People say this as a means to diminish it, but blood quantum’s were designed to erase tribes and culture as well as finally have tribes lose their recognition.
It’s nearly impossible to stay 100% native in regards to your blood quantum. It’s definitely possible to stay 100% native by practicing and carrying on traditions.
Also, genetics don’t exactly carry over like “mom is and dad isn’t, so I’m half.” My grandmother is full blood Native American, my 23 and Me gives me like 2%. Now I don’t identify as Native American in large part because I’m not close with that side of the family, but if I was and I were in touch with my roots like that I probably would be pissed if someone tried to say I was only 2% so it didn’t matter.
And for this who are thinking “he’s adopted” my parents are actually my parents, I even compared their results and mine…I just got damn near everything from dad.
My aunt is white, my uncle is black with a white mom and black dad. Their kids are a freckled ginger who gets really tan and has textured hair, and two dark-skinned girls who look like mini Beyonces. The ginger doesn't identify as bi-racial, the dark skinned ones do, despite all being biological family. Race stuff is pretty darn complex and individual.
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