“Since I am the chief of the Beothuk, why don’t you all take the donated money and assist me in relocation of me and my tribal members, what would be a kind gesture, don’t you think?” Reynolds Boyce posted on Facebook. Not enough Beothuk DNA available: scientist 
 
 ​But Steven Carr, a Memorial University geneticist in St. John's who has studied the Beothuk, said Reynolds Boyce's claim is impossible to verify. “I publicly represented Beothuk First Nation before I had the DNA test, but I thought it was time to prove that we are not extinct, but endangered, so I finally took the test and the results came out on October 16, 2016,” said Reynolds-Boyce. She said her brother and her mother also took the test, and her family voted her chief of what she calls the Beothuk First Nation. You can’t take it to court and so forth.” 
 
 The website for Accu-Metrics, which also offers paternity testing, drug testing, dog breed testing and other services, says, “All tests can be done for legal purposes.” 
 
 Tsui reportedly told another media outlet late Thursday Accu-Metrics would remove any reference to the Beothuk from its genetic database. While there are a number of companies that offer DNA testing for heritage, Accu-Metrics is seemingly the only one claiming to be able to determine Beothuk ancestry, as well as ancestry of other extinct aboriginal groups. “Our Beothuk ancestors left the island of NFLD, but we just need assistance in coming back to live at our village and tribal lands.” 
 
 Reynolds Boyce also posted that, “Some are jealous, hatred because that means land entitled to our tribe.” 
 
 In Thursday’s Telegram, Accu-Metrics laboratory manager Kyle Tsui said the company used genetic information from a 2007 published study that examined mitochondrial DNA taken from the remains of two Beothuk people, Desmaduit and Nonosabasut. The study declared genetic matches between the Beothuk couple and present-day Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq and certain Cherokee, Chippawa and Kiowa people of the United States. “That’s why it was reported as First Nations ancestry, and then Beothuk.” 
 
 Tsui acknowledged he is aware of a 2011 paper that argued the DNA data from the Beothuk remains does not support a close genetic relationship between Beothuk and Mi’kmaq communities, but said Accu-Metrics stands by Reynolds-Boyce’s results. “Were the company to produce a report now to show a ‘perfect match’ between the woman and one of the 2007 (genetic) sequences, it would reinforce the assumption of fakery,” Carr said. In this case, it was the Beothuk.” 
 
 When asked for his opinion on Reynolds-Boyce’s establishment of the Beothuk First Nation based on her Accu-Metrics test results, Tsui said, “We only do the testing, that’s all we do, whatever’s provided. Tsui stood by Reynolds Boyce’s test results Thursday morning, saying her DNA proved to be a match with the genetic information from 2007, but when asked his opinion on her establishment of a First Nation and request for donations based on her test results, he said, “The test that we do is not a legal test, it’s just for informational purposes, just like many of these genetic tests that are on the market. You can’t use it as any evidence whatsoever, it’s just for informational purposes. You can’t take it to court and so forth.” 
 
 The main page of Accu-Metrics’ website says, “All tests can be done for legal purposes.” 
 
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 Steve Carr, a biology professor at Memorial University who specializes in genetics and evolution — and who co-wrote the 2011 paper on Beothuk DNA — said the genetic identification of any living human as having Beothuk ancestry at this point in time is impossible, since their entire genetic signature is unknown. Related story: 
 
 Woman says DNA test proves she is Beothuk 
 
 
 
 Reynolds Boyce, 55, has established a Facebook site called Beothuk Tribe of NFLD and North America Reservation Nation, and said her mother and brother also tested positive for Beothuk DNA. He didn’t return calls from The Telegram on Friday, but another Accu-Metrics employee confirmed the Beothuk testing is still being offered. Reynolds Boyce told The Telegram she would soon take applications from people looking to join the nation, and is accepting donations.
– The Beothuk, an Indigenous tribe that lived in Canada, came to an end in 1829 with the death of its last member. Or did it? CBC reports a 55-year-old woman from North Carolina says she and her family are long-lost members of the Beothuk tribe, and she has the DNA test to prove it. Carol Reynolds Boyce says her mom told her when she was young, "You got Indian in you." She tells the Telegram her family is originally from Newfoundland and hid their Beothuk ancestry. Last year, she paid for a DNA test by Accu-Metrics to prove her heritage. "It's a bad feeling when people say you are extinct," says Reynolds Boyce, who says people claiming the Beothuk are gone are committing "political genocide." The Accu-Metrics test did indeed state Reynolds Boyce was Beothuk. The company believes it's the first time a Beothuk match has ever happened. But geneticists say that's impossible, arguing there isn't enough Beothuk DNA on file to confirm a match, and if Accu-Metrics told Boyce Reynolds otherwise, she was "being lied to." After originally standing by its results, Accu-Metrics told CBC it was removing Beothuk from its database. But a followup from the Telegram found it was still there. In the meantime, Reynolds Boyce says her family has voted her chief of Beothuk First Nation. She's sent her DNA test to the Canadian government, is demanding federal land, and is soliciting donations on Facebook to relocate her family to Newfoundland. (Suspected serial killer doomed by genealogy-curious relative.)