>
> --- In [email protected], "wayback71" <wayback71@>
> wrote:
> >
> > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk"
<shempmcgurk@>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In [email protected], MDixon6569@ wrote:
> > >
> > > > Better yet, some kid who's parents are in the Ku Klux Klan,
> sends
> > > off his
> > > > DNA sample and it shows a much more prominent African link
> only
> > > two or three
> > > > generations back!
> > >
> > > Apparently, there's a DNA company out there that's using DNA
> testing
> > > for the same reason...BUT for a different purpose: locate an
> African-
> > > American ancestor so that you can take advantage of
affirmative-
> > > action!
> > >
> > I heard of an upper middle class family that is using the
father's
> very, very distant
> > American Indian heritage so his son can have an advantage in
> college admissions in a few
> > years, as well as maybe qualify for money. They could care less
> absout being Indian, they
> > just want the benefits.
> >
>
> This sounds strange since there are strict guidelines for how
close a
> relationship you have to have to be considered "Native American"
by
> the US government...
>
I don't know the U.S. law but in Canada you can be, literally,
1/64th actual Indian blood and be officially considered an "Indian"
and, yet, be 63/64ths Indian blood and be denied that classification.
And if you get the "classification" there are very real and tangible
benefits and advantages to it.
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