Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) expressed regret for her claims of Native American heritage in a new interview, pointing to her family members as the source of her misleading account of her heritage.

“I grew up in Oklahoma, I learned about my family ... from my mom and my dad, my aunts and my uncles, and based on what I learned growing up and the fact that I love my family, decades ago, I sometimes identified as Native American,” the 2020 presidential candidate told CNN’s David Axelrod in a discussion that aired Saturday.

While Warren noted that the heritage claims “never had anything to do with any job that I ever got,” she emphasized that it was a mistake.

“Even so, I shouldn’t have done it,” she said. “I’m not a person of color. I am not a citizen of a tribe, but what I try to do is be a good friend to Native Americans.”

The senator cited her American Housing and Economic Mobility Act, which she introduced in 2018 to further affordable housing initiatives. Part of it includes a $2 billion investment in tribal lands for the creation or renovation of 200,000 homes.