At 03:13 PM 6/7/99 EDT, you wrote: >Jim, > Your attitude matches that of the type of people that made my Grandparents >ashamed to be "Breeds" > If your so down on people who rejoice in our diversity why are you on this >list? >Gregg > >Jim, I am new to this list and am very surprised that there are people like you still around in the 90's. What's your point? Are you Native American and one of those people who resent "white wannabe's"? I ran upon some of those people on another site not long ago. One of those sites who ridiculed "twinkies" (whites). And I, obviously, left the group in search of another site where I could research and learn without having to deal with prejudice and ignorance from either side. I don't think I have a drop of NA blood in me and I don't have an opinion about that one way or the other. I am just researching my (and my husband's) heritage because I want to know who our ancestors were...where they came from, etc because I love history mainly. Any kind of history. I am curious about our ancestors, no matter who or what they were, because that makes up our history. I have no control whatsoever over what my ancestors did or who they were. Do you? Do you have any control over what happened 200 years ago that caused you to be what you are today? It's history. Plain and simple. My ancestors were Irish, English, Dutch, German, French, and a bunch of "anybody's guess" thrown in. My husband's ancestors are not so easy to trace. The ONLY reason I look on lists like Melungeon & Native American is because I haven't been able to get anywhere on the other lists. What makes these lists any different than the Irish, English, etc? Why do you pick this particular heritage to question people concerning their interest? Sounds to me like you have some serious issues that you are trying to transfer to the rest of the people on this list. I'm sorry that I felt I had to respond to your post, especially being new here myself, but I was under the impression that these lists were open to anyone who felt the need to research. I really hope the other lists I have signed up for don't try to make me feel like I have to explain why I am there. Diane Yarbro Singleton