dena@dbnetmall.com writes: > Something else on this Indian blood thing, I feel somewhere in our > line there is some Indian of some kind or some other Indian 'like' > race, cause too many of the babies are born with a golden brown > 'tan' and black hair which turns brown or blonde later in life, but > it is sort of strange in a way, knowing how hated the Indians were > by the white families that there are so many who say they are of > Indian descent. Only God knows for sure. Dena- Oh, I don't know--I don't think you can do genealogy by appearance. There was a "tradition" in my HAINES family that one of the early English HAINES immigrants to America had married the proverbial Indian princess, Mary Carlile, but research proved that Mary was really of French Huguenot descent which accounted for her darker than typically English complexion. I notice that no one has yet mentioned "Indian teeth" as a marker for Indian or other Asian blood but that might be of greater significance than skin or eye color. Any dentist can tell you that Asian teeth are different from European teeth and while the lack of such a "trait" doesn't prove one does not have Asian (or Indian) blood the presence of the trait/gene does prove that there is some Asian blood present. Asian teeth are much less prone to cavities than European teeth but those who have them are more prone to gum problems. The teeth themselves have a different shape than European teeth and have a distinctive "shovel-shape". Joan JYoung6180@aol.com