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Liz Warren should offer trump a deal; DNA test for tax returns. (Original Post) jg10003 Jul 2018 OP
That's actually a pretty good idea. LOL. Vinca Jul 2018 #1
Are you serious? saidsimplesimon Jul 2018 #2
half serious, half joking. I don't expect it to happen. but jg10003 Jul 2018 #7
I believe the point is PatSeg Jul 2018 #9
He wouldn't dare LOLOLOL Takket Jul 2018 #3
No Proud Liberal Dem Jul 2018 #4
No, A) she has nothing to prove, he does. B) she probably knows how... WePurrsevere Jul 2018 #5
My DNA is missing multiple chunks of my lineage. GreenPartyVoter Jul 2018 #10
And that makes sense because of... WePurrsevere Jul 2018 #11
She should agree duforsure Jul 2018 #6
Trump would pass a lie detector test. jg10003 Jul 2018 #8

saidsimplesimon

(7,888 posts)
2. Are you serious?
Fri Jul 6, 2018, 01:52 PM
Jul 2018

If so, I think you are a troll, imo. Tax returns are normally provided by a President, DNA tests are not.

jg10003

(974 posts)
7. half serious, half joking. I don't expect it to happen. but
Fri Jul 6, 2018, 02:05 PM
Jul 2018

It might get trump to shut up about Warren's background.

BTW; I believe, and hope, Warren wins in 2020.

PatSeg

(47,168 posts)
9. I believe the point is
Fri Jul 6, 2018, 02:19 PM
Jul 2018

no one believes Trump will release his tax returns, but making such an offer would put him on the defense. Also it is the same sort of offer that he would make.

WePurrsevere

(24,259 posts)
5. No, A) she has nothing to prove, he does. B) she probably knows how...
Fri Jul 6, 2018, 01:56 PM
Jul 2018

DNA tests for ethnicity work and don't work especially for NA since there are so few samples to pull data from. For instance, you can have a certain ethnicity in your genealogy and not have it show up at all. What's even more 'fun' is your biological sibling could get a good chunk of it.

ETA: Link to more info on "Admixture" (Ethnicity) with DNA tests:
https://www.legalgenealogist.com/2014/05/18/admixture-not-soup-yet/

WePurrsevere

(24,259 posts)
11. And that makes sense because of...
Fri Jul 6, 2018, 07:02 PM
Jul 2018

how our ethnicity is inherited and what samples are used.

I really wish Democrats would stop suggesting she test. Warren is about as straight forward a d no BS as they come. If she says she has NA than I believe that she believes that and that's good enough for me.

If anyone wants to learn more about NA and DNA tests this is one of the best explanations I've come across:
http://www.rootsandrecombinantdna.com/2015/03/native-american-dna-is-just-not-that.html

jg10003

(974 posts)
8. Trump would pass a lie detector test.
Fri Jul 6, 2018, 02:14 PM
Jul 2018

Lie detectors don't work on pathological liers. Lying is part of his basic personality. He probably believes that whatever he says is the truth.

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