As far as I know my particular West's mother came from France. At least that is what most of the census say. But it doesn't say where her father came from or what her father's race was. I know that she m. a man we suspect was NA. We also have very dark people in our family with high cheekbones but most of us have either green or blue eyes. My oldest son has 'black' eyes though. We have shades of color in our family. My sister, father and my oldest son are all pretty dark. They can pass for NA, part black, part Spanish..or part anything else that is darker skinned. I got what the old slavers used to call 'hi yellow'.. I'm just a kind of yellow color. LOL My youngest sister is whiter than white. And my bro is a little darker than me. I have slanty eyes..almost oriental. In fact, the eye doc used to say, Barb, open your eyes.. I'd tell him that they already are. When my sister was in South Dakota and was sick with pneumonia she went to the NA authorities there and told them that we know we are Indian, but can't prove it with paperwork and they took one look at her and said, "You are definitely Indian.' So they treated her for her pneumonia. I tell you these West people of mine are so elusive. I only have my 2nd Great Grandmother Sarah Ann West. I don't even know her parents names. These Wests hide real good LOL But I am determined to find her and find out about her ancestors. I have a lot of info about her from the time se was married, but nothing about her parents or siblings. n a message dated 4/13/2006 4:41:13 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, skempto@adelphia.net writes: I think you hit on something barb. My grandma west would not much to do with my father or his children. Her children tend to dark in skin similar to native America and green eyes.There was much made of the fact typical West earlobes (the hangy-down part) are very small; hence not able to wear earrings. shelda Barb :) Surnames: Dunn, Brewster, Groat, Harding, West, Guinn, Newton, Williams "Share knowledge as if it is a living entity, for in fact, it is. It lives on in the lives of others for generations to come." Barb Grainger - 2006