How does a forensic anthropologist determine the ethnicity of a mixed race victim?

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Well can't they get DNA samples from bones? Then they can find patterns in the DNA, like for example the Tat-C lineage, and narrow down the person's origin tremendously.
 
I am a big fan of forensic science and have watched many documentaries about forensic science. But I have a question - how does a forensic anthropologist determine the ethnicity of a victim if the victim is a mixed race person? Suppose a victim is a quarter black, a quarter white, a quarter chinese and a quarter native american. How does a forensic pathologist determine the ethnicity of such victim with such diverse ancestors?

Certain ethnicity have their own characteristic with regards to the bone shape but what if you get 4 races mixed together. How do you determine the ethnicity in such circumstances?
 
Well can't they get DNA samples from bones? Then they can find patterns in the DNA, like for example the Tat-C lineage, and narrow down the person's origin tremendously.
 
Well can't they get DNA samples from bones? Then they can find patterns in the DNA, like for example the Tat-C lineage, and narrow down the person's origin tremendously.
 
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