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MineralMan

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21. It's easy to hide someone on Facebook. Or mute them.

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Original post)

Tue Nov 26, 2019, 02:14 PM

Nov 2019

If someone claims to be something, I accept their claim unless I have some sort of proof to the contrary. For example, I know a lot of people who claim to be Christians and tell me I should be one, too. Now, they don't behave as if they were Christians, but who am I to deny their claim? I'm content to let them say they are something, regardless of how annoying it sometimes is.

There are some of my relatives who claim there is a Cherokee ancestor in our family tree. That always seemed irrelevant to me, so I have never claimed such a thing. Even if it were true, it would have no effect on me, as far as I could tell.

It sounds like your "acquaintance" is annoying in more than one way to you. Perhaps a little less exposure to her would make life easier for you. I don't know.

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Claiming Native American Ancestry [View all] PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2019 OP

Ask her if you can borrow five bucks safeinOhio Nov 2019 #1

LOL! PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2019 #2

I like the Isleta casino. denbot Nov 2019 #4

They have, or used to have (haven't been there for a couple of years) PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2019 #7

Live almost next door to the casino. safeinOhio Nov 2019 #5

I'd walk back that one.. denbot Nov 2019 #3

My brother talked me into the test, even though safeinOhio Nov 2019 #6

Cherokee? Which band? mwooldri Nov 2019 #8

She didn't say. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2019 #14

I'm Sicilian descent CanonRay Nov 2019 #33

I follow Native Twitter mrs_p Nov 2019 #9

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If your ancestry to some group is so far back that it no longer shows up PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2019 #19

So Native Americans whistler162 Nov 2019 #11

Some Jews look stereotypically Jewish. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2019 #20

You cannot determine someone's ethnicity cilla4progress Nov 2019 #12

Except she thinks PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2019 #22

My mother and brother were consistently mistaken for being NA or having NA blood chowder66 Nov 2019 #13

So true. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2019 #15

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Bingo. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2019 #23

Nah, FOH with this thread. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2019 #26

They certainly can. Mariana Nov 2019 #37

We didn't have any stories about NA ancestry. chowder66 Nov 2019 #44

The Cherokee nation is one of the most well-documented and recorded tribes around. It's very WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2019 #16

Ever since I've known her, PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2019 #18

It's easy to hide someone on Facebook. Or mute them. MineralMan Nov 2019 #21

I almost never respond to anything she posts. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2019 #25

Think again. Ms. Toad Nov 2019 #24

Again, it's her insistence that everyone should PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2019 #27

Do you really not understand that much of people are reacting to Ms. Toad Nov 2019 #40

I guess living where I do, and seeing what I do, PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2019 #45

Again. Ms. Toad Nov 2019 #47

What you are saying is that we should always take everyone's claims PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2019 #48

No. Ms. Toad Nov 2019 #49

Thank you. I worked for a doctor, a descendant of a prominent Miwok Indian from 19th century, as emmaverybo Nov 2019 #29

Recommended. guillaumeb Nov 2019 #28

my uncle told me we were part Cherokee. He was Mormon demigoddess Nov 2019 #30

so, people who don't look enough like the stereotype should have papers to present? unblock Nov 2019 #31

I remember hearing... Mike Nelson Nov 2019 #32

The Cherokee Nation does not want DNA samples tirebiter Nov 2019 #34

I see that in genealogy groups alot LeftInTX Nov 2019 #35

...the rumor that Native American DNA doesn't show in DNA tests. Mariana Nov 2019 #43

I have read that some Native American tribes do not want to give their DNA. Tracer Nov 2019 #36

I'm a card-carrying member of the Cherokee tribe yellerpup Nov 2019 #38

It was a common H2O Man Nov 2019 #39

Some tribes accept those who are just 1/16th Native American (One Great-Great-Grandparent) Kaleva Nov 2019 #41

Sorry. Ours have always been very positive and charming in their Hortensis Nov 2019 #42

Oh, trust me. I never say anything or post anything PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2019 #46