Birth Name:
Anna Mae Bullock
Birth Place:
Nutbush, Tennessee, U.S.
Date of Birth:
November 26, 1939
What Race or Ethnicity?:
African American
The American Rock legend was born to Zelma Currie and Floyd Richard Bullock. Turner is of African American and European descent.
She appeared on the television series, African American Lives 2, where she took a DNA test which revealed that she is of no discernible Native American ancestry. She had previously thought her mother had significant Native American heritage.
Source:
African American Lives 2
Celebrities sharing similar heritage:
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She is a great singer!
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http://www.ipcb.org/publications/briefing_papers/files/identity.html
You need to read the above article. There is no full proof way to validate NA ancestry. People with significant ancestry can could out 0% while those with very little can come out with more.
The DNA testing is very misleading. There are many, many false positives and false negatives. You would think with DNA tests it’s accurate with the genetic scientists are saying no, DNA cannot tell you what race you are. There are people for 500 generations in Ireland that test Native American, as well as Jewish, Greens and Japanese. Now, these groups show no recent history living together. There are also Black people that test as Finns, so DNA testing should be taken as more fun than anything else, expensive but fun.
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Rip tina turner we are gona miss u
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Who says tina is dead?
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Tina Turner doesn’t look Native American at all and her DNA test came out 66%, 33% European, 1% Native American .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJNlw0jZYTc
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Henry Louis Gates ? hahahaha we gots ta reclaim…
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Henry Louis Gates from PBS?, he’s losing credibility by the minute ……
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They need to be more specific when they say European.
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Probably Scotch Irish and English
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As tina would say…..simply the best – she is!., great singing voice
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She need to do another DNA test. I believe that she has Native American in her.
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yeah because of her bonestructure both facial and physic her face has high cheekbones and her nose is not black and her (creamy)skintone is als a hue of ..mixed etc
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I saw African American lives last year, and she has no discernable Native American ancestry. She was ~66% African and 34% European.
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I think she has a lot more European heritage rather than Native American.
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Tinas damm sure looks like she has heavy native ancestry in her too me
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