Roy: Thanks for your message about Cherokee Pace ancestry. I have found that there are quite a few Pace lineages that are connected to the Cherokees of OK. I have a significant amount of Cherokee blood and have traced my Cherokee ancestry back about 300 years to one of the earliest known Cherokee Chiefs, Chief Moytoy. I am very proud of this ancestry. Gordon W. pace -----Original Message----- >From: Roy Johnson <[email protected]> >Sent: Sep 7, 2008 4:39 PM >To: 'Jackie Pace' <[email protected]>, [email protected] >Subject: Re: [PACE] FTDNA Special extended > >The Indian ancestry legend is common in a lot of families, including mine. I >don't recall the exact details, but there was some kind of distribution or >something to Cherokees, and a lot of people tried to prove Cherokee >ancestry. Again I am fuzzy on the details but I was able to find the >application by a Pace ancestor to claim Cherokee ancestry, and it was based >only on personal remembrance and an affidavit from a family friend. It was >turned down. I'm sure that info is somewhere on my system, but many Indian >ancestry claims have been proven false. > >Roy Johnson > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >Of Jackie Pace >Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2008 2:58 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [PACE] FTDNA Special extended > >Thank you Joe. I've found 3 female lines making that claim, but J*, H, & T2 > >says these females were not Indian on their maternal lines - and is very >unlikely they all had a unknown male Indian ancestor. Could these stories >be a cover-up for illegitimacy? > >Jackie Ashley PACE >The Woodlands, TX >http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=ashley42 > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Janders 45" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> >Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2008 7:30 AM >Subject: Re: [PACE] FTDNA Special extended > > >> Though mtDNA is not of use in surname studies, there are some interesting >> applications of mtDNA analysis. In my case, my ggg-grandmother in the >> direct maternal line is believed by some to be half-Indian. I am always >> skeptical of such claims as I believe that European-Indian marriage or >> cohabitation was extremely rare in Colonial times, other than the cases of > >> traders who lived amongst the Indians and took Indian wives. I had sent a > >> DNA sample to SMGF (Sorensen Molecular Genealogical Foundation) some time >> ago, and I was able to find my line in their mtDNA database a few months >> ago. After having deduced my mtDNA genotype from the SMGF information, I >> concluded that my mtDNA haplotype was largely Mediteranean and had little >> in common with known American Indian haplotypes. Hence, I believe that >> the mtDNA results have disproved the theory that my ggg-gandmother was >> half Indian. >> >> This conclusion is dependent upon my assumption that my ggg-grandmother's >> Indian parent was her mother, which would mean that I would be carrying >> Indian mtDNA, if the half-Indian theory were true. If she had been the >> product of a mating between an Indian male and a European female, then she > >> could be carrying European mtDNA and still be half-Indian. But I think >> that my assumption is valid since I believe that European male/Indian >> woman matings were rare in those times, and Indian male/European female >> matings were much rarer still. >> >> Joe Anderson >> _________________________________________________________________ >> See how Windows connects the people, information, and fun that are part of > >> your life. >> http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/msnnkwxp1020093175mrt/direct/01/ >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> > > >-- >I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for home users. >SPAMfighter has removed 24619 spam emails to date. >Paying users do not have this message in their emails. >Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len > > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in >the subject and the body of the message > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com >Version: 8.0.169 / Virus Database: 270.6.17/1657 - Release Date: 9/6/2008 >8:07 PM > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________ PeoplePC Online A better way to Internet http://www.peoplepc.com