na-Dene language speakers in Canada, Reich says. " The study looked at genetic data from 52 Native American and 17 Siberian groups collected over the last 30 years and screened against populations from elsewhere. Ref. Source 4