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To: combjelly who wrote (98728)	10/15/2018 8:34:18 PM
From: gamesmistress	1 Recommendation Recommended By i-node Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 354736

She claimed her mother was part Cherokee and part Delaware. So she was claiming that she too is part Cherokee and part Delaware. Don't know what the Delawares say (assuming there are any around) but the Cherokees say she is NOT and are obviously fed up with her. Now we are getting oh, this DNA analysis proves she has an "Native American" ancestor 6-10 generations ago so that "proves" she is part NA or has "NA heritage." Here’s a video of Elizabeth Warren saying her parents were “oppressed” because her mom was “Cherokee Indian” She’s 1/1024 Native American. pic.twitter.com/PnS3Zq6qDU — Caleb SkHull 💀🎃👻 (@CalebJHull) October 15, 2018 Well, 23andMe says I "most likely had a fourth-great-grandparent, fifth-great-grandparent, sixth-great-grandparent, or seventh-great- (or greater) grandparent who was 100% Sardinian. This person was likely born between 1690 and 1780." Also, I "most likely had a third-great-grandparent, fourth-great-grandparent, fifth-great-grandparent, sixth-great-grandparent, or seventh-great- (or greater) grandparent who was 100% Balkan. This person was likely born between 1690 and 1810." So I have "Sardinian heritage", right? Or maybe I'm Queen of the Balkans! Makes as much sense as EW's claims.

To: combjelly who wrote (98728)	10/15/2018 8:49:33 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 354736

As I understand it she used the claim of Native American heritage to her advantage at universities to enhance her diversity status, which allowed her certain benefits in advancement. The problem, of course, is that to the extent Native American heritage affects diversity status, hers was so low — lower than that of the average white American — that it actually REDUCED her level of diversity instead of decreasing it. Now, I don’t personally care. If Harvard wants to try to boost its image in that way, it is fine. She probably THOUGHT she was a Native American. But the DNA test result didn’t show that, although Politifact has already claimed otherwise. She would have been better off by not releasing this result. If she runs for president she is going to be answering questions on this from start to finish.