I have a friend that says he was told that he was 1/64th Blackfoot Native American. Yet, when he...

... got DNA results, no such trace was indicated? It is his claim that even though it didn’t show, someone can even lose a trait from as recent

... got DNA results, no such trace was indicated? It is his claim that even though it didn’t show, someone can even lose a trait from as recent as their grandparents. My thought is, if that is possible, then how would anyone be able to trace their DNA to anywhere or anyone other than their birth parents? Is it scientifically possible for someone to be 1/64th of anything and not have that trait trace back in their DNA?

or:... got DNA results, no such trace was indicated? It is his claim that even though it didn\u2019t show, someone can even lose a trait from as recent as their grandparents. My thought is, if that is possible, then how would anyone be able to trace their DNA to anywhere or anyone other than their birth parents? Is it scientifically possible for someone to be 1/64th of anything and not have that trait trace back in their DNA?

or:If one parent is ethnic, you can say you are 1/2 ethnic, but that does not mean exactly 1/2. If one grandparent is ethnic, you can say you are 1/4 ethnic, but that does not mean exactly 1/4. If one great-grandparent is ethnic, you can say you are 1/8 ethnic, but that does not mean exactly 1/8. If one g-g-grandparent is ethnic, you can say you are 1/16 ethnic, but that does not mean exactly 1/16. If one grandparent of six generations back is ethnic, you can say you are 1/64 ethnic, but that does not mean exactly 1/64, and in any case the fraction is getting awfully small. Besides being small, the fraction did not necessarily mean anything in the first place. At six generations, that means your ancestor was about 96 years old when you were born and about 106 by the time you can get interested in outdoor activities. I don't think a 106 yo ancestor is going to take you camping or teach you how to hunt bears or any such thing.

or:I don't think that's any of your business. Live and let live. If he says he is, just agree and move on unless it's beyond obvious that he's lying.

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