I would offer this insight. Last year, I went and did the DNA test. For decades, my family history had been told of an Indian ancestry situation (from the 1820s in Georgia). It would be like one-32nd of Indian blood in me today....if this were true.
So the DNA test came back. The shocker is....no Indian DNA, but this trace DNA showed up from sub-Saharan Africa. So part of the story is true....the 1820s Georgia part, but the connection to slave connection. As my brother said slyly, it would be best not to tell the story to relatives over 70....they were all set in belief on the Indian connection.
Maybe Liz’s story goes the same way.
I did 23andMe. Came back 99.3% European, but 0.1% . . . Native American!
So look for me to be named a Harvard professor any day now! ;-)
I’m adopted and have been told for years that I have Native American blood in me. The DNA test came back, 22% native American. I have since unsealed my records and indeed my father was part Cherokee and part Mexican. I could take this further, but no need. I am comfortable in my own skin. Oh, I look like I am Native American Indian, unlike Liz who looks German or Irish or something European.