My great grandmother was a full blooded Indian according to stories from my mothers side of the family when I was growing up. Everyone I know from that side of family has passed away. Now how would I research this and prove it? I am interested in the aspect to be considered a minority owned business and I believe Indian heritage would open that door. Thoughts/suggestions?
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My wife and three boys are all card carrying Cherokee/Delaware tribal members. You are going to have a very difficult time proving your bloodline if there are no roll numbers or family history records. Like mentioned above I would start with a DNA ancestry test to see if it’s even worth messing with. My father in law has a detailed book of all the generations and original Dawes roll numbers. My boys are allowed to posses bald Eagle feathers which would be a felony for me. My mother in law also has Native American blood but cannot prove it to an extent to receive a tribal roll number. Good luck.
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Originally posted by speck1 View PostMy wife and three boys are all card carrying Cherokee/Delaware tribal members. You are going to have a very difficult time proving your bloodline if there are no roll numbers or family history records. Like mentioned above I would start with a DNA ancestry test to see if it’s even worth messing with. My father in law has a detailed book of all the generations and original Dawes roll numbers. My boys are allowed to posses bald Eagle feathers which would be a felony for me. My mother in law also has Native American blood but cannot prove it to an extent to receive a tribal roll number. Good luck.
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Originally posted by CEO View PostAlso, keep in mind you may find out something that is not to your liking. I've seen countless stories where a family has all this pride in their Native American, Irish, Italian, etc heritage...a grandkid does one of these DNA tests and turns out to be completely false.
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Originally posted by CEO View PostAlso, keep in mind you may find out something that is not to your liking. I've seen countless stories where a family has all this pride in their Native American, Irish, Italian, etc heritage...a grandkid does one of these DNA tests and turns out to be completely false.
Yes sir, or even worse people you thought you were related to aren’t in fact! Just know it happens pretty often with those ancestry websites.
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It was real popular, back in the 70’s, to claim American Indian heritage. Most people you came across just couldn’t wait to tell you about their heritage. My son in law was told all his life that his grandfather was 100% native but when he had his dna run it came back negative and he had it run by two different outfits.
I had mine run and it came back in line with all my family’s stories.
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