lanelson@execpc.com writes: > Please remember that if somone says in a derogatory manner, "He married a > Cherokee woman", the fact probably means that He married a white woman from > Cherokee COUNTY!. > You know, it's funny, Lafe, how practically every Tucker family I've ever run across has had that same family lore of an American Indian connection. I remember one time the members of our various tree limbs sending the email back and forth, fast and furious, trying to figure out where it would have fit in. We never did decide where it could work, and I think some of us were disappointed it wasn't our own ancestral son or daughter or the patriarch. I don't think I've ever heard anyone say something like that in a derogatory tone, so I guess that's why I don't read it that way. I'm wondering if the Tuckers ever interacted with the Melungeon contingent, and acquired the cheekbones that way. The cheekbones do seem a prominent feature for a lot of Tuckers. What was Cherokee County famous for? And in what state? Thanks