holy cow. i sent a message to my nearest dna match. she is adopted.

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46. The good news is that DNA results for Native Americans are more accurate now

When I first got my Ancestry DNA results, they just listed possible East Asia/Americas for that trace. Then it improved to just the Americas. Now it shows Eastern American Indian - which could mean anything from Creek to the groups that lived in Canada. Originally, it was because most of the tribes resisted being tested for various political reasons.

If they ever refine it down so their DNA results can narrow it down to specific tribes, I will know where my trace comes from. My father's family lived in the Northeast (Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island) before moving to Western New York after the Revolutionary War. Then in the 1870s they moved to Upper Peninsula Michigan.

My mother's family lived in North and South Carolina from the Revolutionary War until the Mississippi Territory opened up after Andrew Jackson chased the Indians out. Then they moved to what is now Central Alabama where they stayed.

So if I have Seneca or Cayuga Indian DNA, it's from my father's side; Creek would be my mother's.

So far no distant cousins with either of those DNAs has shown up, but lots of cousins with no family trees!