The OP is generally right on, but gets the results wrong.
The new info arsing from the DNA test is that it only proves fauxahantas has LATINO heritage, not Cherokee nor ANY North American Indian tribe.
If she thinks this will die down, it might for the moment. But if she thinks she has a shot at POTUS, this was her howard dean scream moment. It is now part of political lore.
Eggzactly.
Lizzie's done.
By the time the 2020 campaign starts, Trump will have tarnished the entire Democratic field.
—The new info arsing from the DNA test is that it only proves fauxahantas has LATINO heritage, not Cherokee nor ANY North American Indian tribe.-—
I think there’s some confusion with the way all this stuff is being reported.
When they say they looked at Mexican, Peruvian and Colombian DNA as proxies, they’re talking about Native American sequences from South America.
“Latinos” often have a combination of Spanish and South American Native heritage. So I’m fine with the idea that native sequences from South America (from Latinos or whatever) are used if North American ones aren’t readily available.
But all of this is a red herring anyway, which detracts from the point that Warren LIED about her ancestry multiple times and allowed her academic institutions to describe her as “Cherokee” or “..of color”.
It really doesn’t matter even if her 1/1024th ancestor WAS a legit Cherokee. The woman is 99.9% WHITE and a total lying PHONY.
Which is the only really important takeaway.
Latino means a mix of Spanish - European - and Aztec. I believe the samples used attempt to exclude Spanish. My guess, however, is that you are correct and the genetics include Spanish.