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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 3410643" data-attributes="member: 12952"><a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/11/elizabeth-warren-punts-dna-test-native-american-an/" target="_blank">https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/11/elizabeth-warren-punts-dna-test-native-american-an/</a>Elizabeth Warren’s story of racist grandparents disputed by Cherokee genealogist<a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/elizabeth-warren/" target="_blank">Sen. Elizabeth Warren</a> sought Sunday to bolster her shaky claims of Cherokee ancestry with the story of how her racist grandparents drove her parents to elope.But Cherokee genealogist <a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/twila-barnes/" target="_blank">Twila Barnes</a> says that account has its own credibility issues.“The problem with <a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/elizabeth-warren/" target="_blank">Warren</a>’s story is that none of the evidence supports it,” said <a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/twila-barnes/" target="_blank">Ms. Barnes</a> in a 2016 post on her Thoughts from Polly’s Granddaughter blog. “Her genealogy shows no indication of Cherokee ancestry. Her parents’ wedding doesn’t resemble an elopement. And additional evidence doesn’t show any indication of her Herring grandparents being Indian haters.”</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 3410643, member: 12952"] [URL]https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/11/elizabeth-warren-punts-dna-test-native-american-an/[/URL] [SIZE=6][B]Elizabeth Warren’s story of racist grandparents disputed by Cherokee genealogist[/B] [B][URL='https://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/elizabeth-warren/']Sen. Elizabeth Warren[/URL] sought Sunday to bolster her shaky claims of Cherokee ancestry with the story of how her racist grandparents drove her parents to elope. But Cherokee genealogist [URL='https://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/twila-barnes/']Twila Barnes[/URL] says that account has its own credibility issues. “The problem with [URL='https://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/elizabeth-warren/']Warren[/URL]’s story is that none of the evidence supports it,” said [URL='https://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/twila-barnes/']Ms. Barnes[/URL] in a 2016 post on her Thoughts from Polly’s Granddaughter blog. “Her genealogy shows no indication of Cherokee ancestry. Her parents’ wedding doesn’t resemble an elopement. And additional evidence doesn’t show any indication of her Herring grandparents being Indian haters.” [/B][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]

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