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Showing Original Post only (View all)My family thought for generations that we had a Cherokee ancestor. [View all]
We even new her name, Susie Redman. She was a family story and I grew up very proud that me ancestor was a Native American.
Long story short, my sister did a DNA test and we have zero Native American blood. She did some research and found that Susie, was from Germany. She couldn't find the origin of the family legend. Lmao, true story I just found out.
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WE supposedely have an Indian ancestor on moms side. My dad ALL Germans. (probably the BAD guys)
trueblue2007
Aug 2019
#23
Sounds like a good reason to be neither Catholic nor Protestant! But hardly disreputable.
DFW
Aug 2019
#30
While it's possible that it's a family myth, it's also possible that it isn't...
WePurrsevere
Aug 2019
#7
I've researched family stories. I've proved one wrong while another has been
applegrove
Aug 2019
#13
What I want to know is - why does everyone claim Cherokee ancestry, wny not some other tribe like
Kashkakat v.2.0
Aug 2019
#17