When I signed-up for the Cherokee list, I was asked, "What are some of your surnames?" Along with a zillion others I do not know nor have a lot of time to do the research needed to be done, I responded and included,"Youngblood." The list administrator then said, "Yes, you are welcome, Youngblood is a Cherokee name." She also said many times it was shortened to Young but mostly remained Younglbood. Good people.. Blessings, Coz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eileen Trestain" <ejtrestain@home.com> To: <YOUNGBLOOD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 4:53 PM Subject: [YOUNGBLOOD-L] Native American > My gg grandfather, Daniel Youngblood, was born in Algoma, MI. Family legend > said he was half Native American, and his facial structure in photos look > like he is to some extent. But a kind person here (Sharon) has found a good > deal of my geneology, and has not found a native American link so far. It > is interesting that your Youngblood family is not all that far away from my > own, with the same legend. > > Eileen > >