--- title: Elizabeth Warren: DNA Test Shows Native American Ancestry description: Sen. Elizabeth Warren, whom Trump has called the "Fake Pocahontas," revealed a DNA test she says shows her Native American ancestry. canonical: https://time.com/5424597/elizabeth-warren-dna-test-native-american-ancestry/ author: Billy Perrigo article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-10-15T12:01:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T21:44:46.660Z article:section: Politics og:title: Elizabeth Warren DNA Test Shows Native American Ancestry og:description: Trump has dubbed Warren the "Fake Pocahontas" og:url: https://time.com/5424597/elizabeth-warren-dna-test-native-american-ancestry/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte2f6aee8fe8538e0/69893c9e4ee262f7a03131c2/gettyimages-584266220.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Democratic National Convention: Day Four og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Elizabeth Warren DNA Test Shows Native American Ancestry twitter:description: Trump has dubbed Warren the "Fake Pocahontas" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte2f6aee8fe8538e0/69893c9e4ee262f7a03131c2/gettyimages-584266220.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Elizabeth Warren Just Shared a DNA Test Showing She Has Native American Ancestry  by [Billy Perrigo](https://time.com/author/billy-perrigo/)  ## Billy Perrigo Correspondent Oct 15, 2018 12:01 PM UTC  JULY 28: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) delivers remarks at the Democratic National Convention JULY 28: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) delivers remarks at the Democratic National ConventionAlex Wong—Getty Images  by [Billy Perrigo](https://time.com/author/billy-perrigo/)  ## Billy Perrigo Correspondent Oct 15, 2018 12:01 PM UTC Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren published a DNA test on Monday that she says shows that her claims to Native American ancestry have a basis in fact. President Donald Trump has alleged that Warren, seen as a potential [presidential competitor](http://time.com/5389522/elizabeth-warren-25th-amendment-trump/) in 2020, used false claims about her heritage to advance her career as a lawyer. He has dubbed Warren the “[fake Pocahontas](http://time.com/5038848/donald-trump-elizabeth-warren-response-pocahontas/).” “She used the fact that she was Native American to advance her career,” Trump has said. “Elizabeth Warren is a total fraud. I know it. Other people who work with her know it.”= > [](https://twitter.com/elizabethforma/status/1051783184390664192) “I will give you a million dollars to your favorite charity, paid for by Trump, if you take the test and it shows you’re an Indian,” Trump said in July. “I have a feeling she will say no.” Warren shared [a video and a website](https://elizabethwarren.com/fact-squad/heritage/) of testimonials from her colleagues at Harvard University and elsewhere saying her ancestry had no impact on her hiring. Those testimonials support an [investigation](https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2018/09/01/did-claiming-native-american-heritage-actually-help-elizabeth-warren-get-ahead-but-complicated/wUZZcrKKEOUv5Spnb7IO0K/story.html) done by The Boston _Globe_ which concluded, “At every step of her remarkable rise in the legal profession, the people responsible for hiring her saw her as a white woman.” Dr. Carlos Bustamante, a professor of genetics at Stanford University, said an analysis of Warren’s genome turned up evidence of Native American ancestry. “In the senator’s genome, we did find five segments of Native American ancestry, with very high confidence, where we believe the error rate is less than one in 1,000,” Dr. Bustamante says in a video shared by Warren on Twitter. “This isn’t just about casual racism,” said Warren. “Native communities have faced discrimination, neglect and violence for generations. And Trump can say whatever he wants about me, but mocking Native Americans or any group in order to try and get at me? That’s not what America stands for.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5424597/elizabeth-warren-dna-test-native-american-ancestry/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5424597/elizabeth-warren-dna-test-native-american-ancestry/"},"headline":"Elizabeth Warren Just Shared a DNA Test Showing She Has Native American Ancestry","datePublished":"2018-10-15T12:01:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T21:44:46.660Z","description":"Sen. 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