My Dad's Perplexing Minor Native American DNA: Percentage by Chromosome

Ugh, the less than 1 percent Native American is so frustrating.  Why is it there??

There are some on GEDmatch who consider Eurogenes K36 as a good indicator of any real Native American DNA.  My father has an infuriatingly small amount of such DNA on this test, as with most of the ethnicity tests.

Eurogenes K36 as Amerindian 0.23%

I decided today to check out where Native American DNA resides by Chromosome (which you can conveniently do on GEDmatch).

Eurogenes K36 by Chromosome over 1 percent
Chromosome 4 (2.7%)
Chromosome 12 (2.7%)
Chromosome 18 (1.9%)

compared to other readings:

Eurogenes K13 by Chromosome over 1 percent
Chromosome 4 (1.5%)
Chromosome 6 (3.6%)
Chromosome 9 (1.4%)
Chromosome 12 (4.3%)
Chromosome 15 (1.5%)

Eurogenes EUtest V2 K15 by Chromosome over 1 percent
Chromosome 2 (2%)
Chromosome 6 (2.7%)
Chromosome 12 (3.6%)
Chromosome 15 (1.5%)

Dodecad World 9 by Chromosome over 1 percent
Chromosome 1 (1.3%)
Chromosome 2 (1.5%)
Chromosome 4 (2.4%)
Chromosome 6 (3.8%)
Chromosome 8 (1.7%)
Chromosome 12 (6.2%)
Chromosome 18 (2.3%)
Chromosome 22 (1.4%)

MDLP World-22 by Chromosome over 1 percent (combined Mesoamerican/Arctic-American/South-America Amerind)
Chromosome 1 (1.8%)
Chromosome 4 (1.7%)
Chromosome 6 (1.5%)
Chromosome 7 (4.0%)
Chromosome 12 (3.7%)
Chromosome 15 (4.1%)
Chromosome 16 (1.5%)
Chromosome 18 (2.6%)
Chromosome 22 (2.1%)

puntDNAL K15 by Chromosome over 1 percent
Chromosome 2 (1.2%)
Chromosome 6 (1.5%)
Chromosome 12 (1.3%)
Chromosome 18 (3.9%)
Chromosome 22 (2.5%)

Eurasia K14 by Chromosome over 1 percent (combined N Amerindian/S Amerindian)
Chromosome 2 (2.2%)
Chromosome 4 (3.4%)
Chromosome 5 (4.5%)
Chromosome 6 (1.1%)
Chromosome 8 (4.2%)
Chromosome 9 (4.2%)
Chromosome 11 (7.4%)
Chromosome 12 (4.8%)
Chromosome 13 (6.5%)
Chromosome 14 (2.9%)
Chromosome 16 (2.5%)
Chromosome 17 (7.8%)
Chromosome 18 (9.7%)
Chromosome 19 (10%)

I notice that Chromosome 12 always has some Native American.  Chromosomes 6 and 18 usually come up as well.  I wonder what I can now do with that information?



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