The Root

Do I Really Have African and Native American Ancestry?

According to the 23andMe DNA-testing service, I have 0.1 percent West African DNA from my mother. I also have approximately 5-6 percent Native American from my mother, who is now deceased. I have a ...

In 2014, researchers sequenced the Anzick child's genome and traced Clovis ancestry to Native Americans

A young child's ancient genome, Anzick-1, unearthed with distinct Clovis tools, revolutionized understanding of early ...
Ancient Origins

12,600-Year-Old DNA of Montana Baby Proves One Woman Mothered All Native Americans

Then advances in ancient DNA revealed a story of this child, buried over ten thousand years ago. It was a story far greater than anyone could have guessed. The child known to archaeologists as the ...
The Nation

DNA Tests Make Native Americans Strangers in Their Own Land

Reviving race science plays into centuries of oppression. A group from the Saginaw Chippewa Reservation in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, gathers with hundreds of protesters near the Standing Rock Sioux ...
WRAL

In Grave of Child, DNA Evidence of Early Migrants to the Americas

The girl was just six weeks old when she died. Her body was buried on a bed of antler points and red ocher, and she lay undisturbed for 11,500 years. In an undated handout image, an illustration of ...