Addressing statements her birth parents, Ruthanne and Larry Dolezal, made in interviews, where they said she would have been more effective at her job as a civil rights activist had she been truthful about her race, Dolezal said, “I really don’t see why they’re in a rush to whitewash the work that I’ve done and who I am and how I’ve identified.”

In another interview with NBC News’ Savannah Guthrie, Dolezal questioned who her birth parents really are, saying, “I haven’t had a DNA test.”

“There’s been no biological proof that Larry and Ruthanne are my biological parents,” Dolezal told Guthrie. She later added, “I’m not necessarily saying that I can prove they’re not, but don’t know that I can actually prove they are.”

Dolezal also said that there were “no medical witnesses to my birth” and said she was born “in the woods.”