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Re:Ancient DNA Is Rewriting Human and Neanderthal History by KittiHawk on Thursday March 15, 2018 @04:11PM (#16596164)
My parents had always told me their grandparents were part Seminole. I liked that because it made me feel more connected to my home.

To find out (through a 23andMe report showing 99.9% Euro genes) it wasn't true was unsettling, like I'm not really who I thought I was and also have much less of a connection to the area. Also disappointed because it means someone in my family lied to all of us about where they came from.

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Re:Ancient DNA Is Rewriting Human and Neanderthal History by JohnJamesRambo on Thursday March 15, 2018 @05:40PM (#16596750)
I'm not sure of the exact math but it seems like both things could still be true. We don't get equal portions of genes from each ancestor.
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