tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887382220113280558.post8973233697517690764..comments2024-03-28T06:01:57.947-04:00Comments on <center>Original Pechanga Blog</center>: On DNA Testing and Tribal Membership: Facts Don't MatterOPechangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10687743661360604165noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887382220113280558.post-89596965839874327652014-12-12T20:14:09.142-05:002014-12-12T20:14:09.142-05:00DNA Tests do not work for Native American's. I...DNA Tests do not work for Native American's. I know this because I spoke to a Tech that works in a Lab for one of the biggest DNA Companies in the US. They even say that they can do DNA Testing for Tribes. The DNA Tech told me you have to be at least 1 generation from the ones you are testing against. Bottom line they rake in millions from Tribes, and people all over, and cannot prove anything. Maybe you are related to your cousin? Wow, and you have to pay $400.00 a test to find this out. What a rip off. They cannot tell you your so called white man's BLOOD QUANTUM. DNA Tests are all fraud, and I say this because my sister paid hundred's of dollars years ago to a company. They put on her so called "native markers" on her profile, and then about 6 months later erased them, and till this day will not say why? My cousin decided to spend a lot of his own money to buy DNA Tests from all of the major Companies that state Native American DNA Tests in their adds.....9 tests, and they all of them came out different! FRAUD!....I don't need to know anything about our DNA, my grandparents grew up on a Reservation in Oklahoma as did my mother, and we know who we are! Don't waste your money!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887382220113280558.post-70011872069410665012014-12-09T19:11:25.547-05:002014-12-09T19:11:25.547-05:00I agree with this post..... The entire rational be...I agree with this post..... The entire rational behind proving your citizenship of a tribe stems from Per Capita and receiving Tribal government funds. Before Tribal disbursements members in the tribes would just trash talk other people, saying things like "shes adopted" or "her mother is from another tribe". Not until recently members decided to try to prove those hearsays. And they can have whomever they like in the tribe and hide behind sovereignty. So many tribes are dealing with these issues and I believe GREED is a main factor. DNA doesn't secure anything. We have seen this time and time again. How many members are not members that had over 95% blood relation?? A LOT!! If a tribe wants you out, you're out. Until congress steps in and restructures these treaties nothing will change. Its only going to get worse, especially when you have the younger generations pushing themselves in. They will eventually push others out. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com