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Now even Herschel Walker’s mom throws doubt on his latest claims

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The comments echo something similar Walker said back in January at the University of Georgia, when he said he’d just discovered his mother is “40% Native American.” He has repeated the claim on other occasions.In June, at another event, he said he’d done a ’23 and Me’ ancestry test, finding out, “I’m part Native American.”Related: Herschel Walker’s opponent destroys him with one, brutally honest tweetHuffPost reached out to the three federally-recognized Cherokee tribes in the US to ask them if they could verify Walker’s claims.

Only one, Cherokee Nation, got back to them. It said it had no record of Walker in its database.Walker’s campaign did not respond to a request for comment from HuffPost, which asked for the name of Walker’s grandmother.HuffPost then reached out to Walker’s mom, Christine.In a brief phone call, she recalled hearing stories growing up about her dad’s mom being connected to the Cherokee tribe.

However, she couldn’t clarify the connection.“Back when I was a little child running around, she was kin to the Cherokee.”“I don’t know how far back.

See, my grandmother, she passed when I was quite young. I don’t know too much about how she was connected.”She was unable to confirm if anyone in their family was a “full-blood Cherokee.”Walker’s campaign has been dogged with controversy.

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