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In reply to the discussion: My father told me there are Cherokee genes in our family background. [View all]MineralMan
(146,331 posts)40. Ah, but you did.
I mentioned one person, and wondered why she did that. Apparently, you took that personally. That was not my intent at all.
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My father told me there are Cherokee genes in our family background. [View all]
MineralMan
Feb 2019
OP
all cases are different, and you may have a particular individual reason to care.
unblock
Feb 2019
#29
in part because bigots would love to have a list of individuals to hate on for stupid reasons.
unblock
Feb 2019
#26
I think there are some white people that want to be something other than just white.
LexVegas
Feb 2019
#3
My grandmother was 1/2 fox. My dad would never talk about his Indian heritage. Ashamed
notdarkyet
Feb 2019
#54
My Mom has claimed that she possibly has some Native American heritage on her side
Proud Liberal Dem
Feb 2019
#10
Pretty much, have met very few with OK roots that don't cites some connection
bigbrother05
Feb 2019
#21
Maybe she's proud of her ancestors. I am an Irish person, but I am 1/64th Spanish.
Squinch
Feb 2019
#36
My great-aunt, who was quite a character, used to tell us we were part Kickapoo Indian.
kskiska
Feb 2019
#42
Did she bring up her ancestry in any context outside of college/bar/job interviews?
ecstatic
Feb 2019
#61