Amen, Susan. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan Werstein" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 7:08 PM Subject: Re: [IT ROOTS] wannabee's > 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] >