Could my cousin be distantly Native American?

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My cousin scores 0.99% Amerindian on HarappaWorld, and his AncestryDNA range is 0-<1% Amerindian, and he also shows up with Amerindian as his 5th closest population on AncestryDNA (after the 4 populations he already got). Would it be reasonable to say that he could have some distant Amerindian blood? What other GEDmatch tests should I look at? Should I get his dad tested?

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Of course it's a very small amount, but what made me think it could be possible is, why would he be closer to Amerindians than to other Euro groups like Iberians, Italian, Finns, East Euros, even AJs, etc.?

[de Burgh II]

Well perhaps somewhere along the line your cousin inherited, ancient Amerindian ancestry that carried genes if your ancestors have been here long enough colonially. Anything with Amerindian blood <1% is either noise or very distant ancestry if the calculations are consistent. The thing about genes is that such admixture doesn't "dissolve" via each generation because it will simply be more submersed (albeit at low quantities) by the next admixture you procreate with depending on who it is and such.

[gültekin]

maybe because of ANE component, many fully euro's showing this admx. so your cousin most likely doesn't have an Cherokee grandmother, but if you will be sure about that, he must checkout this snp : D9S919 (http://www.isogg.org/wiki/D9S919)
post pls the MDLP K23b + Eurogenes Hunter Gatherer vs. Farmer results of him
for compare i score 0.35% Amerindian on K23b but 1.01% South American Hunter Gatherer on Eurogenes which is higher than the results of Chinese. if he show more than me than maybe he can be have Amerindian ancestry.
edit : also pls the Eurogenes_ANE-K7

[Dr. Robotnik the Subbotnik]

It's definitely possible.

I think 23andme test would be best for that.

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maybe because of ANE component, many fully euro's showing this admx. so your cousin most likely doesn't have an Cherokee grandmother, but if you will be sure about that, he must checkout this snp : D9S919 (http://www.isogg.org/wiki/D9S919)
post pls the MDLP K23b + Eurogenes Hunter Gatherer vs. Farmer results of him
for compare i score 0.35% Amerindian on K23b but 1.01% South American Hunter Gatherer on Eurogenes which is higher than the results of Chinese. if he show more than me than maybe he can be have Amerindian ancestry.
edit : also pls the Eurogenes_ANE-K7

Hunter Gatherer vs. Farmer:

Population
Anatolian Farmer 6.58%
Baltic Hunter Gatherer 54.42%
Middle Eastern Herder -
East Asian Farmer -
South American Hunter Gatherer 1.78%
South Asian Hunter Gatherer 1.80%
North Eurasian Hunter Gatherer -
East African Pastoralist 0.46%
Oceanian Hunter Gatherer -
Mediterranean Farmer 34.96%
Pygmy Hunter Gatherer -
Bantu Farmer -

K23b:

Population
Amerindian 0.69%
Ancestral_Altaic 5.16%
South_Central_Asian 5.42%
Arctic -
South_Indian 0.83%
Australoid 0.10%
Austronesian 0.36%
Caucasian 20.16%
Archaic_Human -
East_African 0.28%
East_Siberian -
European_Early_Farmers 29.79%
Khoisan -
Melano_Polynesian 0.34%
Archaic_African -
Near_East -
North_African 1.26%
Paleo_Siberian -
African_Pygmy -
South_East_Asian -
Subsaharian -
Tungus-Altaic -
European_Hunters_Gatherers 35.62%

So yeah, he definitely has much more than you. I'm no longer speculating, I believe he does in fact have Amerindian in him.

[Dr. Robotnik the Subbotnik]

Nice find for your cousin.

Native Americans rule!

[gültekin]

Hunter Gatherer vs. Farmer:

Population
Anatolian Farmer 6.58%
Baltic Hunter Gatherer 54.42%
Middle Eastern Herder -
East Asian Farmer -
South American Hunter Gatherer 1.78%
South Asian Hunter Gatherer 1.80%
North Eurasian Hunter Gatherer -
East African Pastoralist 0.46%
Oceanian Hunter Gatherer -
Mediterranean Farmer 34.96%
Pygmy Hunter Gatherer -
Bantu Farmer -

K23b:

Population
Amerindian 0.69%
Ancestral_Altaic 5.16%
South_Central_Asian 5.42%
Arctic -
South_Indian 0.83%
Australoid 0.10%
Austronesian 0.36%
Caucasian 20.16%
Archaic_Human -
East_African 0.28%
East_Siberian -
European_Early_Farmers 29.79%
Khoisan -
Melano_Polynesian 0.34%
Archaic_African -
Near_East -
North_African 1.26%
Paleo_Siberian -
African_Pygmy -
South_East_Asian -
Subsaharian -
Tungus-Altaic -
European_Hunters_Gatherers 35.62%

So yeah, he definitely has much more than you. I'm no longer speculating, I believe he does in fact have Amerindian in him.
harrapa
Population

S-Indian 1.11%
Baloch 14.58%
Caucasian 33.73%
NE-Euro 14.72%
SE-Asian 1.43%
Siberian 5.01%
NE-Asian 4.10%
Papuan 1.16%
American 1.75%
Beringian 0.16%
Mediterranean 13.06%
SW-Asian 9.19%
San -
E-African -
Pygmy -
W-African -
MDLP K23b

Amerindian 0.35%
Ancestral_Altaic 2.69%
South_Central_Asian 13.04%
Arctic 1.51%
South_Indian 1.00%
Australoid 1.05%
Austronesian 1.81%
Caucasian 34.73%
Archaic_Human -
East_African 1.40%
East_Siberian 1.88%
European_Early_Farmers 11.98%
Khoisan -
Melano_Polynesian -
Archaic_African 0.12%
Near_East 9.80%
North_African 0.24%
Paleo_Siberian -
African_Pygmy -
South_East_Asian 2.82%
Subsaharian -
Tungus-Altaic 4.38%
European_Hunters_Gatherers 11.19%
for compare^
jup if he is not partialy asiatic, seems so :) he need now to be check this snp D9S919
could you pls post also Eurogenes_ANE K7 ?

[Petalpusher]

A Karitiana or Mayan would score 90-100% "American" on Harappa, so you can make a guess from there.

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harrapa
Population

MDLP K23b

for compare^
jup if he is not partialy asiatic, seems so :) he need now to be check this snp D9S919
could you pls post also Eurogenes_ANE K7 ?

ANE k7:

Population
ANE 15.47%
ASE 3.81%
WHG-UHG 65.24%
East_Eurasian -
West_African 0.63%
East_African 0.29%
ENF 14.56%

Harappa:

Population
S-Indian 0.51%
Baloch 9.71%
Caucasian 5.61%
NE-Euro 48.51%
SE-Asian 0.23%
Siberian -
NE-Asian -
Papuan -
American 0.99%
Beringian 0.78%
Mediterranean 33.46%
SW-Asian -
San -
E-African 0.20%
Pygmy -
W-African -

How do I check for the SNP?

[gültekin]

ANE k7:
How do I check for the SNP?
You can test this marker individually at FTDNA but i dont know how is going with 23andme

[Not a Cop]

ANE k7:

Population
ANE 15.47%
ASE 3.81%
WHG-UHG 65.24%
East_Eurasian -
West_African 0.63%
East_African 0.29%
ENF 14.56%



No N. American, if he would've had some he would've had some East-Eurasian.

[firemonkey]

No N. American, if he would've had some he would've had some East-Eurasian.

How much East Eurasian would be needed to indicate N A ancestry?

[Dr. Robotnik the Subbotnik]

No N. American, if he would've had some he would've had some East-Eurasian.

I didn't know Native Americans were East Asians...

I thought they were like Siberians, which isn't East Eurasia.