If a Commercial Genetics Testing Company Tells You That You

question 85

Multiple Choice

If a commercial genetics testing company tells you that you are 26.7% Native American, that means:

• A) that you are about one-quarter Native American
• B) at least one of your grandparents was a Native American
• C) at least one of your great-grandparents was a Native American
• D) very little

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