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First Americans

JustAnotherGen

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1. Interesting thread

Reply to Lee-Lee (Original post)

Wed Jul 10, 2013, 11:19 AM

Jul 2013

My native American heritage is farther back - into the early 19th century. Specifically - Cherokee tribe via my father's mother.

My father's father's heritage was Seminole and black - but he never 'owned it' - as HIS grandmother was indeed Seminole - but a slave at the end of the Civil War.

Different times then. Any reason why your mother's family moved away from the tribe? I know the Lumbee are pretty concentrated in North Carolina . . . I'm assuming you grew up further South in Seminole/Cherokee territory?

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So I am half Lumbee [View all] Lee-Lee Jul 2013 OP

Interesting thread JustAnotherGen Jul 2013 #1

I grew up Lee-Lee Jul 2013 #2

Have you thought of JustAnotherGen Jul 2013 #3

That is on my list Lee-Lee Jul 2013 #4