Good morning all, Have been enjoying these e-mails. My dad was the 6th of 7 children in his family and never mentioned the Indian princess grandmother in our family. But, when I visited his older brother and sisters I learned about her. They had a made up name for her, something like Minnie Whoha, but referred to her as an Indian Princess. When I ask my uncle and aunts genealogy questions about her, they couldn't give me any information. It was almost like we know about her amongst ourselves but we don't really claim her and tell stories about her like we do about other family members. Over the years I was told by other people in the genealogy field that everyone is claiming an Indian princess in their lines and Indians didn't have princesses so you probably don't have Indian heritage. I kept looking and have now made a connection to my Carney line and hope some day to learn more. Some years back I exchanged e-mails with a man who has a number of Indian ancestors. He said that if we had a male ancestor in America before there were many white women that yes we would have Native American heritage. Lona Laughlin Boudreaux Monroe, La lona71203@comcast.net