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Warren took DNA test to help rebuild “trust in government“

Democratic U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren participates in a U.S. Senate debate with Republican challenger state Rep. Geoff Diehl, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018, in Springfield, Mass. (AP)

Updated 22 October 2018

October 22, 2018 00:00

Warren took DNA test to help rebuild “trust in government“

Some tribes rely on blood relationships, or "blood quantum," to confer membership

Updated 22 October 2018

October 22, 2018 00:00

NEW YORK: Democratic US Sen. Elizabeth Warren says she changed her mind and took a DNA test proving her heritage because Americans’ trust in government is “at an all-time low” and she wanted to rebuild it by being transparent.
The incumbent Massachusetts senator spoke Sunday at her second debate against Republican state Rep. Geoff Diehl in the US Senate race.
She was asked by a moderator why she had said, in March, that no DNA test was needed to prove she had some Native American heritage. She said she ultimately took the test, reporting last week that she is 1/1024th Native American.
At the debate in Springfield, Warren said she believes one way to rebuild trust in government is by posting her full family history online so “anybody can take a look.”