I just am going to say this.My Mother's Mother and Dad's Father are part Indain,according to the family.But,just because my Dad's father is part Indian,does not mean my paternal dna ancestral line will be native american indian.He did get it,from His father,but if his father's father's father's father,and so on isn't Indian,just on the male line all of the way back it will not say my paternal line is N.A.Indian. And my Grandmother got almost all of her N.A.Indian from her father.I have never bought a dna test.I have thought about it alot.I have done alot of genealogy,on my family.I am about 26 years old.I have done family researchI can't walk until I have a knee surgery,because of a major accident,but you might not be reading this,so I'm not going to go on,especially about another topic.Even though,alot of my native american ancestors put white,on the census,I know that I'm native by ancestry,not just because of family tradition,but the way my family looks.However,I don't think it is all Cherokee.My Native American ancestors,I have found, lived in Florida,Georgia,and North Carolina.If you are reading this I am sorry to bore you.I was hit by a truck,as a pedestrian,and can not walk,until I have a knee surgery,The days are longer.Anyways,maybe we can chat sometime.Have a good one. Sincerely,Derek niceguybutrebel@yahoo.com KISERAH2@aol.com wrote: Hi, I'm new to this list and I have the same problem trying to find my Cherokee connection. I have had the family story handed down to me but no real proof. My Indian ancestry came from my father's side of the family and unless I can find a male cousin willing to take the DNA test, I'm out of luck. I am only looking for myself and not to gain anything. I have found this site helpful and interesting. All Things Cherokee I hope this helps someone, Maureen Hyde ==== CherokeeGene Mailing List ==== This list is for Genealogy related conversations Your supporting website http://www.wvi.com/~wb/Cherokee1.html Please Good manors and no flaming others For Culture, ridges; bumps; skin tones; or Language lessons Please visit CHEROKEE-L-request@rootsweb.com You can also find what you need search the archives or to get off this list via web site below http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Ethnic-Native/CherokeeGene.html Listowner = CherokeeGene-admin@rootsweb.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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