1/1024

Submission 27,876

Part of a series on Elizabeth Warren Native American Heritage Controversy. [View Related Entries]

About

1/1024 is a fraction used in jokes mocking reports that a DNA test for Elizabeth Warren determined that she was between 1/64th and 1/1,024th Native American.

Origin

On October 15th, 2018, Senator Warren released a DNA test that shows "strong evidence" of her Native American heritage. According to the Boston Globe,^[1] the test revealed that Warren had a "Native American in her family tree dating back 6 to 10 generations." The results suggest that Warren is "between 1/64th and 1/1,024th Native American."

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That day, the @realDailyWire^[2] Twitter feed tweeted a picture of "Hillary Clinton": with the caption "0/1024th President" (shown below). Within 72 hours, the tweet gained over 18,800 likes and 4,900 retweets (shown below, left). That same day, Redditor^[6] yungjeefrey submitted a post referring to Warren's ancestry as "1/1024 Indianbytes" (shown below, right).

The following day, "Donald Trump": posted a tweet^[3] mocking the test, claiming that "1,1024" was "far less than the average American" (shown below). Within 48 hours, the tweet received more than 121,000 likes and 28,600 retweets.

On October 17th, Redditor Tattootempest submitted an image macro mocking Elizabeth Warren along with other celebrities and political figures (shown below, left). Within 24 hours, the post gained over 1,400 points (98% upvoted) on /r/The_Donald.^[4] On October 18th, The Washington Post^[7] published an article disputing the 1/1024th number as inaccurate, giving the claim "three Pinocchios."