I have several “Native American ancestors” in my past, but I have no Native DNA

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So on both my maternal and paternal sides I have multiple ancestors that have Native American records attached to them (moved to reservations, applied for tribal benefits or memberships) but I have zero non-European DNA.

Is it possible all these multiple ancestors are misidentified as Native American? They’re all 7-9 generations back. Is it possible me and my recent ancestors just didn’t get any of the native dna?

Posted Apr 2, 2026, 10:35 PM UTC

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