Asked • 05/14/19

How closely related are the Natives from N. and S. America?

The subject of anthropology is incredibly rich and fascinating, but I'm really not very knowledgeable in this area. My question for you experts is this: How closely related are the Indigenous people of North America (Native Americans, First Nations, Native Central Americans) and South America (The Incas, Quechua people, Charruas, Aymara)? Are they descended from the same migratory group that came over the Bering land bridge, or did they come in waves? My dad is from Peru, and his grandparents from both sides moved to Lima from indigenous mountain communities in both Ancash and Cajamarca. As a result he is almost full blooded-Native Peruvian. I've always wondered if I could consider myself half "Native American", though obviously of a different ilk than what people normally think of when using that term. Thanks in advance to any answers!

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