Company’s test for Beothuk DNA called bogus by geneticists

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Company’s test for Beothuk DNA called bogus by geneticists – CBC

by ahnationtalk on January 27, 2017610 Views

Jan 27, 2017

‘We call that being lied to,’ scientist says of claim company can test for DNA of extinct First Nation

A North Carolina woman says DNA testing has revealed that she is Beothuk, a descendant of an Indigenous people from Newfoundland whose last known member died in 1829.

Geneticists say the woman’s claim is impossible to verify, and the company that has been providing the DNA testing for Beothuk DNA decided to suspend it after receiving queries from CBC News.

Carol Reynolds Boyce, 55, from Wilmington, N.C., said the Toronto-based company Accu-Metrics tested her, her mother and her brother, and responded that all three have Beothuk DNA, giving her the confirmation she always felt about her heritage.