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Native ancestor subject of testing
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THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 2002

About 300 members of a First Nation in the Yukon have provided DNA samples to test their link to a 550-year-old Native man found trapped in ice.

Members of the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations call the man Kwaday Dan Ts'inchi, which means Long Ago Person Found.

The tests so far haven't found a direct descendant. Some band members havne't participated in the study for cultural reasons, said a band official.

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