DNA testing cannot determine ancestry, including Elizabeth Warren’s.

Scott Brown, the former Massachusetts senator who lost to Elizabeth Warren in the 2012 election, has decided to dredge up old accusations that may have ultimately cost him that race. “She’s not 1/32 Cherokee.” He then called on Harvard University, where Warren was a law professor, to release records that allegedly indicate Warren benefited from affirmative action, before suggesting that “she can take a DNA test” if she wants to prove her roots. more Native markers,” said Kim TallBear, professor of Native studies at the University of Alberta in a 47-tweet takedown of Brown’s remarks about Warren. — Kim TallBear June 28, 2016 23) For some ridiculous reason, some geneticists think indigenous people didn’t move. That skyrocketing estimate is due in part to the popularity of PBS’s show Finding Your Roots, which pairs DNA analysis with paper trail chasing to reconstruct guests’ genealogy.