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Tracing American Indian ancestry is the easiest genealogy to do, hands down. Of course, all the supposed "component-Cherokees" that have inherited Indian blood myths who try to find their so-known as "Cherokee" ancestors that can't find proof going back to the early 1800s and late 1700s could disagree with this statement, but it is correct. That is why they make up all kinds of weird stories about "hiding out" or "passing for White" to explain why their family members is showing up consistently in White records, listed as White, living in normal American communities and not found anyplace near a Tribal nation for generation after generation. 

Typically, DNA testing does not offer us with the data necessary to figure out a tribe, although it can clearly tell, employing y-line or mitochondrial DNA testing, no matter whether your direct paternal or maternal line was or was not native.  Occasionally you will be capable to infer a tribe primarily based on your matches and their documented history, but the definition of tribes, their names and areas have changed over time.  We are functioning on enhancing this capability, but the science basically is not there yet and the number of Native folks who have tested remains small.

Scientists have identified specific variations, or markers in human genes that they call Native American markers due to the fact they believe all original Native Americans had these genetic traits. The theory is that, if a particular person has one of these markers, specific ancestors of the person must have been Native American.

The markers are principally analyzed in two locations in people's genes in their mitochondrial DNA and on the Y-chromosome. On the mitochondrial DNA, there are a total of 5 distinct ÒhaplotypesÓ, called A, B, C, D, and X, which areincreasingly referred to as Native American markers, and are believed to be a genetic signature of the founding ancestors.ÅÅ As for the Y-chromosome, there are two principal lineages or haplogroups that are seen in modern Native American groups, known as M3 and M45. Some scientists maintain that up to 95% of all Native American Y-chromosomes are from these two groups (with the rest becoming from either Asian lineages or non-native haplogroups). It have to be pointed out that none of these markers is exclusive to Native American populationsall can be found in other populations around the world. They merely take place with much more frequency in Native American populations.

Y-chromosome and mtDNA markers are the most generally used genetic markers used for evaluation of Native American ancestry. [http://www.dnaspectrum.com/ tell us what you think]