This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZVHBAIB/291.1 Message Board Post: Almost every family that I started researching quite a few years ago had claims of Indian ancestry back just a few generations. Most seemed to think that it was their mother's grandmother or great grandmother. After in depth research on each of these numerous families I was unable to find an ancestor within five to seven generations back that could be proved to have Indian ancestry. I have wondered several times if there was indeed Indian ancestry that was very well hidden from the public or why so many actually thought that they were one quarter or one eighth Indian.