My family once thought that we had some native ancestry, however no such thing showed up in my own DNA test.

I often wonder about how other our history might have gone if my ancestors had learned more from natives. It is fascinating to learn how early some of them had cities of thousands, before Europe had any. Also in South America ones with huge stone buildings designed to stand up to earthquakes.

Then the huge variety of cultures, and languages, and the ability to change and adapt to sudden changes, often in a generation or two.

I often wonder from the more complex native cultures what they might become if the Americas had not been invaded.