Thank you, Ann! melissa On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 2:31 AM, Ann Turner <[email protected]> wrote: > I guess I'd treat the South American tribes as a proxy for the broader > label Native American. I do have the impression that most people with > Native American ancestry from North America show up with similarities to > the Maya and Pima, the other two Native American populations in the > reference populations. They're in the Central American category here: > > https://www.familytreedna.com/faq/answers.aspx?id=22#1039 > > The limited number of populations do serve reasonably well as a proxy, > since all Native Americans are descended from a relatively small number of > founders relatively recently (compared to Europeans). However, I'd be > curious to know if there's any common denominator among people who are > classified in the South American section. Maybe you could post a query on > the FTDNA Forums and ask how many people get that result. > > Ann Turner > >