I am forwarding these posts from another group for those searching for Native American / Indian ancestry. ****** CHEROKEE-DNA-L@rootsweb.com ****** Date: Sun, 04 Jun 2006 10:45:10 -0600 From: LC <lridall@ambt.net> Source: CHEROKEE-DNA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [CHEROKEE-DNA] topic I had my mtDNA tested and I am Haplogroup X. There are Europeans with this Haplogroup, but I was informed by FTDNA that my test revealed that I am Native American. Is there anyone else on this list who has had this result? Is there anyone who is connected to West, Adcock, Cantrell, Bailey, Green, Cloud (especially Talitha Cloud whose granddaughter is on the Rolls), Ingram, Chatfield, or Short? Is anyone else connected to William Holland Thomas, the Cherokee leader who married a full-blood? I would be happy to compare notes. Thanks. Lynda ************************* Date: Sun, 04 Jun 2006 11:05:30 -0600 From: Sherry Huff <sheree606@alltel.net> Source: CHEROKEE-DNA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [CHEROKEE-DNA] topic Lynda, Where are you "from"? I have some Bailey's, Green's, Turner, Turner-Thomas, and Thomas. Unfortunately, DNA testing doesn't work like they advertise. The absence of a Native American haplogroup in your DNA results does not mean that you are not Native American nor does the presence of one of those haplogroups mean that you are Native American. The Indigenous Peoples Council on BioColonialism explains how/why this is true. http://www.ipcb.org/publications/briefing_papers/files/identity.html Sherry ************************* Date: Sun, 04 Jun 2006 11:26:18 -0600 From: Sherry Huff <sheree606@alltel.net> Source: CHEROKEE-DNA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [CHEROKEE-DNA] topic Just about every surname you can imagine can be found among all tribes at one point or another and "everyone" assumes that if they are in any part Native American that they must be Cherokee. This is simply not true. It is also not true to assume that because all of your people are listed as being "white" that they were white or that because they were listed as Mullato or Black that they are either of those. Don't make the mistake of assuming that your families must be Shawnee or Sioux simply because they resided in an area "known" to be territories of that tribe unless you have proof. Be careful with similar names or same names. I guess my point is simply that things are not always what they seem and I have seen a lot of people making the mistake of assuming that our ancestors were somehow "ignorant". In fact, I have found two copies of a census and each saying something different. Probably "redone" to hide something but what? I have seen some claim a particular individual that had a common name simply because "that was the only one they could find" or "it fit". Sherry ************************* Date: Sun, 04 Jun 2006 11:29:14 -0600 From: Sherry Huff <sheree606@alltel.net> Source: CHEROKEE-DNA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [CHEROKEE-DNA] topic This is where DNA testing comes in handy. To prove/disprove a relationship. Not to determine ethnicity. I had to speak my mind on this subject folks. Thank you for tolerating that. Sherry ************************* Date: Sun, 04 Jun 2006 11:36:19 -0600 From: LC <lridall@ambt.net> Source: CHEROKEE-DNA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [CHEROKEE-DNA] topic I'm from White County, Tennessee, which borders on Dekalb, Putnam, and Warren Counties. My relatives are scattered through these counties. My Greens and Thomas's were in Putnam and DeKalb. We lived in White. I'm an exact match with someone who is descended from William Holland Thomas. Those Thomas's were in East Tennessee. Lynda