Okay, so here's the place where I explain why your Native American DNA does not show up on DNA tests. First of all, I am going to introduce you to Mitochondrial Eve. For some odd reason, when you take a DNA tests the only American Indian you see is from Mitochondrial Eve. Mitochondrial Eve is passed down from the maternal line down. So you got Mitochondrial Eve from your mother, she got it from her mother, who got it from her mother, who got it from her mother, so on and so forth. So it's one line from all the ladies. Now boys, you got Mitochondrial Eve from your mothers but I'm sorry to say that Eve ends with you. And your children will get Mitochondrial Eve from their mother.
So if your father was a full-blooded Cherokee Indian and he had documentation of that, it wouldn't show up on the test. If your maternal grandfather was 100% American Indian it wouldn't show up on the test.
Another thing-- Haplogroup X, (picture shown above) is mitochondrial genetics found in Native Americans, Western Asians, and primarily Southern Europeans. So what if the test found Haplogroup X on your test, and it ended up being the wrong region of Haplogroup X.
For example, I took the DNA test. It told me I had a range of 0->1% Native American. I didn't believe that for one second. So I started researching and found out about Mitochondrial Eve, and it gave me a peace of mind to know how full of crap these DNA tests really are. Also-- it told me I was 7% Italian/Greek. Let me tell ya something I am not Italian or Greek. I know this from the paper route I have taken. My father is Polish, French Canadian, and German so I already know his ancestry. But most of my mom's ancestors came from England to British America, and a lot of it is still unknown. Bingo. Some came as early as 1610 to Jamestown, and also Plymouth, Massachusetts. So tell me I'm less than a percent Native American?? Haha yeah right. But anyways-- I was wondering if maybe the testing mixed up the Greek/Italian with Native American in someway due to the close relations with Haplogroup X. Could something have possibly been a Native American indicator but they didn't have enough evidence to back it up so they inferred I was Italian/Greek? I have always wondered that.
These are just some things to think about while looking into a DNA test, and I think it's unnecessary to take one. It can make people discouraged on finding their ancestors.
So if your father was a full-blooded Cherokee Indian and he had documentation of that, it wouldn't show up on the test. If your maternal grandfather was 100% American Indian it wouldn't show up on the test.
Another thing-- Haplogroup X, (picture shown above) is mitochondrial genetics found in Native Americans, Western Asians, and primarily Southern Europeans. So what if the test found Haplogroup X on your test, and it ended up being the wrong region of Haplogroup X.
For example, I took the DNA test. It told me I had a range of 0->1% Native American. I didn't believe that for one second. So I started researching and found out about Mitochondrial Eve, and it gave me a peace of mind to know how full of crap these DNA tests really are. Also-- it told me I was 7% Italian/Greek. Let me tell ya something I am not Italian or Greek. I know this from the paper route I have taken. My father is Polish, French Canadian, and German so I already know his ancestry. But most of my mom's ancestors came from England to British America, and a lot of it is still unknown. Bingo. Some came as early as 1610 to Jamestown, and also Plymouth, Massachusetts. So tell me I'm less than a percent Native American?? Haha yeah right. But anyways-- I was wondering if maybe the testing mixed up the Greek/Italian with Native American in someway due to the close relations with Haplogroup X. Could something have possibly been a Native American indicator but they didn't have enough evidence to back it up so they inferred I was Italian/Greek? I have always wondered that.
These are just some things to think about while looking into a DNA test, and I think it's unnecessary to take one. It can make people discouraged on finding their ancestors.