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Wed Feb 6, 2019, 06:13 PM

Feb 2019

I've known quite a few people who bragged about their possible Native American heritage. Some had some interesting family stories that had been passed down as well.

I've been working on our family tree for twenty years now and find this sort of thing fascinating. I love making new discoveries and solving old mysteries. Right now we know that my daughter-in-law has some Native American DNA, but haven't been able to find what branch it was on. It is hard as it probably wasn't something family talked about years ago and the person could have taken a European name.

In Elizabeth Warren's case, it seems that this was a family story that she found interesting or significant. Most families have such stories.

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My father told me there are Cherokee genes in our family background. [View all] MineralMan Feb 2019 OP

Yes sir re,we can choose our friends Wellstone ruled Feb 2019 #1

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Afraid? That's not it. MineralMan Feb 2019 #5

I'm not particularly interested either. Rorey Feb 2019 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author Mosby Feb 2019 #24

all cases are different, and you may have a particular individual reason to care. unblock Feb 2019 #29

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if it worked out for you, and you feel a connection, that's great. unblock Feb 2019 #53

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My mom was in the same boat. 912gdm Feb 2019 #64

Me, too customerserviceguy Feb 2019 #46

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Not surprised customerserviceguy Feb 2019 #69

in part because bigots would love to have a list of individuals to hate on for stupid reasons. unblock Feb 2019 #26

This message was self-deleted by its author Mosby Feb 2019 #30

but genocides exist in the 21st century, and likely will in the future. unblock Feb 2019 #31

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I think there are some white people that want to be something other than just white. LexVegas Feb 2019 #3

Hmm... MineralMan Feb 2019 #6

Yes PatSeg Feb 2019 #39

Agreed customerserviceguy Feb 2019 #50

My Dad's mother was 1/8 Cherokee which was not viewed avebury Feb 2019 #4

My great grandfather was full blooded Blackfoot GumboYaYa Feb 2019 #22

I worked on a friend's family tree PatSeg Feb 2019 #47

My grandmother was 1/2 fox. My dad would never talk about his Indian heritage. Ashamed notdarkyet Feb 2019 #54

It usually is hard finding PatSeg Feb 2019 #62

For eligibility for college grants or placement, maybe? Rorey Feb 2019 #7

Perhaps. I don't know. MineralMan Feb 2019 #9

I went to University of North Dakota Rorey Feb 2019 #16

There are a lot of benefits available in certain locations bigbrother05 Feb 2019 #18

You are a lot like Warren Johnny2X2X Feb 2019 #8

Well, see, if she put it on some application for something, then MineralMan Feb 2019 #12

My Mom has claimed that she possibly has some Native American heritage on her side Proud Liberal Dem Feb 2019 #10

It's very common in OK to hear such stories about links to state history bigbrother05 Feb 2019 #11

My father was born in Oklahoma. MineralMan Feb 2019 #13

Pretty much, have met very few with OK roots that don't cites some connection bigbrother05 Feb 2019 #21

Nope Runningdawg Feb 2019 #80

you do what's fine for you bigtree Feb 2019 #14

573 Native American tribes riverwalker Feb 2019 #17

And the Ancestry DNA test has ONE "group" for all of the Americas, LakeSuperiorView Feb 2019 #41

This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Feb 2019 #86

I can remember my great grandmother... kentuck Feb 2019 #19

My earliest recorded american ancestor Triloon Feb 2019 #20

Perhaps she's proud of the heritage as told to her by her family eleny Feb 2019 #23

I checked mine only to see the level of traveling my ancestors had done Demonaut Feb 2019 #25

I've spent about 45 years doing genealogy research HeiressofBickworth Feb 2019 #27

+100 kentuck Feb 2019 #34

This makes sense to me eleny Feb 2019 #49

Yes. Polly Hennessey Feb 2019 #77

My ancestors were Mississippi Choctaw. Croney Feb 2019 #28

For me it was Mississippi Chickasaw. Greybnk48 Feb 2019 #76

Some people do care to know about their ancestors. Others don't. LakeSuperiorView Feb 2019 #32

I disparaged nobody. I only spoke about MineralMan Feb 2019 #35

I didn't say you did... LakeSuperiorView Feb 2019 #38

Ah, but you did. MineralMan Feb 2019 #40

I'll quote myself. LakeSuperiorView Feb 2019 #45

LOL! MineralMan Feb 2019 #51

My wife did an Elizabeth Warren Aussie105 Feb 2019 #33

Well, when you ask for your genetic background, you have to MineralMan Feb 2019 #37

Maybe she's proud of her ancestors. I am an Irish person, but I am 1/64th Spanish. Squinch Feb 2019 #36

Yeah. All those red-headed Irish folks MineralMan Feb 2019 #44

My great-aunt, who was quite a character, used to tell us we were part Kickapoo Indian. kskiska Feb 2019 #42

Cool! MineralMan Feb 2019 #43

Warren didn't use the characterization to gain an advantage ZeroSomeBrains Feb 2019 #52

I thought she indicted that heritage on an application... HopeAgain Feb 2019 #55

Very often in applications, etc Evergreen Emerald Feb 2019 #68

Sucked in! Aussie105 Feb 2019 #56

Conversation points. madamesilverspurs Feb 2019 #57

Why she "bothered" SoCalDem Feb 2019 #60

Did she bring up her ancestry in any context outside of college/bar/job interviews? ecstatic Feb 2019 #61

As an aside Beringia Feb 2019 #65

I think she said her Mom told her that IIRC. ooky Feb 2019 #66

1/64th is meaningless legally. trev Feb 2019 #67

IIRC, we were told we had Blackfoot blood in us... Wounded Bear Feb 2019 #70

I'm sorry to hear that it doesn't matter to you, MM Niagara Feb 2019 #71

Why are you sorry? MineralMan Feb 2019 #79

I'm sorry to hear that because I feel that you're missing out Niagara Feb 2019 #83

In my family history, my great-grandmother was Greybnk48 Feb 2019 #72

Alex Haley was told by family oral history that his link to Africa Tanuki Feb 2019 #73

A college I taught at offered a full ride scholarship for Native Americans ProudLib72 Feb 2019 #74

+1000 Niagara Feb 2019 #85

My mom told me the same thing Homer Wells Feb 2019 #75

There was a similar story in my dad's family Mariana Feb 2019 #78

There was a point in my life where almost every white person I knew was some tiny fraction Cherokee. Iggo Feb 2019 #81

She and her family may not have looked at it the same way treestar Feb 2019 #82

The lore in my family was that we were one sixteenth Sioux Indian. milestogo Feb 2019 #84

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How Our DNA Knowledge Has Enriched Our Lives crosinski Feb 2019 #88

Thank you for sharing your family history, crosinski Niagara Feb 2019 #90

The family DNA ads... lame54 Feb 2019 #89