Is it possible through dna testing to determine my cherokee heritage?
Friday, November 13th, 2009 at
3:29 pm
My mother told me years ago that her father was full blood cherokee indian. She never knew his name or ever met him. Her mother died several years ago. Grandmother was always ashamed of her indiscretion and would never talk about it to anyone. Mother grew up near Telequah, Oklahoma. I would like to verify my ethnicity. Can anyone help me?
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Yes it is possible.
Since it was your mothers father.
you would have to do the following.
ask your uncle on your mothers side to take a YDNA test.
Since your grandpa was FULL cherokee than that means his father was also so the YDNA test will work for your uncle.
this is how it works.
the people who are definatley KNOWN NATIVES have tested there YDNA people who match them can confirm the family traditions.
see this is what i did.
I traced my paper trail to a man born in 1824 he had 11 children he is my 3rd great grandfather.
i found a decendant of my 2nd great grandfathers brother.
My 7th cousin to be specific.
we both tested our YDNA and we are a perfect match this confirms our paper trails to this man in 1824.
if we want to confirm our paper trail futher back to 1772 we need to find a living decendant of the man born in 1824s uncle.
so yes to answer your question you can find out through DNA if your grandfather was indian.
email these people and ask them. if they tell you yes you can and the other guy on here is correct saying they can not than go ahead and sue them for false advertisment.
DNA confirms shows connections.
without testing the known natives than no DNA wouldnt tell you anything.
A DNA test cannot tell if you are Cherokee. Ads that say they can are misleading.
However, if your grandmother was married to a Cherokee, it is very possible there is documentation of his name and other facts listed at the Cherokee Heritage Documentation Center even if you do not have his name. (Do you know your grandmother’s name?) Combined with information you can retrieve from an automated family tree program like ancestry.com, you may be surprised as to how much you can learn even without DNA testing.
The Cherokee Heritage Documentation Center is not the same as the the Cherokee Heritage Center. The documentation center maintains a database of Cherokee related information, including stories provided by descendants. Much of the information is not available anywhere else. For that reason you should use it in combination with the automated family tree program for the best results.