Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. May 23—A common misunderstanding for those who use a DNA test to search for ancestors and find an American Indian marker is that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. University of Kansas associate professor Kent Blansett's contributions to the Native American community aren't in question.

When Adrienne Keene saw Professor Elizabeth Hoover on a list of alleged “pretendians” — people falsely claiming Native American ancestry — she reached out in February 2021, offering to defend her ...

I had never heard the term “pretendian” until The Star’s story about three KU professors who have come under fire for claiming Native American ancestry. There was a time when I was a pretendian, even ...

Differences in the percentage of Native American ancestry in Latin American people are linked with the chances of them developing severe liver failure and associated high risk of short-term mortality, ...

Researcher Angela Walton-Raji has been studying African-Native genealogy for over 20 years. The Comanche family pictured here is from the early 1900s. Courtesy Sam DeVenney Angela Walton-Raji has been ...

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 ...

Differences in the percentage of Native American ancestry in Latin American people are linked with the chances of them developing severe liver failure and associated high risk of short-term mortality, ...