This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/RUj.2ACIB/637.651 Message Board Post: MY MOTHER DIED 3 WEEKS PAST. LAST WEEK CAME ACROSS VERY OLD PHOTOS OF MY FATHER'S FAMILY "HODGE" I TOO WAS TOLD ALL MY LIFE BY MY FATHER THAT WE HAD CHEROKEE INDIAN IN US. MY FATHER DONALD GLENWOOD HODGE WAS SON OF SIMON PETER HODGE WHO WAS SON OF WILLIAM (OR JOHN HODGE) AND MOTHER OF SIMON WAS MARY JANE SMITH HODGE. SINCE YOUR POSTING HAVE YOU FOUND THE CHEROKEE CONNECTION? DEBRA IN MISSOURI