dna testing

https://nypost.com/2018/03/12/warrens-native-american-problem-is-only-going-to-get-worse/ "Rather than retracting or apologizing for past assertions of Native American identity that have been refuted by genealogists and historians, the Massachusetts Democrat is doubling down on her story about...

I noticed that a poster claimed ethnic purity as a 23+me DNA test showed he was 100% 'northwest European'. Others claimed he photoshopped the results and in any case the commercial DNA tests were not reliable as to ethnicity. I did notice that a UK Forensic centre was requesting DNA samples...

Tried 23 and me. Results just came in. Not many surprises there. 2.7% Neanderthal. Almost all of my DNA can be traced to "non-specific" europe, northern europe and eastern europe. One slightly surprising thing is that some y chromosome characteristics are more prevalent in Spain and France...

Obama Supports DNA Sampling Upon Arrest Looks like GATTACA territory. I think it would be awesome to see technology used that way. But that's only because I like technology. On the ethical side it's wrong to go around collecting DNA from people who didn't commit crimes.

Sigh, I never got around to starting this thread after the second airing, which I assumed was going to continue tonight on PBS, so I'm talking about history in the past tense and not in an attempt to be ironic. When I saw the ads for African American Lives 2, I was interested, but figured it...