I have my pedigree also but I still can only trace my Native American ancestry back to the Creeks in Alabama in 1832. >From: Susan Werstein <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [IT ROOTS] wannabee's >Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 14:08:01 +1300 > >Dear Yellow, > >Please don't let your proven pedigree make you impatient with a "wannabe >twinky my grandmother was a.... princess" folks. As a child raised in the >20th century instead of earlier, my family took incredible pride in their >greatgrandmother's stories. It was a hidden NA connection back then -- >only the family knew -- and today, because of that hiddenness, still only >the family KNOWS. We are NOT wannabee's -- I'll never deny my ancestors' >proud heritage. But, unlike her and her's, I don't live in a time of >certain physically dangerous consequences. I don't know if I would have >hidden it or not. Many, many did. Many brave people did not. Some had no >choice. But, I'm no twinky wannabe. I know my ancestry, even if not on a >pedigree list. > >Please, Yellow, take pride in your heritage, but allow me and others like >me to take pride as well. We don't want to be who we're not! We only >want to be appreciated for who we are. > >Peace, Susan > > >Ok all, > >It is time to put an end to all this DNA hoopla. Indians -no - we are > >Native Americans/First Nations People. We are the only ones who have to > >prove our heritage. We have to provide a 2 foot long pedigree like a >common > >registered Dog. This Dog has her registered pedigree, woof woof bark >bark!! > >Go ahead and take your DNA if you want to, it will only help weed out the > >wannabe twinky my grandmother was a Cherokee Princess people. > >UUUUGGGGGGGGGG!!!!! I get so sick of that story. Lets get back to >genealogy > >what this list was made for. DNA is a medical subject, the door to that > >list is around the corner. Had my say and now I'm going back to >researching > >for people! > > > >Yellow > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > > > > >==== Indian-Territory-Roots Mailing List ==== > >For full instructions to subscribe, unsubscribe and list rules, click on > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~cherokee/welcome.html > >To send an e-mail to the list owner: [email protected] > > > >============================================================================= >Susan Werstein Phone: (03) 467-5632 Country code: 64 >8 Lothian St. >Dunedin, New Zealand E-Mail: [email protected] >============================================================================= ¡À > > > >==== Indian-Territory-Roots Mailing List ==== >For full instructions to subscribe, unsubscribe and list rules, click on >http://www.rootsweb.com/~cherokee/welcome.html >To send an e-mail to the list owner: [email protected] > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com